Dr.-Ing. Martin Schnauss, CFA, FRM

Work at ZHAW

Position

Senior Lecturer

Focus

• China and the Greater Bay Area: fintech, IoT, real estate
• System dynamics and IoT in real estate management
• AI-based decision systems (large language models) in real estate and asset management
• ESG and climate risk in real estate portfolios
• Real estate valuation and real estate funds

Teaching

Teaching: real estate valuation, real estate funds, asset management, financial instruments and portfolio theory, statistics, big data and artificial intelligence

Experience

• Senior Lecturer
  ZHAW School of Management and Law
  08 / 2015 - today
• Senior Lecturer
  TU Berlin
  09 / 2014 - today
• Senior Lecturer
  FFH St. Gallen
  04 / 2015 - 05 / 2016
• Executive Director
  UBS
  08 / 2009 - 10 / 2015
• Executive Director
  Bank Julius Bär
  02 / 2007 - 07 / 2009
• External Consultant and Head of Unit
  Albis Securitisation AG
  02 / 2005 - 12 / 2006
• Risk Manager, Derivatives Trader and ABS Bond Trader
  Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG, London, Berlin
  08 / 1993 - 01 / 2005

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Certified Real Estate Valuer with Swiss Federal Diploma / Real Estate Valuation
  SFPKIW, Switzerland
  06 / 2019 - 06 / 2021
• Geprüfter Immobilienbewerter / Real Estate Valuation
  Sprengnetter Academy, Germany
  06 / 2018 - 06 / 2019
• Leadership Certificate
  St. Galler Business School
  2013 - 2014
• Dr.-Ing. (PhD) / Management and Industrial Engineering
  BTU Cottbus
  2005 - 2009
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA),
  CFA Institute
  2003 - 2005
• Financial Risk Manager (FRM)
  Global Association of Risk Professionals
  2002 - 2003
• Dipl.-Math. (MSc) in Mathematics / Mathematics
  TU Berlin
  1988 - 1993

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1839-9756

Awards

• Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching, Finalist
  ZHAW
  09 / 2018
• Erwin-Stephan-Award
  TU Berlin
  06 / 1994

Projects

• Risk Management and Analysis Tool for Lease-to-Purchase Homeownership / Project leader / completed
• Decision Based Tools for the Climate Resilience of Real Estate / Project leader / completed
• Climate Rating for Real Estate Portfolios / Deputy project leader / completed
• Satellite and Network-Analysis based Climate Impact Measurement Tool for Real Estate / Project leader / completed
• ERREP - ESG Rating for Real Estate Portfolios / Project leader / completed
• Digitalisation non-bankable assets - specifically: art / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Wu, J. et al. (2025) 'The global pursuit : how Chinese MNEs leverage acquisitions to achieve strategic intent', Abhigyan, 43(3), pp. 292–307. doi: 10.1177/09702385251344383.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Wu, J., Schnauss, M. and de Montrichard, C. (2019) 'China ermöglicht solide Finanzierungen für KMUs : die Rolle von Alibaba und Alipay', in Digitalisierung in der Praxis : so schaffen KMU den Weg in die Zukunft. Wiesbaden: Springer, pp. 159–169. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-26137-5_10.

Other publications

• Wu, J. et al. (2025) 'Exportschlager Textilmaschine: Das war einmal. Wird sie es wieder?', Die Volkswirtschaft. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-32852.
• Schnauss, M., Müller, K. and Spieler, P. (2022) 'The cybernetics of sustainable real estate portfolio systems using the example of hospital complexes', in 28th Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society (ERES), Milan, Italy, 22-25 June 2022.
• Schnauss, M. and Giannotta, E. (2021) 'Efficiency gains in the real estate market through the application of blockchain technology', in 27th Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society (ERES), online, 2-5 June 2021. European Real Estate Society. doi: 10.15396/eres2021_121.
• Wu, J. and Schnauss, M. (2019) 'Schweizer Stärken sind bei Chinas Unternehmern kaum bekannt', Die Volkswirtschaft, 2019(6), pp. 51–53. Available at: https://dievolkswirtschaft.ch/de/2019/05/schnauss-wu-06-2019/.
• Wu, J. and Schnauss, M. (2018) 'Auch in Europa denkbar? : Kooperation von staatlichen Banken mit Internetfirmen in China', Die Bank, 2018(5), pp. 8–11. Available at: https://www.wiso-net.de/document/DIBA__2018050069.
• Wu, J. and Schnauss, M. (2018) 'Chinas offener Umgang mit Daten', Handelszeitung, pp. 30–31.
• Wu, J. and Schnauss, M. (2018) 'Internet of things', KMU-Ratgeber. Available at: http://ratgeber.moneyhouse.ch/article/internet-of-things/.
• Wu, J. and Schnauss, M. (2018) 'Trends Chinesisch-Schweizerischer M&A-Deals', KMU-Ratgeber. Available at: http://ratgeber.moneyhouse.ch/article/trends-chinesisch-schweizerischer-ma-deals/.
• Schnauss, M. and Bachmann, O. (2017) 'Design-Prinzipien für das Wissensmanagement', Die Bank, 2017(10), pp. 36–39.
• Schnauss, M. (2016) Entwicklung der Soll-Konfiguration einer Ausbildungseinheit im Wandel vom Wissensanbieter zum Wissensmanager. Master's thesis. St. Galler Business Books & Tools. Available at: https://www.sgbbt.ch/fileadmin/PDF_Buecher/Management_Praxis19_Humanressourcen.pdf.
• Rupf, G. and Schnauss, M. (2015) 'Kredite mit gutem Gewissen', Die Bank, 2015(9), pp. 30–33.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Archer-Svoboda, L. and Schnauss, M. (2024) 'Climate rating for real estate portfolios', in 30th Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society (ERES), Gdańsk, Poland, 26-29 June 2024.
• Schnauss, M. (2021) 'IoT and AI in Swiss asset management', in 2021 WIOTC Summit Forum, online, 30 November 2021.
• Schnauss, M. (2019) 'Responsible management education : international reflections', in PRME Regional Chapter UK and Ireland 6th Annual Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom, 8 July 2019.

Other publications

• Schnauss, M. (2026): The Influence of CO₂ Reduction Metrics in ESG Indicator Sets on the Valuation of Real Estate Funds. Swiss Real Estate Journal, No. 33, November 2026. – Peer-reviewed journal article
• Schnauss, M.; Spieler, P.; Archer, L. (2027): ESG Case: Strategic Decarbonization – Navigating the Path to Greener Buildings. In: Handbook of Alternative Data in Finance, Vol. II. (im Druck, Q1 2027) – Bookchapter, peer-reviewed

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