Photo Gallery Occupying Ackermann's Speech
Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann spoke before a crowd of around 400 businessmen and women in Hamburg on Tuesday. At first, his speech went as planned.
But then around 15 members of the Occupy movement stormed the event. They cried out "Occupy, Occupy." Ackermann then invited the protesters to join him on the stage.
An activist wearing a Guy Fawkes mask then moved to the podium. The activist criticized Ackermann, the most powerful banker in Germany, as being "one of the most unscrupulous banking executives in the world."
"I would love to debate this with you," Ackermann said. "But I find it cowardly for you to read something from behind a mask."
Without much more of an exchange of words, the Occupy movement members left peacefully after about 10 minutes. During a round of questions later, an activist accused Ackermann and Deutsche Bank of abusing all rules of ethics in its business dealings.
