European financial institutions need a new approach to sanctions to avoid rising fines and reputational damage—a strategy that reduces risk and helps control spiraling costs.
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Education
- PhD, information science, big data, and business intelligence, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
- Master's degree, business, strategic management, and information science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
- Master's degree, business science and business research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
- Research Fellow, London School of Economics
- Scholar, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Bernhard Gehra leads Boston Consulting Group's North America Risk & Compliance practice. Previously, he led the firm's global compliance and non-financial risk teams across all industries. He is part of BCG's global leadership team.
Bernhard has more than 20 years of experience in regulation, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) compliance, operational risk, and financial and non-financial risk. He has worked with many multinational companies around the world on issues related to governance, digitization, risk management, and compliance, and is the author of several books and articles about risk, regulation, compliance and non-financial risk management.