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Alexander Wagner balances passions: thrill seeking knowledge fundamentals human behavior knowledge's sake, desire to apply insights real world improve workings of markets and organizations. He is a professor in the Department of Finance at the University of Zurich (UZH) and holds a senior chair at the Swiss Finance Institute (SFI). Wagner has taught corporate finance to thousands of eager students and hundreds of motivated executives, playing a role in shaping the governance systems of companies both large and small. He serves as the Chairman of Executive Education at UZH Faculty of Business, Economics, Informatics, and is also Co-Head of the UZH Center for Crisis Competence. Additionally, he has served as a chairman proxy advisor and independent counsel at PwC. His research focuses on corporate finance, sustainable finance, and behavioral economics. Wagner obtained his PhD in Political Economy from Harvard University and completed his studies in economics and law in his hometown of Linz, Austria.
University of Zurich • Zurich, Switzerland
Teaching corporate finance and conducting research in areas of finance, economics, and human behavior.
Department of Law