Placements | Research | University of St.Gallen

ACADEMIC PLACEMENTS
Graduation Year	Name	Employer	Position	Ph.D. Programme
2021	Daniele Ballinari	University of Basel	Postdoctoral Researcher	PEF
2021	Daniel Goller	University of Berne	Postdoctoral Researcher	PEF
2021	Neha Gupta	University of St. Gallen	Postdoctoral Researcher	PEF
2020	Simon Straumann	WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management	Assistant Professor	PiF
2020	Kwangmin Jung	Drake University	Assistant Professor	PiF
2020	Navarat Temsumrit	Kasetsart University, Bangkok	Lecturer In Economics	PEF
2018	Nicolas Eschenbaum	University of St. Gallen	Postdoctoral Researcher	PEF
2018	Anastasija Tetereva	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Assistant Professor	PEF
2018	Michael Knaus	University of St. Gallen	Assistant Professor	PEF
2018	Daniel Ruf	Goethe University, Frankfurt	Junior Professor, House of Finance Chair for Real Estate Finance	PEF
2018	Farshid Abdi	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Assistant Professor of Finance	PEF
2018	Constantin Roth	NYU Stern School of Business	Visiting Scholar	PEF
2018	Margaret Davenport	University of Lausanne	Postdoctoral Research Associate	PEF
2017	Helge Liebert	University of Zürich	Postdoctoral Fellow	PEF
2017	Nina Karnaukh	Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University	Assistant Professor in Finance	PEF
2017	Hugo Bodory	University of Fribourg	Postdoctoral Researcher	PEF

POLICY INSTITUTIONS PLACEMENTS
2021	Michael Zimmert	Swiss National Bank (SNB)		PEF
2021	Ermira Mehmetaj	State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Economist	PEF
2020	Linda Kirschner	Swiss National Bank (SNB)		PEF
2020	Marc-Antoine Ramelet	Swiss National Bank (SNB)	Economist	PEF
2019	Philemon Krähenmann	State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Scientific Advisor	PEF
2018	Melanie Annaheim	Swiss National Bank (SNB)		PEF
2017	Kristian Blickle	Federal Reserve Bank of New York	Economist	PiF
2017	Benjamin Guin	Bank of England	Senior Economist	PEF

OTHER PLACEMENTS
Graduation Year	Name	Employer	Position	Ph.D. Programme
2021	Alexander Bechtel	Deutsche Bank	Head of Digital Asset & Currency Strategy	PiF
2021	Piotr Lukaszuk	St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade	Director	PEF
2021	Christian Koeppel	Fintama	Founder / Head of Investment Solutions	PiF
2021	Alexander Kostrov	McKinsey & Company	Senior Data Scientist	PEF
2021	Werner Schnell	Allianz SE	Cyber Risk Expert	PiF
2021	Kilian Richard Dinkelaker	Arctoris Ltd	Director	PiF
2021	Sabrina Stadelmann	Consulta AG Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensberatung	Business consultant	PEF
2021	Noémie Zurlinden	Unia	Economist	PEF
2020	Yi Li	SAS Institute	Sr. Associate Analytical Consultant	PiF
2020	Hannes Mettler	St.Galler Kantonalbank	Deputy Head of Risk Management	PiF
2020	Martin Maniera	Compendio Bildungsmedien AG	Redaktor Banking, Finance, Volkswirtschaftslehre	PEF
2020	Carina Steckenleiter	Canton of St. Gallen		PEF
2020	Igor Pozdeev	Kraus Partner Investment Solutions	Quantitative Analyst	PEF
2020	Ekaterina Azarnyh	SIX Swiss Exchange	Trading Manager	PiF
2019	Lukas Plachel	Kaspar&	Partner	PiF
2019	Sebastian Fischer	Zurich Insurance Company Ltd	Lead Business Customers	PiF
2019	Simone Beer	UBS	Associate Director	PiF
2019	Matthias Rupprecht	Black Rock	Quantitative Researcher	PiF
2019	Adrian Jäggi	UBS	Risk Modeling & Analytics Specialist	PEF
2019	Andrin Pelican	Herby	Founder	PEF
2019	Adam Pigon	Narodowy Bank Polski	Economic expert	PEF
2019	Yauhen Baikou	Helvetia Insurance	Quantitative Risk Manaer	PEF
2019	Dmitry Borisenko	Krauspartner Investment Solutions AG	Quantitative Analyst	PEF
2019	Thomas Spycher	Novalytica & DataCareer	Partner & Cofounder	PEF
2018	Florian Fuchs	McKinsey & Company	Engagement Manager	PiF
2018	Janine Studerus	Fedafin AG	Ratinganalystin	PEF
2018	Marcial Messmer	UBS	Quantitative Analyst	PEF
2018	Irene Fensore	GES Deloitte	Senior Consultant	PEF
2018	Céline Kharma	Oliver Wyman	Senior Consultant	PEF
2018	Beatrice Mäder	Polynomics AG	Consultant	PEF
2018	Mirjam Anna Brüderle	International Cocoa Initiative	Research and Data Analysis Manager	PEF
2018	Wale Dare	Soborro Ltd	Director	PEF
2017	Melk Bucher	Partners Group	Associate	PiF
2017	Samdruk Dharshing	McKinsey & Company	Engagement Manager	PiF
2017	Jan-Philip Schade	Kaspar&	Partner	PiF
2017	Thomas Gietzen	KfW Development Bank	Portfolio Manager	PiF
2017	Jan Koller	c-alm AG	Senior Consultant	PiF
2017	Thomas Wetzer	Jebsen Capital	General Manager Growth Equity	PiF
2017	Johannes Schwarzer	Trade in Services and Investment EFTA	Senior Officer	PEF
2017	Katja Gisler	WPuls AG	Senior Investment Strategist	PEF

Recent Placements

Graduates of the GPEF have started promising careers in academia, policy institutions, and industry.

Recent placements of our graduates include: