Andreas Schweizer
Andreas Schweizer
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Center for Corporate Performance and Sustainable Financing
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
- Senior Lecturer / Project Manager in Corporate Banking & Sustainable Financing
- Program Director MAS Corporate Finance
Focus
Commercial Banking; Credit Risk Management; Corporate Banking; Corporate restructuring and turnaround management; Sustainability with focus on credit financing
Experience
- Global Relationship Manager
BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA
05 / 2015 - 12 / 2016 - Senioar Client Advisor Key Account Management Corporate Banking
Zürcher Kantonalbank
07 / 2012 - 04 / 2015 - Senior Relationship Manager Corporate Clients
Zürcher Kantonalbank
07 / 2011 - 06 / 2012 - Senior Investment Manager Start-up Finance
Zürcher Kantonalbank
06 / 2006 - 07 / 2011 - Trainee Program Corporate Finance
Zürcher Kantonalbank
09 / 2004 - 06 / 2006
Education and Continuing education
Continuing Education
- DAS in Banking
Swiss Finance Institute (in Cooperation with Rochester-Bern Executive Programs and the University of Bern)
09 / 2015 - MA in Finance
University of Zurich
11 / 2004
Network
Awards
Learning & Teaching Award 2021
Prof. Dr. Reto Steiner, Dean ZHAW School of Management and Law
06 / 2021
Social media
Projects
- Impact Assessment Framework for SME Lending / Co-project leader / ongoing
- KMU ZH Monitor 2026: conditions, challenges, and trends among Zurich SMEs / Deputy project leader / ongoing
- KMU ZH Monitor 2025: conditions, challenges, and trends among Zurich SMEs / Deputy project leader / completed
- Sustainability Training Raiffeisen Schweiz / Deputy project leader / completed
- KMU ZH Monitor 2024: conditions, challenges, and trends among Zurich SMEs / Deputy project leader / completed
- Integration of sustainability assessment in SME financing / Project leader / completed
- KMU ZH Monitor 2023: conditions, challenges, and trends among Zurich SMEs / Deputy project leader / completed
- Implementation and development of a training course on sustianbility in lending / Team member / completed
- Sustainable Lending / Team member / completed
- Quantitative decision model for sustainable corporate financing / Project leader / completed
- A standardized Sustainable Energy Finance solution for SMEs’ implementation of low-carbon energy solutions / Team member / completed
- Development of a quantiative framework for a sustainable financing policy / Deputy project leader / completed
- Decentralized financing of Fairtrade producers using a blockchain-based solution / Team member / completed
- Blockchain-based model to enhance the financing of fairtrade producers / Team member / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Schweizer, A., Röthlisberger, P. and Affolter, B. (2022) 'Nachhaltigkeit in der Fremdfinanzierung : aktuelle Entwicklungen am Kapital- und Bankenmarkt und erwarteter Einfluss auf KMU', Expert Focus, 2022(12), pp. 604–611.
- Schweizer, A. and Hüfner, A. (2021) 'Die Rückzahlung von Covid-19-Krediten : für einige Branchen eine herausfordernde Aufgabe', Expert Focus, 2021(4), pp. 400–407.
Other publications
- Chardonnens, P. et al. (2026) KMU ZH Monitor 2026. Zürcher Kantonalbank. Available at: https://www.zkb.ch/media/zkb/dokumente/publikationen/kmu-zh-monitor-2026.pdf.
- Schweizer, A. et al. (2025) Swiss Sustainable Lending Market Study 2025. Zurich: Swiss Sustainable Finance. Available at: https://www.sustainablefinance.ch/api/rm/5MB47MF927672DA/ssf-pub-lending-market-study-2025-en.pdf.
- Chardonnens, P. et al. (2025) KMU ZH Monitor 2025. Zürcher Kantonalbank. Available at: https://www.zkb.ch/media/zkb/dokumente/publikationen/kmu-zh-monitor-2025.pdf.
- Schweizer, A. (2025) 'Sanierung des Spitals Wetzikon : ein Huhn-Ei-Problem hoch drei', Zürcher Oberländer.
- Chardonnens, P. et al. (2024) KMU ZH Monitor 2024. Zürcher Kantonalbank. Available at: https://www.zkb.ch/media/zkb/dokumente/publikationen/kmu-zh-monitor-2024.pdf.
- Schweizer, A. et al. (2024) Swiss Sustainable Lending Market Study 2024. Zurich: Swiss Sustainable Finance. Available at: https://www.sustainablefinance.ch/api/rm/2JBRP6T3C224NS2/ssf-lending-market-study-en-final.pdf.
- Chardonnens, P. et al. (2023) KMU ZH Monitor 2023. Zürcher Kantonalbank. Available at: https://www.zkb.ch/media/zkb/dokumente/publikationen/kmu-zh-monitor-2023.pdf.
- Schweizer, A., Hüfner, A. and Camenisch, J. (2022) ZHAW Coronavirus-KMU-Panel : 7. Erhebung. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Available at: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/sml/institute-zentren/ifi/upload/ZHAW_Coronavirus_KMU_Panel_Nr_7.pdf.
- Schweizer, A. et al. (2022) KMU ZH Monitor 2022. Zürcher Kantonalbank. Available at: https://www.zkb.ch/media/zkb/dokumente/publikationen/kmu-zh-monitor-2022.pdf.
- Affolter, B. et al. (2022) Nachhaltigkeit in der Kreditfinanzierung. Zürich: Swiss Sustainable Finance. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-25418.
- Schweizer, A. and Hüfner, A. (2021) ZHAW Coronavirus-KMU-Panel : 6. Erhebung. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Available at: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/sml/institute-zentren/ifi/ZHAW_Coronavirus_KMU_Panel_Nr_6.pdf.
- Schweizer, A., Steiner, M. and Hüfner, A. (2021) ZHAW Coronavirus-KMU-Panel : 5. Erhebung. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Available at: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/sml/institute-zentren/ifi/upload/ZHAW_Coronavirus_KMU_Panel_Nr_5_Final.pdf.
- Schweizer, A. et al. (2021) KMU ZH Monitor 2021. Zürcher Kantonalbank. Available at: https://www.zkb.ch/media/dokumente/publikationen/kmu-zh-monitor-2021.pdf.
- Schweizer, A. and Wohl, G. (2021) 'Das vergessene Schweizer Chapter 11', Finanz und Wirtschaft, 2021(22), p. 22. Available at: https://www.fuw.ch/article/das-vergessene-schweizer-chapter-11/.
- Schweizer, A. (2020) ZHAW Coronavirus-KMU-Panel : 1. Erhebung. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Available at: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/shared/upload/ZHAW_Coronavirus_KMU_Panel_Nr_1_-_Final.pdf.
- Schweizer, A. and Steiner, M. (2020) ZHAW Coronavirus-KMU-Panel : 2. Erhebung. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Available at: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/shared/upload/Corona_Panel_Nr_2_Final.pdf.
- Schweizer, A. and Steiner, M. (2020) ZHAW Coronavirus-KMU-Panel : 3. Erhebung. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Available at: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/shared/upload/ZHAW_Coronavirus_KMU_Panel_Nr_3_Final.pdf.
- Schweizer, A. and Steiner, M. (2020) ZHAW Coronavirus-KMU-Panel : 4. Erhebung. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Available at: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/sml/institute-zentren/ifi/ZHAW_Coronavirus_KMU_Panel_Nr_4_final.pdf.
- Schweizer, A., Loch, A. M. and Graf, R. (2019) 'Finanzierung in der MEM-Industrie: gut mit Verbesserungspotenzial', Die Volkswirtschaft, 2019(11), pp. 39–41. Available at: https://dievolkswirtschaft.ch/de/2019/10/schweizer-loch-graf-11-2019/.
- Schweizer, A., Graf, R. and Loch, A. (2019) Untersuchung der Finanzierungsinstrumente und Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten von KMU der Swissmem. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
- Fiorito, A. and Schweizer, A. (2018) 'Vernünftiger als vermutet : das Sparverhalten der Millennials', Die Volkswirtschaft, 92(1-2), pp. 41–43. Available at: https://dievolkswirtschaft.ch/content/uploads/2018/12/DV_12-2019_DE_low-1.pdf.
- Kundert, R. and Schweizer, A. (2007) 'Mezzanine : ein elegantes Mittelmass', Handelszeitung. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3713.