Dr. Andreas Hecht

Work at ZHAW

Position

Senior Lecturer for Financial Management & Sustainable Financing

Focus

Corporate Finance, Treasury, Corporate Risk Management, Foreign Exchange Management, Sustainable Financing, Sustainable Finance, Financial Literacy

Experience

• Corporate Finance, most recently employed as "Head of Global Digital Standards, Processes & Solutions" & "Co- Head of Risk Management & Reporting"
  MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart
  05 / 2019 - 09 / 2022
• Research Associate
  University of Hohenheim
  01 / 2016 - 04 / 2019
• Corporate Treasury Solutions
  PricewaterhouseCoopers, Amsterdam and Frankfurt
  01 / 2014 - 12 / 2015

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr. oec / Financial Risk Management
  University of Hohenheim
  01 / 2016 - 04 / 2019
• Master Grande École, M.A / International Finance
  Double Master Degree Paris / Augsburg
  03 / 2013 - 09 / 2014
• Bachelor of Science / International Business with focus on Corporate Finance
  HS Pforzheim (AACSB) with semester abroad at the University of Hong Kong
  09 / 2008 - 02 / 2009

Continuing Education

• Certified Expert in Digital Finance
  Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
  03 / 2021
• Certified Expert in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
  Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
  10 / 2020
• Certified Blockchain Expert
  Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
  07 / 2020

Projects

• Review & Zertifizierung Schulungskonzept Stiftung BPN / Team member / Project ongoing
• Nachhaltigkeitsschulung UBS Switzerland AG / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Investing in the modern forestry and timber construction industry / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Integrales Fremdwährungsrisikomanagement im Industrieunternehmen (InFIn) / Team member / Project ongoing

Publications

• Raschle, Irina; Hecht, Andreas,

  2023.

  Nachhaltigkeit in der Unternehmensfinanzierung : ein Vergleich zwischen Schweizer und deutschen Unternehmen.

  Expert Focus.

  2023(12), pp. 590-595.

• Hecht, Andreas; Lampenius, Niklas,

  2023.

  How do firms manage their foreign exchange exposure?.

  Journal of Risk and Financial Management.

  16(8), pp. 359.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16080359

• Hecht, Andreas,

  2021.

  The determinants of corporate FX speculation : why firms increase risk.

  Journal of Risk Finance.

  22(5), pp. 363-383.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JRF-07-2020-0153

• Hecht, Andreas,

  2021.

  The role of managerial characteristics in FX risk management : who increases risk?.

  Review of Managerial Science.

  15(8), pp. 2377-2406.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-020-00432-x

• Hecht, Andreas; Hachmeister, Dirk,

  2020.

  Advanced financial reporting : the French approach to the disclosure problem.

  Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance.

  32(1), pp. 139-144.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.22455

• Hecht, Andreas; Hachmeister, Dirk,

  2020.

  Fortschrittliche Finanzmarktkommunikation mit relevanten Informationen – ein Blick nach Frankreich.

  Zeitschrift für internationale Rechnungslegung.

  2020(5), pp. 207-249.

• Eigenthaler, Carolin; Hecht, Andreas; Hachmeister, Dirk,

  2019.

  Einfluss der Rechnungslegungsstandards auf das Hedging-Verhalten in Europa und den USA.

  Corporate Finance.

  2019(05-06), pp. 141-145.

• Hecht, Andreas,

  2019.

  How do firms manage their interest rate exposure?.

  Journal of Risk Finance.

  20(5), pp. 501-519.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JRF-02-2019-0037

• Hecht, Andreas; Hachmeister, Dirk,

  2023.

  Mehr als nur auf Englisch : Neukonzipierung einer Lehrveranstaltung

  .

  In:

  Berendt, Brigitte; Fleischmann, Andreas; Salmhofer, Gudrun; Schaper, Niclas; Szczyrba, Birgit; Wiemer, Matthias; Wildt, Johannes, eds.,

  Neues Handbuch Hochschullehre.

  Stuttgart:

  Franz Steiner Verlag.

  pp. E2.18.

• Hecht, Andreas,

  2023.

  Finanzielle Bildung in buddhistischen Klöstern in Nepal.

  MoneyToday.ch.

  Available from: https://www.moneytoday.ch/news/finanzielle-bildung-in-buddhistischen-kloestern-in-nepal

• Charrey, Stefano; Federizzi, Thomas; Hecht, Andreas; Kornsteiner, Tania; Richter, Thomas,

  2023.

  Anlegen in die moderne Wald- und Holzbauindustrie.

  Zürich:

  Timber Finance Initiative.

  ISBN 978-3-9525888-0-2.

• Hecht, Andreas,

  2021.

  Blockchain in the KYC process : an answer for everything?.

  Treasury Management International.

  (281), pp. 46-49.

  Available from: https://treasury-management.com/download/blockchain-in-the-kyc-process-pdf/

• Hecht, Andreas; Hachmeister, Dirk,

  2020.

  La France comme modèle de reporting plus pertinent pour la gestion des risques.

  Revue Française de Comptabilité.

  (543).

• Hecht, Andreas; Hachmeister, Dirk,

  2020.

  The benefits of advanced financial reporting : decision usefulness and speculative evidence.

  Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting.

  12(3), pp. 471-476.

  Available from: http://s3.amazonaws.com/web.nacva.com/JFIA/Issues/JFIA-2020-No3-6.pdf

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Defizite in der Finanzberichterstattung, Interview erschienen in: DerTreasurer E-Magazin, Ausgabe 10, 20. Mai 2020, http://mailing.frankfurt-bm.com/c/39039748/9bb90ca23938b-1fc9sua, Teaser: https://www.dertreasurer.de/news/risiko-management/defizite-in-der-finanzberichterstattung-2013931/.
• Mehr als nur auf Englisch – Neukonzipierung einer Lehrveranstaltung (2020, mit Dirk Hachmeister), in: Neues Handbuch Hochschullehre (NHHL), Ausgabe 94, Nr. E 2.18.

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