Rainer M. Zierhofer serves as a Partner at Horváth, leading the Competence Center for Digital Transformation & Information Technology, as well as overseeing the Frankfurt Office and multiple Competence Centers, including Financial Industries and IT Management & Transformation. Since joining Horváth in April 2005, Rainer has held various leadership roles, including founder of the Frankfurt Office and Senior Project Manager within the Financial Industries sector. Prior to Horváth, Rainer was a Senior Manager at Unilog Management and held managerial and consulting positions at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting and meine Volksbank Raiffeisenbank eG. Rainer holds a Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) from AKAD University and a Diplomierter Bankbetriebswirt ADG from the Akademie Deutscher Genossenschaften, focusing on business administration and executive leadership in cooperative banking.