Management Team

Focusing our experience and insight on your goals

Our executive team have spent their careers at the forefront of compliance and risk management disciplines. We offer unique senior expertise, a global perspective, as well as a personal commitment to minimize your risk and help you realise positive returns under all market conditions.

Wolfgang Fabisch

Co-Founder // CEO

Wolfgang Fabisch, co-founder, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of b-next Group, has overall strategic and operational responsibility for its businesses. With over 30 years of professional and management experience in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) for the financial sector, he is a respected industry executive who regularly lectures on these topics. Before founding b-next in 1989, Mr Fabisch held senior positions at IBM and Reuters. He holds a university degree in business administration.

Olesja Pauls

C00 // CFO

Olesja Pauls serves as a member of the Executive Board and is responsible for ensuring the operational and financial efficiency and effectiveness of the company’s business activities. She has been with b-next since January 2013, helping to develop and implement business strategies, plans and procedures. Her main responsibility is to set the right course for sustainable and profitable company growth. In addition to her role as COO and CFO, Olesja is in charge of talent management at b-next. She received her Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and a Master’s degree in Optimization and Simulation from Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences in 2013.