Our team of authors

Rainer Alfes
Executive Business Consultant
holds a degree in mathematics and specialises in asset liability management and the management of market and liquidity risks at msg for banking. As an executive business consultant, he advises on product strategy issues, has many years of experience in the design of risk management systems and the implementation of treasury processes, is the author of specialist articles and an experienced speaker.

Verena Ambros
Abteilungsleitung

Bjarne Aßmann
Project Manager
works at msg for banking in the Commercial Banks & Central Institutions division. Here, he supports customer projects for banking institutions and is involved in project management and business analysis. His area of expertise is open finance.

Svenja Atzrott
Analyst
has a master's degree in economic sociology and works at msg for banking in the Non-Financial Risk and Sustainable Finance department. She provides support in the areas of ESG risks, ESG data management, sustainability reporting, and project management.

Christian Bachert
Executive Partner Business Consulting – Finance
has many years of professional experience in various roles and positions in the banking industry. At msg for banking, he and his consulting team generate added value for customers in the areas of strategy & planning, pricing & controlling, and capital management & treasury. He also works for banks and savings banks in interim management and as a large-scale project manager.

Mariam Badalyan
supports the Artificial Intelligence division at msg for banking in the areas of data analysis and the development of innovative AI solutions for optimizing internal banking processes.

Sebastian Bader
Partner
holds a Master of Accounting and Finance and has many years of professional experience in various roles and positions in the banking sector. At msg for banking, he is responsible for non-financial risk and sustainable finance. In close cooperation with his highly qualified team, he offers comprehensive solutions for banks and financial service providers - from strategic issues and ESG data procurement to embedding in risk management and reporting (MaRisk/EU taxonomy/CSRD). By combining in-depth knowledge of regulatory requirements and comprehensive consulting experience, particularly at the interface between IT and specialist departments, we offer our clients tailor-made end-to-end solutions.

Maximilian Barg
Manager
is a partner in the IT Governance, Risk & Compliance division at msg for banking and is responsible for a team focusing on regulatory requirements for banks. His focus is on the regulatory control of IT and business processes, taking into account complex requirements such as BAIT, MaRisk, and increasing European regulations, such as DORA. Particular emphasis is placed on topics such as ICT risk management, operational resilience, and the management of external third parties.

Najmeh Barzegar
Analyst - Artificial Intelligence
works at msg for banking as an analyst and consultant in the Artificial Intelligence division.

Dr. Simon Baumstark
Senior Business Consultant
is responsible for market price risk in product management at msg for banking and also acts as a consultant. His main areas of expertise are measuring and managing market price risks and solutions to issues relating to ICAAP.

Dennis Bayer
is the contact person for variable business at msg for banking - both professionally in consulting projects and in the further development of the software. He also advises on projects for periodic and present value risk measurement and management.

Alexa Bell
Manager Business Consultant
At msg for banking, she supports banks and savings banks in the areas of sales management and calculation, from strategic orientation to technical implementation. She also supports sales teams and managers as a coach and consultant.

Detlef Beyer
Geschäftsführer

Björn Bhatia
Manager
is an experienced consultant in Treasury, Market Risk and Structured Finance. Björn is responsible for securitisation at msg for banking and develops efficient software solutions for reporting on complex funding structures, working with external partners. He advises institutions on how to address their challenges related to refinancing, risk management and regulatory reporting.

Leonie Bieberstein
IT Consultant
advises banks and financial institutions as an IT consultant. As an expert in msg for banking ag's Open Finance Excellence Community, she develops innovative, data-driven open finance use cases in collaboration with our partners, links open finance with the future topic of artificial intelligence and analyzes the innovative potential that FIDA regulation offers European financial institutions in this context.

Nora Bielmeier
Business Consultant

Hendrik Bode
Lead Business Consultant
advises at msg for banking in IT consulting for commercial banks and central institutions. In addition, he is an expert leader of the Open Finance Excellence Community, which focuses on topics such as open banking payments, IT security in open finance ecosystems, and open finance innovation.

Marcel Böhr
Senior Consultant

Daniela Bommelitz
Manager
holds a Master of Business Administration for Financial Institutions and advises banks and savings banks at msg for banking on topics related to banking and risk management (focus: market price and liquidity risks), including regulatory requirements. She also designs training and continuing education programs and is an experienced speaker at seminars and software-related training courses.

Jens Brünink
Principal Business Consultant

Henrik Büttgen
Principal Business Consultant - ITC Payments

Sandra Danner
Lead Business Consultant

Jakob Deiner
Lead IT Consultant
advises msg for banking customers on his core areas of expertise: IT architecture, object-oriented design, and container-based operating platforms. He is also a Certified Professional for Software Architecture (iSAQB) – Foundation Level (CPSA-F) and a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance.

Karin Dohmann
Professional
has a master's degree (M.A.) in German language and literature and politics and is an expert in internal and external communications at msg for banking. She has many years of professional experience in various areas of marketing.

Dr. Michael Dörfner
Lead Business Consultant

Holger Dosch
Manager

Holger Dürr
Principal Business Consultant
has been advising banks on risk management at msg for banking for many years. He has extensive experience in implementing specialised projects and solutions and is an experienced speaker and author of specialist publications.

Jan Ecke
Consultant

Christoph Eilenz
Senior IT Consultant

Prof. Dr. Manuela Ender
Executive Business Consultant
works as an expert in risk management, capital markets, and banking control issues for msg for banking. She is also a professor of FinTech at IU International University.

Dr. Christian Engel
Principal Business Consultant

Dr. Fabian Eska
Senior Business Consultant
designs and is responsible for software solutions in the field of sustainable finance at msg for banking, thereby helping to shape the sustainable future viability of banks. He holds a doctorate in economics (Finance) and has already published in scientific journals on current topics in the field of FinTech.

Simon Feyen
Partner
is a business economist and works at msg for banking, where he supports credit institutions in projects relating to banking and risk management (in particular proprietary trading management and strategic issues) and the associated regulatory requirements. He also works as a consultant.

Dirk Findeisen
Managing Partner

Jörg Fischer
Lead Business Consultant

Anne Flatau
Lead Business Consultant

msg for banking
Unternehmen
is rethinking banking and offers its customers smart, innovative and platform-based digital solutions from a single source.

Fabian Forthmann
Senior Consultant
is a Senior Consultant in the field of Artificial Intelligence at msg for banking. He advises banks and financial service providers on the development and introduction of data-driven models in their technical and regulatory environment. In addition to the development of promising use cases for artificial intelligence, he is particularly interested in the sustainable use of artificial intelligence as a tool for solving tangible problems.

Ramon Frank
Geschäftsbereichsleitung

Ina Fuchs
Lead Sales Managerin

Niklas Gaida
Analyst

Patrick Gauweiler
Senior Business Consultant

Emanuel Gedeon
Executive Partner
has extensive experience in compliance, regulatory consulting, and the optimisation of control processes for financial institutions. As an Executive Partner at msg for banking, he's leading the Governance & Regulatory Advisory division. Previously, he held senior positions at international consulting firms.

Daniel Geierhaas
Business Consultant

Tanja Gerling
Partner

Raphael Gessenharter
Senior Manager
is responsible for Western Switzerland at msg Suisse. He is responsible for customer projects at banks and works in project management and business analysis. His professional focus is on the digitalization of the customer experience, the integration of CRM solutions and the bank-specific application of artificial intelligence.

Dr. Fabian Gieringer
Senior Business Consultant

Lena Gotzler
Abteilungsleiterin

Laura Gravemeyer
Business Consultant
works at msg for banking as a business consultant in the Payments division.

Hannah Gürsching
Werkstudentin
works at msg for banking in the area of process excellence and artificial intelligence. In addition to developing promising use cases for artificial intelligence, she focuses in particular on the sustainable use of artificial intelligence as a tool for solving specific problems.

Jan Haas
Lead Business Consultant
advises credit institutions and payment service providers in the area of payments at msg for banking. He is an expert in the fields of digital money, CBDCs and crypto assets and is an experienced speaker and author of specialist publications and blog posts.

Thomas Haas
Abteilungsleiter Payments Mitte
is responsible for the Payments Center department at msg for banking and is project manager for the BV VoP product – powered by msg. Together with his team, he advises banks, corporations, and payment service providers on instant payments, verification of payees, payments transformation, payments sourcing, digital money, cross-border payments, SEPA, HVP, and PSD3.

Susanne Hagner
Lead Business Consultant

Monika Heiler
Bereichsleiterin

Jens Heilmann
Geschäftsbereichsleiter
heads up the Artificial Intelligence division at msg for banking and advises clients on process digitalization and artificial intelligence in the financial sector.

Alexander Heller
Lead IT Consultant

Marcel Herm
IT-Consultant

Nils Herrmann
Teamleiter Kundenbetreuung

Bernd Hertlein
Manager Business Consulting

Dr. Sven Heumann
Lead Business Consultant
works at msg for banking on the technical development of software, as a specialist consultant and as a speaker. He focuses on the measurement and management of market price risks and solutions to issues relating to ICAAP and ILAAP.

Michael Hilbert
Head of Banking

Katharina Hoffmann
Lead IT Consultant

Anja Holzweißig
Projektmanagerin

Tobias Huth
Senior Consultant
works as an economist at msg for banking in the area of sustainable finance and risk management. His focus is on sustainable finance regulations, sustainability strategies, and sustainability risks.

Karl Illing
Partner
provides msg for banking customers with comprehensive advice on payments and open finance, is responsible for the Consumer Payments division, and heads the cross-industry FIDA task force.

Stephan Ingerberg
Lead Sales Manager

Jörg Isselmann
Senior Manager

Ramin Jabari
Senior Consultant

Christof Jach
Manager Treasury & Asset Management

Sara Jackson
Abteilungsleiterin

Alexandra Kahl
Principal Project Manager

Gunnar Kampmann
Lead Project Manager

Amin Kasipour
Consultant

Adrian Kast
Senior IT Consultant

Marilda Kazo
Business Consultant
is a Business Consultant in the IT Consulting Payments division at msg for banking.

Hans-Peter Keilhofer
Executive IT Consultant

Timo Keller
Manager

Felix Kiessner
Consultant

Veronika Kisková
Senior Business Consultant

Bastian Kleineidam
Abteilungsleitung

Tim Sebastian Körwers
Senior Manager

Julia Köster
Lead Business Consultant

Markus Kraft
Bereichsleiter

Dr. Philippe Krahnhof
Senior Manager
has many years of professional experience and helps shape the future viability of banks in the Strategy & Business Transformation division at msg for banking. In addition to strategic orientation, his focus is on change management. He is also a freelance lecturer at the FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management.

Alexander Kregiel
Executive Partner Business Development

Paul Krügel
Business Consultant

Martin Kuchler
Senior IT Consultant

Adela Kujovic
Business Consultant
works as a commercial lawyer in consulting at msg for banking. Her focus is on sustainable finance issues, sustainability reporting and overarching ESG regulations.

Torsten Kusmanow
Executive Partner

Johannes Laub
Senior IT Consultant

Marco Lesser
Manager

Sven Lettau
Lead IT Consultant

Dr. Eva Lettau
Bereichsleiterin Produktmanagement Risk & Regulatory Reporting

Anke Linz
Senior Specialist Kampagnenmanagment

Yannick Lippe
Senior Consultant
works as a manager in the Artificial Intelligence department at msg for banking. He advises banks and financial service providers on the development and introduction of data-driven models in their technical and regulatory environment. His focus is primarily on banking-related regulations and the capital market.

Natalie Lorenz
Senior Specialist

Ulf Lott
Director Business Consulting

Andreas Mach
Mitglied des Vorstands

Martin Makowski
Partner Digital Transformation

Mathis Manz
Abteilungsleiter Sparkassenfinanzgruppe
has a Master's degree in Business Informatics from the Technical University of Munich and is driving “Data Driven Banking” at msg for banking as head of department. He specializes in SAP PaPM and process mining, particularly in the areas of customer onboarding, KYC, credit and finance processes.

Lilli Maurice
Manager Business Consulting

Liane Meiss
Manager

Christian Meyer
Principal Business Consultant

Ferdinand Meyer
IT Consultant

Andreas Meyer-Berg
Senior IT Consultant

Christoph Mittmann
Senior Business Consultant

Dr. Ivan Monahov
Executive Partner Digitale Transformation

Stefan Müller
Senior Consultant

Raphael Mustafa
Senior IT Consultant

Dr. Stefan Naumann
Executive Partner

Devi Ndoj
Senior Business Consultant

Markus Nenninger
Leiter Payments Consulting

Venora Nivokazi
Business Consultant

Yannik Osterloh
Project Manager

Sebastian Pawlowski
Senior IT Consultant

Christoph Prellwitz
Geschäftsbereichsleiter Digital Transformation

Manfred Puckhaber
Senior Manager
works at msg for banking in the Financial Risk & Analytics division as an expert in credit risk and parameter estimation in credit and financial institutions. Prior to this, he spent over 20 years optimising and validating procedures for classifying credit risks in performing and non-performing portfolios. His expertise lies in particular in combining statistics with the business optimisation of processes, from exposure to customer care to repayment or, if necessary, receivables management, in compliance with the relevant regulatory requirements

Stefan Quaschnewski
Principal Sales Manager
is a computer scientist and has many years of experience in the areas of risk management, regulatory reporting and accounting. By combining his expertise in consulting, product management and IT operations, he supports customers from the banking sector as Principal Sales Manager at msg for banking in finding customised solutions for the banking of the future.

Nona Rahmat
Abteilungsleiterin

Oliver Reiß
Produktmanager BAIS
works as a product manager at msg for banking for the BAIS reporting software and as a consultant in the area of liquidity reporting. His topics are technical and functional issues in the context of BAIS and regulation, with a focus on ESG and liquidity.

Michael Robinson
IT Consultant

Jelisaweta Rödder
Business Consultant

Uwe Rosengardt
Bereichsleitung

Martina Rosenow
Geschäftsbereichsleitung

Dr. Gerald Rosenthal Solacolu
Manager

Michael Rubinger
Head CX Banking

Carolin Sauter
Business Consultant

Ralph Scheuerer
Consultant

Prof. Dr. Dirk Schieborn
Head of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Hub

Dr. Frank Schlottmann
Vorstandsvorsitzender
As CEO of msg for banking ag, he is responsible for the market units Digital Transformation, SAP, International Markets, and the internal departments Strategy, Finance, Controlling & Compliance, and Corporate Communications. He is also a member of the Executive Board of the parent company msg systems ag.

Pierre Schmidt
Business Analyst

Tom Schmidt
Analyst

Mark-W. Schmidt
Crossbereichsleitung

Adrian Schneider
Senior Consultant Treasury & Asset Management

Alexander Schneider
Senior Business Consultant
is a Senior Business Consultant at msg for banking and advises credit institutions and payment service providers in the area of payment transactions. He is an expert in the areas of ISO 20022, digital money, CBDCs and SWIFT.

Michael Schuster
Business Consultant

Bernd Sibold
Principal Business Consultant
has many years of experience in the field of payment transactions and works at msg for banking, particularly in the area of corporate payments consulting.

Michael Sindram
Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter

Felicia Singer
Business Consultant

Andrea Späth
Leiterin Marketing

Helene Stargardt
Executive Partner IT-Regulatorik und SAP Banking
is an Executive Partner at msg for banking ag and is responsible for IT governance, risk & compliance, data governance and IT security. She is an experienced manager with a strong SAP finance and accounting background and has many years of experience in the banking and IT industry. Her profile combines in-depth specialist knowledge, project experience in an audit-related environment and expertise in IT regulation. She is a certified senior project manager (GPM, IPMA Level B) and holds a doctorate in accounting fraud and data governance.

Klaus Stechmeyer-Emden
Lead Business Consultant

Mathias Steinmann
Abteilungsleiter Digital Transformation
is an economist and is responsible for specialist architectures and specialist processes in the Digital Transformation division at msg for banking. He has many years of professional experience in consulting in the banking environment and advises banks and savings banks on issues relating to overall bank and risk management as well as regulatory topics.

Andreas Stollenwerk
Abteilungsleiter

Brian Takac
Business Consultant

Thorsten Tewes
Director

Melanie Theilen
Senior Consultant

Phillip Theissen
Senior Consultant

Stefan Thiess
Executive Sales Manager

Luis Thoma
Business Consultant
works at msg for banking in the area of non-financial risk and sustainable finance. He specialises in operational risks and topics relating to sustainable banking, such as climate stress tests and ESG requirements.

Nina Tittes
Abteilungsleitung

Fabian Trauner
Lead IT Consultant

Karsten Treiber
Bereichsleiter

Sebastian Völkl
Lead Business Consultant

Andreas von Heymann
Mitglied des Vorstands

Stephan Vorgrimler
Partner

Cindy Wachtveitl
Business Consultant

Jennifer Weidelich
Business Consultant

Florian Weihe
Principal Consultant bei BELTIOS

Lisa Weinert
Manager Business Consultant

Nils Werwein
Manager

Eric Wezel
Analyst Digital Transformation

Johannes Widmann
Abteilungsleiter

Thomas Wiedemann
Principal Business Consultant

Gerd Wierse
Lead IT Consultant

Matthias Wild
Analyst

Johannes Willkomm
Chief Sales Office
heads the Sales division at msg systems ag. Together with his team, he focuses on strengthening the sales activities of the msg group, expanding customer relationships and supporting the business units in overarching topics.

Prof. Dr. Konrad Wimmer
Executive Business Consultant
holds a doctorate in business administration and is responsible for strategic topic development at msg for banking. His focus is on sustainable finance, bank controlling, financial mathematics, business area management, value-oriented sales management, and risk management. He advises banks on these topics and is an experienced speaker and author.

Max Winkler
Senior Consultant
is a business economist and works at msg for banking, advising credit institutions on projects relating to banking and risk management. He has experience in the savings bank sector, with a focus on treasury and regulatory issues. He also deals with issues relating to sustainable finance.

Timo Winkler
IT Consultant

Jörg Wissing
Senior Manager

Stephan Wolfgarten
Principal Business Consultant

Nico Wolny
Senior IT Consultant

Cenan Yildirim
Lead Business Analyst

Ruijue Zhu
Business Consultant

Christopher Zorn
Lead Business Consultant