Academic Positions

since 1.02.2015 Dean of Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel 

since 1.12.2007: Full Professor of Financial Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel

2012: HEC Montréal, Montréal, Canada: Visiting Professor, Course "Portfolio Management", MBA Program

2012: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa: Visiting Professor, Wits Business School (WBS), Course "Advanced Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance", MMFI Program

2012: Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore, India: Visiting Faculty

2011: University of Geneva: Visiting Professor, HEC Genève, Faculté des Sciences Économiques et Sociales, MBA Program

2009-2017: University of Zurich: Lecturer, Swiss Banking Institute ISB, CUREM MAS in Real Estate Management

2006: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): Visiting Scholar (Prof. Dr. Francis Longstaff)

2006: HEC Paris: Visiting Professor, Finance and Economics department "Economie monétaire et politique monétaire", Economics Major, joint lecture with Prof. Dr. Olivier Klein)

2005-2018: Executive School of Management, Technology and Law, University of St. Gallen: Professor of Corporate Finance, MBA-HSG

2004-2016: University of Liechtenstein: Lecturer, Banking and Financial Management (MSc), Private Banking-NDS and Master in Entrepreneurship

2004-2009: CUREM - Center for Urban and Real Estate Management, Zurich: Lecturer and member of the admissions committee

2004-2007: University of St. Gallen: Assistant Professor of Financial Management, Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance

1999-2004: University of St. Gallen: Lecturer of Financial Management

1999: University of St. Gallen: Assistant, Chair of Prof. Dr. Klaus Spremann

Education

2004: University of St. Gallen: Appointment as «Privatdozent» for Business with specialization in Finance. Habilitation on the «performance of real estate firms».

2003: University of Southern California (USC): visiting scholar, Marshall School of Business

1999: University of St. Gallen: PhD (Dr. oec. HSG)

1990-1995: University of St. Gallen: studies in Business, major in Banking

Awards

2015: RealWWZ "Best Lecturer Award", spring term 2015, University of Basel

2014: RealWWZ "Best Lecturer Award", spring term 2014, University of Basel

2013: Best Paper Award, QQE 2013 Bangkok, for the paper “Volatility as an Asset Class: A Valuable Portfolio Diversifier in Volatile Times?” (joint work with Andreas Rehrauer)

2011: Best Lecturer Award 2011, The St. Gallen MBA (MBA-HSG), Executive School of Management, Technology and Law (ES-HSG), University of St. Gallen

2009: Best Lecturer Award Core Courses 2009, MBA-HSG, Executive School (ES-HSG), University of St. Gallen

2009: RealWWZ "Best Lecturer Award", spring term 2009, University of Basel

2006: MBA-HSG Best Lecturer Award, University of St. Gallen