His candidacy was proposed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. This was reported to Ukrainian News by a source aware of the situation on the search for a new head of the bank.

According to the source, in particular, the EBRD director in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, Francis Malizh, proposes the candidacy of Mueller, who is a member of the FinComBank (Moldova) and Azerbaijan's AccessBank.

He also holds a master's degree in economics from the Free University of Berlin, studied economics at the universities of Heidelberg and Madrid, "the source explained, adding that he speaks German, English, Russian and Spanish fluently,.

At the same time, he already worked in Ukraine. In 2009-2013, Muller was the CEO of Swedbank, - recalled the source.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in late June it became known that the chairman of the board of PrivatBank, Alexander Shlapak, resigned.