Dan Balke
Managing Director at LFS Advisory GmbH- Claim this Profile
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Deutsch Native or bilingual proficiency
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Englisch Professional working proficiency
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Russisch Professional working proficiency
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Spanisch Limited working proficiency
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Serbisch Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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Certificate in ESG Investing
CFA InstituteDec, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Zertifizierter Aufsichtsrat (Certified Director)
School GRC | School of Governance, Risk & Compliance | Steinbeis-Hochschule BerlinOct, 2021- Nov, 2024
Experience
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LFS Advisory GmbH
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Germany
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Director
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Jan 2018 - Present
Finance. Technology. Impact. Connecting the Dots. Finance. Technology. Impact. Connecting the Dots.
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Access Microfinance Holding AG
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Germany
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mitglied des Aufsichtsrates
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Nov 2020 - Present
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HelloCash
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Berlin Area, Germany
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Co-Founder
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Feb 2021 - Dec 2021
HelloCash is a proprietary cash hailing app and a Fintech. We build and deploy it on principles of social networks and crowdsourcing. It targets one key problem of digital money: seamless transfer between digital and physical cash, anytime, anywhere. HelloCash is a proprietary cash hailing app and a Fintech. We build and deploy it on principles of social networks and crowdsourcing. It targets one key problem of digital money: seamless transfer between digital and physical cash, anytime, anywhere.
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Credo Bank / კრედო ბანკი
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Georgia
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Chairman of the Supervisory Board
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Oct 2014 - Dec 2019
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AB Bank Rwanda
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Rwanda
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Banking
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chairman of the Supervisory Board
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Nov 2017 - Nov 2018
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Access Microfinance Holding AG
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Germany
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Digital Officer (CDO)/ Chief Information Officer (CIO)
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Jun 2015 - Dec 2017
I assumed this dual role in late 2015, when AccessHolding was managed by LFS, in addition to my MD role in LFS. My task was to establish and strengthen group wide governance on IT and digital finance, deliver key projects in digital finance and core banking migration, establish ISMS based on ISO 27001 and make technology and digital finance at the holding ready for a takeover by AccessHolding at the end of my tenor. I assumed this dual role in late 2015, when AccessHolding was managed by LFS, in addition to my MD role in LFS. My task was to establish and strengthen group wide governance on IT and digital finance, deliver key projects in digital finance and core banking migration, establish ISMS based on ISO 27001 and make technology and digital finance at the holding ready for a takeover by AccessHolding at the end of my tenor.
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Managing Director
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Sep 1997 - Dec 2017
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Access Microfinance Bank
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Tanzania
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Banking
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100 - 200 Employee
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Chairman of the Supervisory Board
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Nov 2007 - Nov 2012
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AccessBank Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan
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Banking
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500 - 600 Employee
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Interim Chief Executive Officer
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Apr 2006 - Jul 2006
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BERLIN-CHEMIE Menarini
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Germany
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Trainee International Commercial Deprtment
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1997 - 1997
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Education
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Alliance Manchester Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance -
Freie Universität Berlin
MSc, Economics