Since joining McKinsey 20 years ago, Thomas has served financial institutions and corporations across Europe. He leads our Risk Practice in Germany and co-chairs the global knowledge committee overseeing our core Risk Service Lines. His areas of expertise include regulation and compliance, enterprise risk management, credit risk management, treasury and market risk management, and workout and restructuring.
Thomas recently spent two years leading a global “three lines of defense” risk-strategy program for a major German bank. He formerly served as a member of the European Commission’s Group of Experts on Banking Issues and is a member of the executive committee of the Frankfurt Institute of Risk Management and Regulation.
Within McKinsey, Thomas has led the design and execution of a number of banking-risk surveys on topics such as credit portfolio management and asset liability management. He has written books on strategic risk management in German banks and credit-portfolio control, as well as a number of articles on risk topics.
Published work
“The compliance function at an inflection point,” McKinsey on Risk, January 2019
“Value and resilience through better risk management,” McKinsey on Risk, October 2018
“Basel III: The final regulatory standard,” McKinsey on Risk, April 2018
“A new posture for cybersecurity in a networked world,” McKinsey on Risk, March 2018
“Sustainable compliance: Seven steps toward effectiveness and efficiency,” McKinsey on Risk, February 2017
“Nonfinancial risk today: Getting risk and the business aligned,” McKinsey & Company, January 2017
“Nonfinancial risk: A growing challenge for the bank,” McKinsey & Company, July 2016
“The evolving role of credit portfolio management,” McKinsey & Company, July 2016
Compliance and control 2.0: Unlocking potential through compliance and quality-control activities, McKinsey Working Papers on Risk, Number 33, June 2012
Education
University of Cologne
PhD, finance
University of Bayreuth
MBA