Nicolas is the Director of Finalta responsible for banking benchmarking across Western Europe. He works closely with the leadership of banks to perform detailed benchmarking studies which create clarity and insight of the bank's performance, helping identify opportunities for improvement and further development.
Finalta is the market leader for financial services benchmarking, combining performance benchmark data and best-practice knowledge from over 350 financial institutions in over 50 countries to generate insights on how to achieve superior performance.
Nicolas has over 30 years'; experience working across Europe, North America and the Middle East. Prior to joining McKinsey, Nicolas held regional leadership positions at HSBC, American Express and Natwest Group. Before this, he spent a decade as a strategy consultant with Roland Berger and Booz Allen Hamilton.
Nicolas is married to an art historian and they have two children. After living in the UK for many years, they moved to Germany in 2019.
Published Work
“A digital approach to SME banking,” McKinsey & Company October 2022
“KMU-Banking: Digital zum Erfolg,” McKinsey & Company October 2022
Wie Banken mit den Richtigen Werkzeugen Geschäftskunden betreuen, Die Bank Feb 2023
Defining excellence in Private Client service, Booz Allen Hamilton 2003
Cards strategy series, Booz Allen Hamilton 2003 - 2006
Direct Bank’s Final Frontier, The Banker 1998
Past Experience
HSBC
Group Head of Premier Customer Management, previously deputy COO Retail Banking and Wealth management EMEA
American Express
Vice President: Marketing previously Global Network Business before which Strategy and Business Development across Europe
Royal Bank of Scotland
Head of Retail Banking Strategy, member of cards and payments business management team
Booz Allen Hamilton
Strategy consultant; Principal and member of European FIG leadership team
Roland Berger
Strategy consultant focused on consumer business across Airlines, loyalty and rewards and banking
Education
European Business School, London, Paris and Frankfurt
BA (Hons) European Business Strategy
Columbia Business School, New York
MBA (dean’s listed)
