Dipl.-Ing. David Thogmartin

Leader AI & Data Analytics Leader aiStudio Leader Trustworthy AI

Profit: improving operations using KPI, intelligently cutting cost with BI / scorecards, increasing efficiency via process automation, deepening analysis through data warehouse. Investment: budget, CBA, project management, liquidity management. Organizational change: integrating businesses, building teams, improving focus & accountability. Communication: shareholders, banks, auditors, customers.

Managing Director & CFO of Ingenico in Germany, Belgium, Austria, Netherlands and Switzerland. Terminals (Ingenico GmbH), Prepaid Cards (easycash Loyalty Solutions GmbH), Payment Services (easycash GmbH). Finance, Risk Mgmt & Collections, PMO (SEPA, SAP, KPI projects).

Managing Director & CFO for Santander Consumer Finance in Austria. Led Finance, Risk Management, IT, Legal, Internal Audit to enable a business turnaround. Merger, integration, cost reduction, credit-decisioning, PMO, IFRS, regulatory compliance, building / developing team.

CFO of GE's German retail bank. Controlling, Accounting (HGB, US GAAP), Pricing, Treasury, ERM, e-Finance, Tax, Payment Traffic. Managed liquidity effectively through finance crisis while achieving quarterly net income targets. Led financial seller side due diligence vis-à-vis Santander.

Head of financial planning and analysis at GE's French financial services business (consumer, retail sales, auto, home purchase and debt consolidation). Financial planning, closing, reporting, NPI and investments cost-benefit analysis, cost control, operations capacity planning.

Finance manager for GE's Global Aviation & Marine reinsurance business ($1bn anuual premium). Financial planning, closing, and analyses. Re-engineered finance processes and systems to strengthen Controllership, increase speed and reduce complexity.

Led portfolio clean-up, identifying & resolving historical loss drivers. Introduced portfolio quality reviews, global deal referral process, clear underwriting guidelines. Rapidly assessed exposures to major insured losses and communicated to GE senior leadership.

Balance sheet & regulatory compliance audits. Due-diligence & acquisition integration. Business consulting & process optimization. Financial cycles: reserves, revenue recognition, underwriting, investment, supply-chain. Industries: Energy, Healthcare, Plastics, Commercial Finance, Consumer Finance, Reinsurance.

Manufacturing process optimization: design specification, sourcing, and installation of equipment, application of quality controls, re-structuring of material flow using Kanban and other lean manufacturing techniques. Participant of Technical Leadership Program.