Georg von Pfoestl

Principal

Georg has 16+ years of experience advising senior executives and decision-makers of financial institutions in the German-speaking area.

Education

Vienna University of Economics and Business
Doctorate degree banking & finance
Vienna University of Economics and Business
MBA with focus on banking & finance

Past Experience

BearingPoint
Partner
EY
Executive director/partner

Georg is a Principal based in our Vienna office. His focus is on developing a financial services practice for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (DACH) and Eastern Europe, alongside the head of the Financial Services Practice, Martin Rauchenwald.

Georg is a topic expert in:

  • Risk management, covering the strategic, governance, functional, process and data aspects
  • ESG/sustainable finance
  • Process optimization and risk data

He has 16+ years of experience advising senior executives and decision-makers of financial institutions in the German-speaking area. Prior to joining Arthur D. Little, Georg was a Partner at BearingPoint in its Vienna office, specializing in finance and risk management banking, from 2018 until the beginning of 2021. He was globally responsible for credit risk and sustainable finance.

From 2014 to 2018 he was executive director/partner at EY and the responsible FS advisory leader for Austria (risk management, finance, regulatory).
 
Georg holds a doctorate degree (banking and finance) and an MBA, both from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (including two years of studies at the Free University of Bolzano) and participated in research visits to the University of South Australia, Adelaide. He is fluent in German, English, and Italian. 
 
Georg was born in South Tyrol (Italy) but has been living in Vienna since 2000. He is married and has three children. In his free time, he likes to spend time with his family and participate in sports, and he is very interested in philosophy.  

Recent Publications

From green finance to greening finance
From green finance to greening finance
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) provides financial services businesses with a framework for funding and de-risking the shift to a greener world. It offers banks an enormous revenue opportunity by introducing green products and services to new and existing customers. However, greening finance requires changes in culture and mindset and expanding ESG considerations to include an economic perspective, thus creating ESGE (environmental, social, governance, and economic). This Viewpoint explains how banks can innovate and unlock ESG’s revenue potential.

Georg is a Principal based in our Vienna office. His focus is on developing a financial services practice for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (DACH) and Eastern Europe, alongside the head of the Financial Services Practice, Martin Rauchenwald.

Georg is a topic expert in:

  • Risk management, covering the strategic, governance, functional, process and data aspects
  • ESG/sustainable finance
  • Process optimization and risk data

He has 16+ years of experience advising senior executives and decision-makers of financial institutions in the German-speaking area. Prior to joining Arthur D. Little, Georg was a Partner at BearingPoint in its Vienna office, specializing in finance and risk management banking, from 2018 until the beginning of 2021. He was globally responsible for credit risk and sustainable finance.

From 2014 to 2018 he was executive director/partner at EY and the responsible FS advisory leader for Austria (risk management, finance, regulatory).
 
Georg holds a doctorate degree (banking and finance) and an MBA, both from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (including two years of studies at the Free University of Bolzano) and participated in research visits to the University of South Australia, Adelaide. He is fluent in German, English, and Italian. 
 
Georg was born in South Tyrol (Italy) but has been living in Vienna since 2000. He is married and has three children. In his free time, he likes to spend time with his family and participate in sports, and he is very interested in philosophy.  

Recent Publications

From green finance to greening finance
From green finance to greening finance
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) provides financial services businesses with a framework for funding and de-risking the shift to a greener world. It offers banks an enormous revenue opportunity by introducing green products and services to new and existing customers. However, greening finance requires changes in culture and mindset and expanding ESG considerations to include an economic perspective, thus creating ESGE (environmental, social, governance, and economic). This Viewpoint explains how banks can innovate and unlock ESG’s revenue potential.

More About Georg
  • Vienna University of Economics and Business
    Doctorate degree banking & finance
  • Vienna University of Economics and Business
    MBA with focus on banking & finance
  • BearingPoint
    Partner
  • EY
    Executive director/partner