Most recently at A&M, Mr. Tauer was involved in multinational investigations, including those on misappropriation of funds and assets, management board misconduct, and forex insider trading. Mr. Tauer has reviewed the appropriateness of anti-money laundering (AML) remediation/investigation measures that the management board of a global Fortune 500 bank took in response to findings of authorities and regulators. He also assisted with the design of a new target operating model for a client in the shipping industry, focusing on the assessment of the company’s data architecture, existing key performance indicators to measure business, and its current reporting structure.

Previously, Mr. Tauer participated in multiple European and U.S. activities arising from the close out of the Lehman Brothers group, including investigations into the activities of a Lehman stock lending entity as well as an automated analytical approach into loan risk rating. He also focused on revenue enhancement for a retail company that was facing insolvency, providing an analysis of customer purchase behaviour to redesign store layout, determining optimal stock levels for each SKU, and enabling targeted marketing campaigns.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Tauer spent two years with KPMG, Germany’s forensic technology practice, where he worked on AML-related matters. Prior to that, he was Assistant Director and IT Project Manager at Interlab GmbH, a central laboratory providing customized analytical services aiding clinical trials.

Mr. Tauer earned a master’s degree in business (concentration in financial services and taxation) from Fernuniversität in Hagen, Germany, and a PhD in analytical chemistry from Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. He is a Certified Chartered Accountant and a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). An Austrian national, he is fluent in German and English and speaks basic Spanish.