Dr. Silke Waterstraat

Activities at FHNW

Lecturer

Profile

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

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

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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