Thomas Olsen
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Profilo di Thomas
Competenze
Thomas Olsen is the global co-lead of our Web3 and Metaverse practice. He is also a leader in our Private Equity, Financial Services, and Strategy practices and leads the global Financial Market Infrastructure sectors in our Financial Services practice. He has also had roles leading our Strategy and Corporate Finance practices in Asia-Pacific and Payments sector in the Americas.
Thomas has extensive experience across developed and developing markets, working with financial investors, financial institutions in banking, payments and capital markets. Additionally, he holds deep expertise in corporate and portfolio strategy, M&A, risk, liquidity and capital management, and organizational design.
Prior to joining Bain in 2008, Thomas was a partner with another global consulting firm in London, Singapore, São Paulo, and Zurich. He also spent five years with the World Bank, based in Washington DC and Caracas.
Thomas holds an MBA from INSEAD, an MSc from Cornell University, and a BA from Carleton College.
Recent Insights
- “Private Asset Investing Desperately Needs New Market Infrastructure ,” Brief, luglio 2023
- “Web3 Remains Highly Relevant for Private Equity,” Global Private Equity Report, febbraio 2023, Report
- “As Digital Currencies Start to Embed in the Payments System, What Role for Banks?,” Brief, dicembre 2022
- “Where to Invest with Web3,” Dry Powder: The Private Equity Podcast, dicembre 2022, Podcast
- “Web3 Experiments Start to Take Hold in Banking,” Brief, dicembre 2022
In the News
- “Web3 could reduce operational costs for banks by as much as 25% say Bain & Company survey respondents ,” Press release, dicembre 2022