Risk & Data Consultant · Riga, Latvia

Turning risk into
a strategic asset

Senior-level expertise in credit risk, portfolio management, and data analytics — helping financial institutions and businesses make better decisions through rigorous analysis.

What I offer

Services built on
real-world experience

Over a decade across banking, consumer finance, and fintech — applied now as independent consulting.

01
Credit & Portfolio Risk Management

End-to-end credit risk strategy — underwriting policy design, PD/LGD/EAD modeling support, KPI monitoring, and debt collection strategy. Built for lenders who want precision, not guesswork.

IFRS9 IRB PD/LGD EAD
02
Data Analysis & Reporting

Ad-hoc and recurring analytics, dashboard design, and business intelligence. From raw SQL queries to executive-ready Tableau and Power BI reports that drive decisions.

SQL Power BI Tableau SAS
03
Regulatory & Compliance Support

IFRS9 impairment ownership, IRB requirement consolidation, ESG testing datasets. Helping teams meet regulatory obligations without losing sight of business performance.

IFRS9 Basel ESG
04
Fraud Risk & Operational Risk

Fraud detection framework design, scoring model review, and operational risk controls — drawing on hands-on experience across multiple international markets in Asia and the Baltics.

Fraud Detection Scoring Multi-market
Background

A decade of hands-on
risk expertise

My career spans senior roles at Luminor Bank, Eleving Consumer Finance, RoboCash, and 4finance — covering credit risk, fraud risk, and operational risk across Europe and Asia.

Educated at the Stockholm School of Economics (BSc) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (MSc in Environmental Economics & Management), I bring both quantitative rigour and strategic thinking.

10+
Years in risk & analytics
4
Countries managed as PM
5
Senior positions held
MSc
Economics & Management, SLU
2023 – 2024
Senior Risk Transformation Analyst
AS Luminor Bank

Data deliveries for Risk Analytics — PD, LGD, CCF, EAD modeling datasets, ESG testing, IRB and IFRS9 requirement consolidation.

2019 – 2022
Portfolio Manager
Eleving Consumer Finance (EC Finance Group)

Credit, fraud and operational risk across BTW, NAM, LSO, MWI portfolios. IFRS9 impairment ownership, underwriting policy, scoring, and collection strategy.

2017 – 2019
Portfolio Manager
SIA RoboCash

Credit and fraud risk for Asian portfolios (PH, VN, ID, IN). Co-managed 4-country setup, scoring models with data-science team, reported directly to CRO & CEO.

2016 – 2017
Risk Analyst
AS 4finance

Reporting, scoring model review, SQL/SAS scripting, introduction of "Loss to Sales" metric, budget support during regulatory changes.

2012 – 2013
Office Holder / Clerk
Ministry of Economics, Latvia

State aid programs, regulatory amendments, stakeholder negotiation, Excel modelling and state aid database management.

Toolkit

Technical skills

Hands-on tools used day-to-day across risk, analytics, and reporting.

Data & Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • SAS
  • Advanced MS Excel

Visualisation & BI

  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Excel dashboards

Risk Domains

  • Credit risk (PD, LGD, EAD)
  • IFRS9 impairment
  • Fraud risk
  • Operational risk
  • IRB / Basel compliance
  • ESG risk datasets

Languages

  • Latvian — native
  • English — fluent
  • Russian — basic

Ready to start a
conversation?

Whether you need a full risk framework built, a data project delivered, or an expert second opinion — I'm available for project-based and retainer engagements.