Effective January 1, 2023, Dr. Steffen Gutjahr has been strengthening the management team at msg Rethink Compliance. As Executive Partner, Steffen Gutjahr will be responsible for the software development area of the anti-financial crime specialist and support the consulting business. The experienced AI and compliance expert joins msg Rethink Compliance and comes from targens GmbH, where he successfully managed the Compliance Solutions business unit since 2008 and developed the Smaragd product line into one of the leading solutions on the market.
Effective January 1, 2023, Dr. Steffen Gutjahr has been strengthening the management team at msg Rethink Compliance. As Executive Partner, Steffen Gutjahr will be responsible for the software development area of the anti-financial crime specialist and support the consulting business. The experienced AI and compliance expert joins msg Rethink Compliance and comes from targens GmbH, where he successfully managed the Compliance Solutions business unit since 2008 and developed the Smaragd product line into one of the leading solutions on the market.
Frankfurt, January 5, 2023. The anti-financial crime think tank msg Rethink Compliance has expanded its Management Board as of January 1, 2023. Dr. Steffen Gutjahr joins the management team of Dirk Findeisen, Jürgen Krieg and Davor Jurak as Executive Partner. The focus of his activities will be on expanding the service portfolio and developing complementary products and services to support the effectiveness and efficiency of AML/KYC solutions used in the financial industry with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), among other things.
Dr. Steffen Gutjahr previously worked at targens GmbH for 14 years, as head of the Compliance Solutions business unit since 2008 and also as part of the management since the beginning of 2020. Under his leadership, the Smaragd product line was further developed into one of the market-leading solutions for IT applications in the compliance environment and he built-up AI expertise in the company. The continuous expansion of the business model and related sales activities and market analyses were among his central tasks in addition to his management function. The business mathematics graduate and computer scientist with a doctorate in machine learning (ML) also gained professional experience at consulting companies in Frankfurt and as project manager in the overall bank management at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW). He is also a part-time lecturer in mathematics and AI at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in Stuttgart.
"With Dr. Steffen Gutjahr, we have been able to gain a leadership-experienced AI and compliance expert as another member of the management board, who knows the requirements of the industry and the needs of our customers very well. I am very pleased to have him on board," says Dirk Findeisen, Founder and Managing Partner of msg Rethink Compliance. "His background and expertise will help to increase our innovation speed, to continue the growth course we have embarked on and to further drive the digital transformation of the Anti-Financial Crime Compliance Office."
About msg Rethink Compliance
msg Rethink Compliance is a think tank, consulting and technology firm specialising in the area of financial crime compliance and risk management by supporting organizations in implementing effective compliance strategies to help combat money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption and fraud. The company offers a broad portfolio of consulting services as well as process and technology support to facilitate, automate and sustainably change the workflow and experience of the Compliance function. msg Rethink Compliance is part of msg, an independent group of companies with more than 9,000 employees in 32 countries.
