Mr. Thilo Kasprowicz | KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Presentation: The Upcoming MaRisk Amendment

Education/professional career:

• Graduate in Business Administration (Frankfurt)
• Post-graduate diploma in European Business (London)
• 1995 – 2005: Senior Manager at PwC Consulting and Associate Partner at IBM Business Consulting Services
• since 2006: Partner at KPMG, Regulatory & Compliance, Financial Services

Main topics:

• Advice on the implementation of regulatory requirements on Risk Management, Governance, Capital, ESG etc. in business models, organisational structures and processes as well as the IT infrastructure of banks
• European regulatory reporting (including COREP, FINREP) and national reporting
• Support of banks during the implementation of Basel requirements at the international, European and national level for many years, particularly in respect of Pillar I (own funds, RWA, leverage, liquidity), Pillar II (including MaRisk and SREP) and Pillar III (disclosure)
• Participant of Expert Panel of BaFin and Bundesbank for MaRisk
• Training / Onboarding of Members of Management Boards and Boards of Directors on regulatory issues in the context of fit and proper-exercises

 

Further information on Mr. Thilo Kasprowicz can be found here.

Dr Andreas Dehio | Linklaters LLP

Presentation: Third-Country Branches: Status of the CRD VI Implementation and Practical Infomation

Education/professional career:

• Partner at Linklaters LLP, Financial Regulation
• 2014: Doctorate (PhD) from Heidelberg University (Ruprecht‑Karls‑Universität Heidelberg), including a visiting research fellowship at Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
• Studied law at Saarland University and Heidelberg University (Ruprecht‑Karls‑Universität Heidelberg)

Main topics:

• Banking supervisory, investment funds and securities trading law
• Regulatory investigations
• Advice on corporate governance as well as on regulatory aspects of internal processes and strategic management of financial institutions

 

Further information on Dr Andreas Dehio can be found here and on his profile as member of the VIB Expert Panel.

Mr. Kay Böhm | PwC

Presentation: Annual Audits 2025: Key Issues and Conclusions

Education/professional career:

• Audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Frankfurt am Main
• Studies in banking, auditing and chemistry at University Mannheim

Main topics:

• Audit of international banks
• German GAAP, International Financial Reporting Standards, US GAAP
• Artificial Intelligence in Auditing

Mrs. Julia Bußmann | PwC

Presentation: Annual Audits 2025: Key Issues and Conclusions

Education/professional career:

• Since 2021 Director at PwC
• 2014 – 2021 (Senior) Manager at PwC
• Statutory Auditor (Wirtschaftsprüferin)
• Diploma in Business Informatics, Technical University of Darmstadt

Main topics:

• Annual audits of general IT controls, regulatory requirements (particularly XAIT and DORA) applicable to IT, as well as IT process audits—particularly in the areas of regulatory and credit risk—and audits of system implementations and enhancements
• Quality assurance for process and software adjustments within the anti-financial crime and anti-fraud organization, including data quality management
• Support in implementing various regulatory requirements, particularly the necessary IT adjustments, including the execution of related tests
• Review of test and migration management during the integration of IT systems in the context of mergers, as well as during the transition to and implementation of new system landscapes

Mr. Leon Münning | PwC

Presentation: Annual Audits 2025: Key Issues and Conclusions

Education/professional career:

• Statutory Auditor (Wirtschaftsprüfer)
• German tax advisor (Steuerberater)
• CFA & FRM Charterholder
• M.Sc. Finance & Accounting of the University of Münster

Main topics:

• Audit and consulting of large German and large incoming banks
• Focus area capital markets clients
• Specialist for complex financial instrument accounting topics as well as trading related regulatory requirements (EMIR, SFTR, MiFID II/ MiFIR, etc.)

Dr Jens H. Kunz | Noerr Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

Presentation: Fit&Proper and Board Governance

Education/professional career:

• since 2014 Co-Head Financial Services Regulation Practice Group at Noerr
• 2006–2013: Worked at a leading international law firm
• Admitted to the legal profession in 2006

Main topics:

• Financial regulatory law (banking, financial services, and payment services regulation)
• Anti-money laundering law
• Banking and Capital Markets Law
• Investment Law

 

Further information on Dr Jens H. Kunz can be found here and on his profile as member of the VIB Expert Panel.

Mr Marius Naser | BLUEDEX Labour Law

Presentation: Equal Pay and Pay Transparency

Education/professional career:

• Lawyer at Bluedex Labour Law, specialising in individual and collective employment law for employers
• Prior to joining Bluedex Labour Law, he worked as a legal adviser for an employers’ association
• Studied law at Heidelberg University, completing his legal clerkship with a focus on employment law

Main topics:

• Individual and collective employment law
• Social security law

Mr. Michael Peters | FTI Consulting Deutschland GmbH

Presentation: The AML Regulation: Implications for Bank Governance and Management Bodies

Education/professional career:

• Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting
• Senior Managing Director at Ankura Consulting Germany GmbH
• Nearly 40 years of professional experience as a former investigator with the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), as deputy head of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), and from five years in a senior position with the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) unit of a major international bank
• Former Head of Solution Anti-Financial Crime at KPMG and Deloitte

Main topics:

• Conducting externally commissioned investigations
• Extensive knowledge and experience with regulatory requirements at the national and European levels
• Advising entities subject to the Money Laundering Act (GwG) and various government agencies
• Prevention of money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes, including monitoring transactions, conducting investigations, and reporting to regulatory authorities

 

Further information on Mr. Michael Peters can be found here and on his profile as member of the VIB Expert Panel.

Mrs. Anna Kostus | FTI Consulting LLP

Presentation: The AML Regulation: Implications for Bank Governance and Management Bodies

Education/professional career:

• Financial crime regulatory expert
• More than 12 years‘ experience within the financial services industry in the UK, the Middle East and continental Europe (including in Germany, Poland, Luxembourg and Belgium)

Main topics:

• AML/ CFT Regulation
• AML/ CFT Compliance Assurance
• Regulatory Intermediation
• AML/ CFT Control Remediation

Dr Lars Röh | lindenpartners

Presentation: ESG Risk Management after the Implementation of CRD VI

Education/professional career:

• Since 2008 Partner at lindenpartners
• 2000–2007: Responsible for securities and capital markets law at the Deutschen Sparkassen- und Giroverband (DSGV)

Main topics:

• Securities and Banking Regulation
• Advising financial institutions on organizational structure and operational issues, as well as matters related to compliance with the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG)
• Assisting institutions in implementing European sustainable finance regulations (SFDR, MiFID II, Taxonomy Regulation, and CSRD), with a focus on the design and distribution of sustainability-related financial instruments

 

Further information on Dr Lars Röh can be found here and on his profile as member of the VIB Expert Panel.

Dr Nina Scherber | lindenpartners

Presentation: ESG Risk Management after the Implementation of CRD VI

Education/professional career:

• Since 2016 Associated Partner at lindenpartners
• 2016–2019: In-house counsel for the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe’s deposit insurance system at the Deutschen Sparkassen und Giroverband (DSGV)

Main topics:

• Extensive litigation experience in banking and capital markets disputes
• Consulting on issues related to banking supervision law, with a focus on sustainable finance and ESG compliance

 

Further information on Dr Nina Scherber can be found here.