Joël Theisen

Financial Services | CIO Office | Julius Baer | CEMS Luxembourg

Luxembourg

About

𝐂𝐈𝐎 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐉𝐁𝐄 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐠 🏦 📊 After 9 years in consulting for financial services mainly at zeb consulting, I am now working as Chief of Staff IT for Bank Julius Baer Europe S.A. in Luxembourg. My responsibilities include various aspects in the area of Information Technology linked to steering, project management and problem solving: 👉 Strategic planning and execution 👉 Operating model optimization 👉 IT communication and cultural transformation 👉 Strategic project support 👉 IT governance optimization 𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐒 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐠 🎓 🙋🏻 Besides my job I am responsible for the CEMS Alumni Club Luxembourg. My goal is to build up and strengthen the local community. As a student I was able to attend enriching events and got to know many great people, therefore I felt the need to keep the CEMS spirit alive in my home country Luxembourg! Join our Facebook and LinkedIn group to get informed about upcoming events: 𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯.𝘤𝘰𝘮/𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴/8782441/ 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 🗽 🗻 In my spare time, I love to travel (> 60 countries), regularly practice CrossFit, conquer mountains (e.g. Aconcagua in Argentina, Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Stanley in Uganda, Gran Paradiso in Italy or Mount Fuji in Japan) and discovered my passion for gastronomy and oenology. If time allows, I also do skiing, scuba diving as well as skydiving.

Experience

  • IT Business Management | CIO Office at Julius Baer
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    Julius Baer is the leading Swiss wealth management group and a premium brand in this global sector, with a focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients. In all we do, we are inspired by our purpose: creating value beyond wealth.

  • Angel Investor at Stealth AI Startup
    Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    Empowering investors with smarter, faster decisions by leveraging cutting-edge AI to transform every step of the investment process.

  • Voyage at Career Break
    Aug 2025 - Aug 2025 · 1 mo

    Exploring the Caucasus region for about a month

  • zeb consulting (7 yrs 7 mos)
    • Manager
      Jan 2021 - Jul 2025 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Projects for private banks, retail banks and specialized financial providers in Europe. Consulting & research assignments included: Retail banking strategy, mobile banking assessment, retail banking market sizing, IT governance process optimization (ITIL, e.g. access management, incident management, core responsibilities for delivery and run functions, application repository, IT procurement), support for a CSSF onsite inspection on IT risks and the following remediation actions, pricing in private banking, project management, CEO agenda and strategic challenges, private banking study, PE commercial due diligence, housing ecosystem business model, core banking system migration, business testing, payments (SEPA, SWIFT), KYC/AML tool implementation, business process documentation and optimization, pricing study, market entry strategies, corporate values branding, CRM vendor selection, accounting process optimization, AML risk analysis etc.

    • Senior Consultant
      Jan 2018 - Dec 2020 · 3 yrs

  • Voyage at Career Break
    Jan 2024 - Feb 2024 · 2 mos

    Travelling Argentina, Chile and Brazil for 10 weeks