Mr. Messer’s primary areas of concentration are risk management, streamlining complex remediation projects, tackling challenges related to supervisory communication, and enhancing regulatory change processes to boost business profitability and revenue growth.

Most recently at A&M, Mr. Messer assisted and advised a sovereign fund on a comprehensive strategic and risk assessment, their risk appetite and limits, corresponding asset quality, procedures, policies and associated reporting to all its stakeholders.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Messer served as Head of Credit Risk at ABN AMRO, where he supervised all credit risks, credit strategy and the risk profile of global loan portfolios valued at 260 billion Euro. He transformed the credit risk organization and strengthened credit risk management by instituting role clarity and focus and improving knowledge of applicable regulations and the translation thereof into corresponding requirements for processes, controls, systems and credit risk models.

Previously, Mr. Messer held other senior roles, including Head of Central Risk Management, where he was responsible for the analysis, monitoring and reporting on ABN AMRO’s overall risk profile. He was also the key liaison between the bank and all regulatory and supervisory authorities for both Credit Risk and Central Risk Management. Before moving into risk management, Mr. Messer was responsible for ABN AMRO’s global energy finance practice. 

Mr. Messer studied at the University of Maastricht, University of Bristol and Tinbergen Institute and earned a master’s degree in economics.