Deutsche blazes trail with decentralised front-office staff

In the world’s major financial centres, Deutsche Bank often inhabits some of the most impressive and eye-catching buildings on the skyline. From the skyscrapers of Frankfurt, Shanghai and Singapore to its distinctive sand-coloured home in London or its New York base at 60 Wall Street, Deutsche has a very visual global presence.

Its office in Birmingham, the UK’s second-largest city, is somewhat more modest; a small building just a couple of stories high, surrounded mostly by bars and clubs of