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Dr. Silke Waterstraat,

Job title/activity of the person
Lecturer, Institute for Finance

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Contact

Phone
+41 61 279 18 38
E-Mail
silke.waterstraat@fhnw.ch

Address

Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Hochschule für Wirtschaft
Peter Merian-Strasse 86
4052 Basel

Profile

Supervisory Board Mandates

  • Compensation Fund of the Canton of Solothurn
    2024 – Present
    Member of the Board of Directors
  • Raiffeisenbank Möhlin
    2021 – Present
    Member of the Board of Directors
  • United Nations, International Organization for Migration, Geneva
    Member of the Audit and Oversight Advisory Committee (AOAC) 2020 – Present
    Chairperson of the Audit and Oversight Advisory Committee (AOAC) 2023 – 2024
    External Member of the Investment Committee 2022 – 2024
    External Member of the Treasury Risk Committee 2022 – 2024
  • Cryco Think Tank
    2020 – 2023
    Member of the Scientific Board
  • Swiss Bankers Association
    2019 – 2020
    Board of Directors / Committee Member
    Represented the Swiss Bankers Association at Economiesuisse (Commission for Research and Education), Swiss Conference of the Commercial Training Professions (SKKAB), SAQ Standards Committee, etc.
  • Familea
    2018 – 2019
    Chairperson of the Audit Committee & Member of the Board of Directors

Professional Experience

  • University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
    2018 – Present
    Lecturer, Institute for Finance
  • ETH Zurich
    2025 – Present
    Lecturer for Finance, Master of Science in Management, Technology, and Economics
  • Zurich Insurance Group
    2021-2023
    Project Manager IFRS 9, Member of the Leadership Team
  • CERTON GmbH
    2020-heute
    Co-Owner
  • Swiss Bankers Association (SBA)
    2017 – 2020
    Member of the Extended Executive Board
  • UBS AG
    2010 – 2017
    Senior Group Governmental Affairs Advisor 2016 – 2017
    Head of Commercial Viability (Business CFO), UBS Asset Management 2015 – 2016
    Chief of Staff / Chief Administration Officer, Group Treasury & Secretary to the Group ALCO 2011 – 2015
    Director Treasury Reporting 2010 – 2011
  • Ciba (now part of BASF)
    2008 – 2010
    Director, FX Risk Management - Group Finance
  • Basler Kantonalbank
    2006 – 2008
    Financial Analyst, Investment Research 2007 – 2008
    Portfolio Manager 2006 – 2007
  • HSZ Group, Zurich
    2005 – 2006
    Assistant, Investment Management
  • Säntis Investment, Herisau
    2004 – 2005
    Junior Investment Professional
  • Internships during University Studies
    With Daimler, Bosch (EU Scholarship), DAAD / EU, Manpower

Education

  • Certificate of Higher Education, University of Basel, 2024
  • CAS Board of Directors, University of Applied Sciences Lucerne, Switzerland, 2024-2025
  • Python for Everybody, University of Michigan, 2021
  • Sustainable Business Strategy Program, Harvard Business School Online, 2020
  • Ph.D., Business Administration (Accounting, Controlling, Auditing), University of St Gallen, Switzerland, 2015
  • Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA) & Federal Diploma in Financial Analysis and Asset Management, AZEK / CFPI, Zurich, 2009
  • Master in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, RWTH AACHEN University, 2004
  • Japan Studies Program, Tokyo International University, University of St Gallen and Konstanz (DAAD Scholarship), 1999
Teaching and Consulting Activities
    • Programme Manager CAS Sustainable Finance
    • Programme Manager CAS Bank Treasury Risk Management
    • Programme Manager Sustainable Finance Talks
    • Programme Manager ALM in Financial Institutions Talk
    • Co-Programme Manager Specialisation International Financial Management (Corporate treasury, sustainability regulation and reporting, digitalisation)
    • Fundamentals lecture Management Accounting
    • Context module The Swiss Banking Sector
    • Financial Risk Management (2017-2020)
    Research
      • Federal Office for Spatial Development, Program for Sustainable Development, Financing Sustainable Finance Talks
      • Sustainable Finance, Regulation and Reporting
      • Corporate Governance
      • Bank and Corporate Treasury
      • Accounting
      • Japan
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