Martin Kraus heads the "CDO Office" at Commerzbank, where he supports the Group Chief Data Officer in expanding data governance and data quality management for the bank. Prior to this, he was responsible for the Risk, Finance and Compliance application landscape as well as overarching data architecture issues in the bank's architecture function. After studying physics and completing his doctorate, he began his career in IT at Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank in various project and management positions in the areas of investment banking, risk and finance.