Gerhard Schipp Head of Product Management, Trade & Supply Chain Finance - Commerzbank AG Gerhard Schipp is Commerzbank´s Head of Product Management Trade & Supply Chain Finance and located in Frankfurt. He has more than 25 years experience in corporate banking with different sales-, relationship- and management functions always with a focus on international transaction banking and international trade finance. In his current role he is responsible for the supply chain finance activities of Commerzbank AG including the further development of new trade finance instruments like the Bank Payment Obligation and other innovative solutions supporting the digitization of the trade finance ecosystem. He is also responsible for Commerzbank´s trade risk distribution business buying and selling trade related assets. Gerhard has been a speaker on international business and trade finance topics for many years at conferences and events of Commerzbank.