Academic affiliation
| 2020 – now | Harvard University Harvard Kennedy School, M-RCBG Senior Fellow |
| 2016 – now |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen School of Management and Economics, Professor of Practice in Economics Shenzhen Finance Institute |
| 2015 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong / Tsinghua University Adjunct Professor |
| 2007 – now | University of Bern Lecturer (part time) / visiting professor |
Professional affiliation
| 2018 – now 2016 – 2018 |
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Vice Chair, Board of Directors Member, Board of Directors |
| 2011 – 2015 |
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Regional Adviser Asset Management for the 11 largest Asian reserve managers, Coordinator of the Asian Bond Fund initiative (ABF) |
| 2006 – 2011 2002 – 2004 |
Swiss National Bank (SNB) Deputy Director, Head of Investment Strategy and Financial Market Analysis Senior Economist, Research Department |
| 2004 – 2005 |
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) Visiting Resident Scholar |
| 2000 – 2001 |
Credit Suisse Credit Portfolio Manager, Quantitative Research and Credit Risk Management |
| 1994 – 2000 |
Swiss Economic Institute (KOF/ETHZ) Senior Researcher and Executive Officer of the Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys (CIRET) Researcher |
Visiting Positions
| 2016 – now | Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) Research Fellow (non-resident) |
| 2019 Oct | Princeton University Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China Visiting Researcher |
| 2016/2017 | Bank of Japan (BoJ) Research Fellow |
| 2017 | Bank of Finland Research Fellow |
| 2016 | Bank for International Settlements Research Fellow |
Education
| 1996 – 2000 | University of St. Gallen Doctorate in Econometrics, summa cum laude |
| 1988 – 1994 | University of Bern Master in Economics (lic.rer.pol), magna cum laude. Major subject: econometrics Minor subjects: political science and sociology |
Teaching
Executive Courses
| 2012 – 2015 | Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Hong Kong “Investment strategies” (with a focus on Asian bonds and inflation linkers) Tailored executive courses (1 day to 1 week) for senior reserve managers of the 11 largest reserve holders in Asia: Reserve Bank of Australia, The People’s Bank of China, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Bank Indonesia, Bank of Japan, The Bank of Korea, Bank Negara Malaysia, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Monetary Authority of Singapore, Bank of Thailand). |
| 2015 | Chinese University of Hong Kong & Tsinghua University MBA in Finance at Tsinghua: ”Financial Institutions and Regulations” |
Master Level
| 2016, 2017, 2018 | Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen & Shenzhen Finance Institute Master of Finance program at CUHK-SZ and Shenzhen Finance Institute: “The Economics of Money and Financial Institutions from the classic textbook to FinTech” |
| 2014 – now | University of Bern Master in International and Monetary Economics: “Financial Institutions and Regulations” |
Bachelor Level
| 2017- now | Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen “Financial Markets in China and the World” |
| 2007 – 2012 | University of Bern “Money, Institutions and Financial Markets” |
