Our Firm
Orbit36 is a management consulting boutique specialized in Strategic Planning, Risk and Capital Management for banks and insurance companies.
We offer our clients a unique combination of practical experience in driving strategic projects, firm-wide processes and methodologies, designing and implementing industry-leading frameworks for capital, performance and risk management, as well as sophisticated financial and scenario modelling.
We are advisors and partners for senior executives in risk, finance, strategy and the business who need to master regulatory, economic, market and performance challenges and drive change in financial institutions.
Robin Dutt
Managing Partner
Robin Dutt has more than 20 years experience in the financial services industry. For 10 years, he was Head of Group Strategic Planning at UBS. In his role, he was responsible for the strategic and operating plans of UBS across business divisions, legal entities and regions globally, the group-wide forecasting process, scenario modelling, performance and cost control analytics, as well as various change projects.
Expertise
- Advisory to executive board members and senior finance executives
- Business partnering with executives in wealth management, retail and corporate banking, investment banking and asset management businesses as well as corporate center functions
- Driver and management of projects, processes and change in large scale, complex and global organizations
- Strategy, financial planning, forecasting and analytics
- Performance management and business reviews
- Scenario modelling, financial resources optimization
- Establishment of financial steering tools (KPI framework)
- Interactions with banking regulators, authorities and auditors
- Leadership and development of multi-cultural teams in international locations
Robin Dutt holds a Master in Economics from the University of Konstanz.
Dr. Andreas Ita
Managing Partner
Dr. Andreas Ita has more than 20 years experience in the financial services industry. For 6 years, he was Head of Group Economic Performance and Capital Optimization at UBS. In his role, he was responsible for the group-wide capital allocation framework, risk-adjusted performance measurement and the approach to determine the firm’s cost of equity. In addition, he avdanced the internal and regulatory stress testing methodologies for the Group and key legal entities. Prior to this, he worked for more than 10 years as an equity derivatives trader for UBS Investment Bank.
Expertise
- Design and implementation of frameworks for capital- and risk management in global financial institutions
- Advisory to senior executives (Chief Risk Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer), including preparation of proposals for Group Asset and Liability Management Committee and Board of Directors
- Development of firm-wide methodologies for stress-testing, capital allocation and cost of capital
- Risk-adjusted performance and value-based management (Economic Profit), hurdle rates and link to compensation
- Quantitative modelling of Pre-Provision Net Revenues (PPNR) for business planning, stress-testing and scenario analysis
- Financial modelling and valuation analysis, including goodwill impairment test under IAS 36
- In-depth understanding of capital markets, financial instruments and market risk
- Interactions with banking regulators, authorities and auditors
Andreas holds a PhD and a Master in Banking and Finance from the University of Zurich, as well a Bachelor in Business Administration from the Kalaidos University of Applied Science.
Diana Wolf-Dolgner
Cooperation Partner for Trainings
Diana Wolf-Dolgner is CEO of the management consultancy Market & Beyond. She has more than 20 years of experience in market intelligence and business innovation, gained in strategy departments of international companies. Previously, she was Director Market & Economic Research, Future Management at Rolls-Royce Land & Sea, where she introduced the structured exploration of future trends and the development of global scenarios for the evaluation of business opportunities and risk assessments at an early stage. Today, she also contributes her foresight expertise as a member of start-up jurys and in international committees such as the Diplomatic Council.
Expertise
- Trend-based strategy consulting
- Know-how: Future trends that will impact us in the coming decade; Megatrend Gallery Framework
- Development and review of future assumptions, strategies and visions
- Market and Competitive Intelligence
- Prognosis and forecasting tools: scenario analysis, war gaming, back-casting
- Framework for risk and sustainability assessments
- Business innovation, transformation and change: Promoting a future-oriented mindset and visionary thinking