Dr. Silke Waterstraat

    Activities at FHNW

    Lecturer

    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
      • 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)
        • 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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