FRANKFURT, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Josef Ackermann, the formerchief executive of Deutsche Bank, will likely stepdown from his board position at Siemens, a sourcefamiliar with the plan said on Wednesday.
Last month, Ackermann resigned from his position as chairmanof Zurich Insurance following the suicide of the company's chieffinancial officer.
Both Siemens and Ackermann's spokesman declined to commenton Wednesday.
The news of Ackermann's likely departure from Siemens wasfirst reported by German paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitunglate on Wednesday.
Ackermann is second deputy chairman of the supervisory boardat Siemens, plus a member of the nomination and successioncommittee at Royal Dutch Shell where he is anon-executive director, and a director at Investor AB, aninvestment company founded by Sweden's Wallenberg family.