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Prof. Dr. Peter Schwendner

Prof. Dr. Peter Schwendner

Prof. Dr. Peter Schwendner

ZHAW School of Management and Law
Institute of Wealth & Asset Management
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 78 86
peter.schwendner@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Focus

Teaching

Experience

  • Senior Lecturer
    Zurich University of Applied Sciences
    2013 - today
  • Partner, COO
    Fortinbras Asset Management
    2009 - 2013
  • Managing Director, Head of Quant Research
    Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie.
    1998 - 2009
  • PhD Student
    Max-Planck-Institute Göttingen
    1995 - 1998

Education and Continuing education

Education

Dr. rer. nat. / Physics
Georg-August-University of Göttingen
1995 - 1998

Continuing Education

  • Instructor Certification and University Ambassador
    NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute
    2024
  • Nanodegrees in Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Autonomous Flight Engineer
    Udacity
    2024
  • Advanced Course on Earth Observation for the Raw Materials Sector
    EIT Raw Materials
    2024
  • CAS Foreign Affairs & Applied Diplomacy
    ZHAW
    2019
  • CAS University Didactics
    ZHAW
    10 / 2015
  • Commodity-Advisor
    ebs/BAI
    2012
  • Financial Risk Manager
    GARP
    2003
  • Chartered Financial Analyst
    CFA Institute
    2002

Network

Membership of networks

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9366-3564

Awards

  • Best Paper Award for A. Posth/P. Schwendner/P. Laube/T. Orpiszewski: "Bio-Value-at-Risk: A Concept to Assessing the Implications of Biodiversity Risks on Portfolio Management using Geospatial Analysis"
    3rd Conference on Sustainable Banking and Finance CSBF 2025 at University of Napoli Parthenope
    07 / 2025
  • Excellence in Environmental and Social Impact: Zurich University of Applied Sciences & University of Zurich: Spatial Sustainable Finance Project
    Geospatial World Forum
    04 / 2025
  • SML Publication Award 2017
    School of Management and Law
    12 / 2017
  • SML Publication Award 2016
    School of Management and Law
    12 / 2016

Recommendations

Named in the top 20 2024 European Quant & Finance Professors list by Rebellion Research.

Social media

Media presence

Featured in SSF Whitepaper: AI in Sustainable Finance

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Other publications
Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Other publications

Affiliations

Current Affiliations

PanGeo Nature Risk GmbH: Co-Founder and Managing Partner
The purpose of the ZHAW spin-off PanGeo Nature Risk GmbH is to provide consulting, analysis and research services for companies, politics, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and administration as well as trading in licenses and analysis products., Winterthur
03 / 2025 - today