Deutsche Bank’s Thoma to Step Down in Wake of Board Clash

Deutsche Bank AG supervisory board member Georg Thoma is stepping down two years before his contract ends, capping a week of turbulence at Germany’s biggest lender after criticism that he went too far in probing potential wrongdoing within its ranks. Thoma, 71, will end his service on May 28, Deutsche Bank said in a statement from Frankfurt late Thursday. He’s resigning from the board’s integrity committee with immediate effect, the bank said