Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Nitsche was a Partner at a leading strategy consulting firm, where he specialized in strategy, M&A, and risk management. During his tenure, he led corporate assignments for acquirers, payment infrastructure providers, fintechs, and issuing processors. Moreover, he led more than 30 due diligences operationally—areas included acquiring, point of sale hardware/software, issuing, issuing processing, payment infrastructure, and adjacent payment services. Mr. Nitsche has co-authored various articles in the areas of: risk management; buy now, pay later; generative AI; open banking; and general payment trends.

Previously, Mr. Nitsche worked with Nets, a Hellman & Friedman/Bain Capital/Advent portfolio company, as Chief of Staff to the Payment CEO and as interim CRO. As Chief of Staff, he oversaw the strategy and value creation plan implementation, including as lead of CEO operations. Additionally, he led the Thomas Cook insolvency execution (around €150 million chargeback losses) as well as multiple M&A projects. As interim CRO, he was responsible for the COVID-19 risk remediation, mitigating the corresponding financial, operational, and IT risks.

Mr. Nitsche earned a master’s degree in business mathematics and a PhD in pure mathematics from the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics. Additionally, he is a certified Energy Trader at the European Energy Exchange and is fluent in English and German.