Thomas Kaiser

Prof. Dr. Thomas Kaiser has been working in the risk management profession for more than 20 years. His career includes various senior roles with leading German banks, most of which were focused on operational risk management. Thomas is a director in the financial risk management practice at KPMG, and is responsible for operational and reputational risk management consulting projects globally. He is also an honorary professor at Goethe University in Frankfurt, teaching risk management at graduate and executive level in Germany and abroad. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Operational Risk and author of four books and numerous articles on risk management topics.

Areas of expertise

• Advisory Financial
• Financial Risk Management
• Financial Services
• Operations Risk
• Regulatory capital risk management
• Risk Consulting

Education and qualifications

• PhD Financial Econometrics, University of Tübingen
• MA Business Administration, Saarbrücken University

Companies

• Freelance Consultant Professor Kaiser Risk Management Consulting (2021)
• Lecturer Vietnamese-German University (2015)
• Lecturer Goethe Business School - Goethe University Frankfurt (2011)
• Honorary Professor Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. Main (2011)
• Director KPMG Deutschland (2011 — 2021)
• Lecturer Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. Main (2003 — 2011)
• Head of Operational Risk & Business Continuity Management Framework Deutsche Bank (2010 — 2011)
• Director KPMG AG WPG (2002 — 2010)
• Lecturer Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (2006 — 2009)