Guest Speakers (Industry)

Dr. Marco Poltera

Co-Head Market Risk Analysis at Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB)

Zürcher Kantonalbank is the largest cantonal bank and fourth largest bank in Switzerland.

Lecture and date: Bank Management, 28.05.2021

Title of talk: Market Risk Management in Practice


Dr. Ralf Seiz

CEO and Founder of Finreon AG

Finreon AG is a think-tank for the development of asset management solutions.

Lecture and date: Entrepreneurial Finance, 11.01.2021

Title of talk: A Personal Report on Entrepreneurial Experience


Dr. Michel Degosciu

Managing Partner and Founder, LPX Group

LPX Group is a leading research house in the field of Listed Alternatives with a focus on Listed Private Equity and Listed Infrastructure

Lecture and date: Entrepreneurial Finance, 13.01.2020

Title of talk: A Personal Report on the Challenges Faced in Founding LPX Group


Michael Huber

Senior Manager, Corporate Finance, PwC Switzerland

PwC Switzerland is the leading audit and advisory company in Switzerland

Lecture and date: Entrepreneurial Finance, 28.02.2019

Title of talk: Financial Modeling for Entrepreneurs


Prof. Dr. Klaus Schweinsberg

Founder and Chairman of the Centre for Strategy and Higher Leadership

The Centre for Strategy and Higher Leadership maintains a guest and seminar house on Lake Constance.

Lecture and date: public talk, 09.01.2019

Title of talk: Corporate Governance and Digital Transformation 


Peter Schnürer

CEO daura AG

daura AG is a firm specialized on the digital issuance of shares for startups as well as small and mediums-sized companies.

Lecture and date: Entrepreneurial Finance, 07.01.2019

Title of talk: Blockchain and Tokenization


Ronald Sauser

Managing Director, Head Mergers & Acquisition Schweiz

 EY is one of the largest professional services firms in the world and is one of the "Big Four" accounting firms. 

Lecture and date: Advanced Corporate Finance, November 28, 2018

Title of talk: The M&A Process - Theory and Cases


Georg Marekwica

Serial Entrepreneur, Business Angel and Start-Up Consultant

VentureNet GmbH provides consulting, coaching and financial services for start-ups.

Lecture and date: Seminar in Entrepreneurial Finance, November 30, 2017

Title of talk: Developing business ideas and business models


Alexander Simonov

Co-founder of Wrapclub GmbH

Wrapclub is a start-up in the outdoor advertisment sector. In particular it offers advertisment on cars.

Lecture and date: Seminar in Entrepreneurial Finance, May 19, 2017

Title of talk: Dos and Don´ts in business plan writing


Michael Börnicke

Serial Entrepreneur (Premiere, Escada, Kiveda), currently CFO of Glow Media Group GmbH and MD of Glow Innovations GmbH

Glow Innovations GmbH manages the business activities of Judith Williams ("Die Höhle der Löwen", VOX) and provides consulting services to start-ups.

Lecture and date: Entrepreneurial Finance, January 16 th 2017

Title of talk: Digital leadership: Entrepreneur in the digital world


Max Wittrock

CEO and Co-founder of mymuesli

Mymuesli is a German brand of breakfast cereals headquartered in Passau (Berlin Area), Germany. It is the first company that allowed customers to create their own breakfast cereals.

Lecture and date: Entrepreneurial Finance, November 25th 2015

Title of talk: Building-up mymuesli


Christin Friedrich

Director of Innovestment GmbH

Innovestment GmbH is an internet platform for crowdfunding equity investments based in Berlin and Frankfurt.

Lecture and date: Entrepreneurial Finance, February 2nd 2015

Title of talk: Lessons from the Practice of Crowdfunding