Frankfurt am MainApril 29
When that nice young man with a light foreign accent from the BBC announced to Herbert Kunert, the press spokesman for HZ Bank, that the BBC would be recording an interview with the Chairman of the Board Dr. Otto Kruspe on the subject of “the personal opinion of Dr. Kruspe on the role of HZ Bank in the German banking system” for its “Our Bank” series, Herbert panicked a bit.
Yes, he was the press spokesman of the third largest German bank.
Yes, he was used to being interviewed by the media. But this time it was a bit different.
In the first place, he wasn’t used to dealing with foreign media. In the second place, he was used to being politely asked for an interview; he wasn’t used to being informed about anything. And in the third place, he was used to giving
