Petra Sandner has been the Helaba Group’s Chief Sustainability Officer since February 2021. Previously, she had been working in the Transport Finance division of Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (since 2008), during which time she was involved in supporting various strategic projects at the bank. Prior to that, Petra Sandner worked at IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG in the Acquisition Finance department and at Aareal Bank AG in the division of Real Estate Structured Finance/Hotel Finance. She graduated with an MBA from Newcastle, United Kingdom.