Tomas Klenke has worked for Commerzbank since 2007 and has held management positions in Corporate Clients, Private Clients, Asset Based Finance and Risk Management. In 2017 he joined the newly established Executive Area “Big Data & Advanced Analytics” (BDAA). Since 2019 he is Head of the Cluster “Cost, Risk & Fraud Analytics”. The Cluster develops, builds and operates applications providing foundational AI services to a wide array of units in Commerzbank; examples include payment data analytics for Risk, Compliance and Sales functions, ML based early warning risk signals, as well as a Large Language Model service to make LLM capabilities available in the bank. BDAA is owner of the bank’s AI Strategy, acts as “Center of Competence” for AI in Commerzbank, and has set up the bank’s AI governance. In addition, the Cluster “Cost, Risk & Fraud Analytics” is responsible for the Data Governance in Commerzbank, including BCBS 239 compliance and the bank’s overall data strategy.

Tomas Klenke holds a B.A. as well as an M.A. in Mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge University, and completed his Ph.D. in Mathematics at Harvard University. Before joining Commerzbank, he worked at McKinsey & Company as a Consultant, Engagement Manager and Risk Management Expert.