Dr. Lantsman is a seasoned banking and consulting executive. As a Senior Vice President at M&T Bank, he built a modern Model Risk Management function that was instrumental in the Bank’s success navigating the post-crisis environment. Key elements of the program he developed include all stages of the model lifecycle, unified analytical and documentation standards, and coherent reporting to the Bank’s management group and board of directors as well as frequent communication with regulatory agencies.

Some of Dr. Lantsman’s earlier roles include Principal in the Financial Modeling and Model Risk practice of Deloitte and Touche, and Senior Vice President at Algorithmics where he guided the quantitative modeling efforts.

Dr. Lantsman received a PhD in Mathematics from Tashkent Institute of Technology