Resume
Professional Experience
2022 - ongoing
DWS
2025 - ongoing | Global Head of Digital Strategy, Products and Solutions
2022 - 2024 | Head of Digital Product Strategy
2020 - 2022
Deutsche Bank (Corporate Bank)
Head of Digital Asset & Currency Strategy
2017 - 2018
European Central Bank
External Consultant
Monetary Policy Strategy Division
2016 - 2021
University of St. Gallen
Research and Teaching Assistant
Additional Experience
2023 - ongoing
AllUnity (Euro Stablecoin)
External Lecturer for Financial Technology
2023 - ongoing
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Columnist on blockchain, crypto and digital assets (FAZ D:ECONOMY)
2023 - ongoing
University of Neuchâtel
External Lecturer for Financial Technology
2021 - ongoing
University of St. Gallen
External Lecturer for Blockchain and Money
2019 - ongoing
Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock'n'Roll
Podcast Host
2017 - 2020
Data Science and Technology Club at the University of St. Gallen
Co-Founder, President, and Board Member
2020
Digital Euro Association
Co-Founder
Education
2016 - 2021
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
PhD in Finance (summa cum laude; class rank: 1)
2018
Stanford University, USA
Visiting Student Researcher
Host: Arvind Krishnamurthy
2013 - 2016
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Master (M.A.) in Quantitative Economics & Finance (class rank: 1)
2011 - 2012
EDHEC Business School, France
Exchange student
2009 - 2013
University of Bayreuth, Germany
B.Sc. in Economics (class rank: 1)
B.A. in International Economics & Development (class rank: 1)