Currently, Matthias Wierlacher holds the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board of Jenoptik AG and Chairman-Management Board at Thüringer Aufbaubank.

He is also on the board of ThüringenForst - Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts.

He previously was Member-Executive Board at Deutsche Effecten & Wechsel Beteiligungs AG, Manager-Thuringia Branch at UniCredit Bank AG and Branch Manager at Bayerische Vereinsbank AG.

Matthias Wierlacher received an undergraduate degree from the University of Münster.