Dr. Christoph Künzle

Personal profile

Management role

Programme Director, MAS Business Innovation Engineering for Financial Services, CAS Future Banking and Transformation

Position at the ZHAW

Senior Lecturer Banking and Finance

- BSc: lecturing in Banking & Finance, supervising project, research and Bachelor theses
- MSc: lecturing in Banking & Finance, supervising project, research and Master theses
- Courses and lectures in wealth management, relationship management, digital banking

www.zhaw.ch/abf

Expertise and research interests

Wealth Management, Asset Management, Corporate Strategy, Digitalization, Transformation

Educational background

2023: CAS Higher and Professional Education

2020: Advanced Studies AWS Solution Training for Partners (Amazon)

2020: Advanced Studies in B2B Sales (Steercom)

2018: Advanced Studies in Facilitation Excellence (Catseye Leadership Development)

2008: Advanced Studies in Financial Modelling for Mergers & Acquisition (EuroMoney)

2007-2010: CFA Institute, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

2000-2004: University of St.Gallen (HSG), Doctoral Studies in Law, Ph.D.

2000-2003: University of St.Gallen (HSG), Business Administration, lic.oec.HSG / M.A. HSG

1996-2000: University of St.Gallen (HSG), Law, lic.iur.HSG / M.A. HSG

1989-1996: Kantonsschule Zürcher Oberland (KZO) Wetzikon, Matura A (Ancient Languages)

Professional milestones

since 2022: Senior Lecturer Wealth and Asset Management, ZHAW, Winterthur

since 2021: Lecturer, AZEK, Zurich

since 2019: Lecturer, Kalaidos, Zurich

since 2017: Director, Deloitte, Zurich

2015-2017: Senior Advisor, Zurich

2011-2015: Managing Director, Member of Board of Directors, Advanta Capital, Zurich / São Paulo

2009-2011: Head of Institutional Sales, Vice President, Mercer Private Markets (SCM), Zurich

2007-2008: Mergers & Acquisitions Manager, Syngenta, Basel

2004-2007: Consultant, Bain & Company, Munich / Zurich

Membership of networks

• CFA Institute
• Swiss CFA Society
• HSG Alumni

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

- Wealth Management: Winning Transformation Strategies for a Decade of Major Change (Deloitte, 2021)

- Navigating towards a 'next normal' after COVID-19 - Lessons from APAC Wealth Managers (Deloitte, 2020)

- Ecosystems 2021 - was bringt die Zukunft. Gestaltung und Positionierung der Finanzindustrie (Deloitte, 2019)

- The Robots are Here - The Rise of Robo-Advisors in Asia-Pacific (Deloitte, 2019)

- Nachfrageüberschuss in Agrargütern (Finanz und Wirtschaft, 3.Dezember 2011)

- Indexierte Immobilienanlagen - Passive Strategien im Vormarsch (Schweizer Personalvorsorge, Juli 2010)

- Wettbewerb und Intervention in der EU: Praxis der europäischen Wettbewerbspolitik im Lichte der Industriepolitik (Dissertation 2004, Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, 2009, ISBN-10 9783838105413)

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