I am a Senior Risk Manager and Banker with 20+ years international experience and a thorough understanding how to solve complex issues using skills and technology. I collected experience in the full value chain of financial services (origination, structured products, work-outs/restructuring). My focus on risk management, treasury. I am capable of looking at the big picture as well as into details to ensure that proposed solutions work sustainably. In my current projects, I support small banks and microfinance institutions elevating their risk management practice.
I am the co-founder and President of Proyecto Horizonte, a community development program. I started this with the very clear vision to lift a community from extreme poverty to lower middle class within one generation through a persistent application of high quality programs for education, health care and local development.
- Developing and implementing a Risk Management Framework for a Private Equity Fund with global presence to ensure regulatory compliance as well as effective risk management. Actively managing the risk of the funds.
- Implementing Risk Reporting for one of the largest MFIs in China and an MFI in Cambodia
- Upgrading the Risk Management Framework for Financial Institutions in Mongolia, Palestine, Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria
- Improving the collection process of a Financial Institution in the Middle East
- Implementing a Treasury Management concept for a two-tier savings organization in West Africa
- Developing reporting tools for Credit Risk Management and Financial Risk Management
- Assessing the best approach to Risk Management for a global network of MFIs
- Implementing a Risk Management Framework (structure, policies, reporting, risk culture training) for FIs in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa
- Advising 50+ FIs globally since 2001 in the area of risk and efficiency management. Improving process efficiencies by up to 50% and protecting the institutions through an integrated/pragmatic approach to risk
- Managed restructurings and complex work-outs cases in the Americas. In and out-of court restructurings, recapitalizations, debt-equity conversions, receivership management, and equity investments. Focus on mid-sized Real Estate and Hospitality projects (20 cases, total volume $1bn). Successful management of turnarounds
- Managing Real Estate Credit Risk of a large international portfolio, including structured products, and construction loans. Developed a workflow and monitoring tool to analyze and steer the portfolio based on sector specific criteria
- Implementation of an internal restructuring unit (“Bad Bank”): technical set-up, organizational structure, reducing assets following the business plans
- Founder of the charity “Proyecto Horizonte”, a village development program in Bolivia serving over 800 children and their families with education, health care, and community development. (75 local employees and zero administrative expenses outside Bolivia)
- Increased the outreach of our program from initially 100 kids, 10 employees and an annual budget of USD 30k to 800 kids, 75 team members and a budget of USD 200k, while achieving sustainability in major parts of the program
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