Thomas Obitz: Director, Risk Transform

Thomas Obitz is a management consultant and senior advisor on risk and regulatory driven change. He has designed the operating model transformation in the FRTB implementation of a major global bank and worked on various both operational and quantitative aspects of the regulation.

Thomas has more than 20 years of experience in the Financial Services industry in roles including organizational change, operating model transformation and IT transformation, working as a consultant, project manager and business architect. He has a background in Mathematics, worked for a Big 4 consultancy, is certified as a Financial Risk Manager (GARP FRM) and holds a TOGAF 9 certification. He is founder of RiskTransform, a niche consultancy supporting banks in integrating risk, operating model and IT change, and based in London.

Thomas has published on various aspects of the FRTB and on broader topics of risk change. Special areas of interest are the operational changes required to manage the impact of the regulation, and the data and data quality implications.