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Guido Kersten

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Independent Risk Management Expert | Owner at Kersten RM Consultancy at Kersten RM consultancy
📍 ’s-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands

Guido Kersten is a senior risk professional with over 25 years of experience across banking, fintech, and asset-based finance. He specializes in building and professionalizing risk management and compliance functions from the ground up in rapidly growing or transforming organizations. He attended Avans University of Applied Sciences.

A defining aspect of his career is repeatedly establishing entire risk and compliance departments from scratch for multiple companies, including a fintech scale-up and a private-equity-owned bank.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Independent Risk Management Expert | Owner at Kersten RM Consultancy
Location
’s-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Strategic Risk
His commentary focuses on navigating risks from new technologies like AI and changing economic conditions, moving beyond traditional compliance to protect long-term business strategy.
Fintech & Compliance
As a founding team member at yesqar, he has direct experience building the entire risk and compliance function for a fast-growing fintech from the ground up.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Independent Risk Management Expert | Owner at Kersten RM Consultancy
Kersten RM consultancy
8-2020 - 11-2025
Chief Risk Officer & Head of Compliance (Founding Team Member)
yesqar
6-2017 - 8-2020
Director Enterprise Risk Management RNHB
RNHB
10-2014 - 6-2017
Manager Risk, Business Portfolio Analysis & Data Warehouse
DLL
8-2009 - 9-2014
Manager Risk Portfolio Management DLL BUFI
DLL
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Education
2006 - 2007
Post-HBO Basisopleiding Risicomanagement
Hogeschool Den Haag
1993 - 1997
HEAO
Avans University of Applied Sciences
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