Chair of Finance
Teaching
Here you can find the courses of the Chair of Finance, information on bachelor and master theses and the contact persons for various topics.
- Bank Management
Professor Axel Wieandt
Teaching Assistant: n.a. - Financial Modeling with Excel
Niklas Julian Kriesten
Teaching Assistant: n.a. - Foundations of Finance
Professor Markus Rudolf und Dr. Katrin Baedorf
Teaching Assistant: Pascal Frank
If you are a student and would like to write your bachelor thesis at the Chair of Finance, please read the information provided in the documents below. Should you have further specific questions, please contact Simina Cioceanu
- Asset Management
Professor Hartmut Leser
Teaching Assistant: Diep Tran - Capital Market Theory
Professor Markus Rudolf
Teaching Assistant: n.a. - European Banking and the Financial Crisis
Professor Axel Wieandt
Teaching Assistant: n.a. - Financial Modeling with Excel
Niklas Julian Kriesten
Teaching Assistant: n.a.
If you are a student and would like to write your bachelor thesis at the Chair of Finance, please read the information provided in the documents below. Should you have further specific questions, please contact Simina Cioceanu.
- Managerial Finance
Professor Markus Rudolf and Dr. Katrin Baedorf
Teaching Assistant: Simina Cioceanu
- Awards und Events
Contact person: Diep Tran - Letters of Recommendation1)
Contact person: Simina Cioceanu - Coordination of Theses
Contact person: Simina Cioceanu - Course Recognition Check
Contact person: Simina Cioceanu - WHU Finance Lab und LSEG Refinitiv
Contact person: Pascal Frank
1) Letters of Recommendation can only be issued if the following requirements are fulfilled: The student (a) has a current average grade of 1.5 or better and (b) has completed a module of Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf and received a grade of 1.3 or better. Please note that the processing of a request can take some time (approx. 3-4 weeks). Thank you for your understanding.
Get to know our team
- Dr. Michael Adams
- Dr. Nabil Alkafri
- Dr. Janis Back
- apl. Prof. Dr. Katrin Baedorf
- Dr. Marek Becker
- Dr. Miriam Begtasevic
- Dr. Mareen Benk
- Dr. Valeria Biurrun
- Dr. Michael Borß
- Dr. Tobias Burggraf
- Dr. Ralf Conen
- Dr. Christopher Daniel
- Dr. Alexander Deneke
- Dr. Marius Iven Dethleffsen
- Dr. Astrid Eisenberg
- Dr. Marc Engelbrecht
- Dr. Nils Ernst
- Dr. Matthias Feldhues
- Dr. Johannes Frankenfeld
- Dr. Frank Guse
- Dr. Matthias Held
- Dr. Benedikt Himbert
- Dr. Carsten Horn
- Markus Hüren
- Samah Ibrahim
- Dr. Konstantin Ignatov
- Dr. Matthias Jäkel
- Assistant Professor Julia Kapraun
- Professor Karl-Ludwig Keiber
- Dr. Joachim Koch
- Dr. Ilja Konoplev
- Dr. Niklas Julian Kriesten
- Dr. André Kronimus
- Dr. Tim Krume
- Dr. Friedrich Kruse
- Dr. Ruth Kümmerle
- Dr. Alex Kusen
- Dr. Marc-Olivier Lücke
- Dr. René Maler
- Dr. Benjamin Meiers
- Dr. Detlef Mertens
- Dr. Sebastian Mönninghoff
- Professor Matthias Muck
- Dr. Jörg Niebergall
- Dr. Marcel Omachel
- Dr. Christoph Pavel
- Dr. Quynh Pham
- Dr. Sören Pippart
- Dr. Holger Sachse
- Dr. Ulrich Schacht
- Dr. Jan Peter Schmütsch
- Dr. Sebastian Seidens
- Dr. Volker Seiler
- Dr. Konstantin Storms
- Dr. Danny Stutz
- Sina Timm
- Dr. Valentin Ulrici
- Dr. Marco Vietor
- Dr. Marc Wierzbitzki
- Dr. Sabine Winkler
- Dr. Kai Winselmann
- Dr. Christian Zaum
- Dr. Daniel Zipser
- Dr. Karl-Georg Altenburg
- Professor Gunter Dufey, PhD
Emeritus at University of Michigan - Stephan Gemkow
Board of Directors
Airbus - Christian U. Haas
CEO
PTV Group - Martin Korbmacher
Managing Associate
Event Horizon Capital & Advisory GmbH - Rudolf Matter
- Dr. Thorsten Reitmeyer
Senior Partner
BLC Berg Lund & Company - Professor Markus Rudolf
Chairholder Chair of Finance
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management - Dr. Egbert Schark
Managing Director
d-fine GmbH - Stephan Johannes Theissing
Chairman of the Advisory Board
Allianz SE - Johannes Züll
Chairman of the Management Board
Studio Hamburg Gruppe
WHU Campus for Finance
WHU Campus for Finance is a succesful and professional student initiative founded in 1999 in cooperation with the Chair of Finance.
Working under the motto "Uniting the World of Finance", financial experts, business representatives, and students exchange ideas in a series of presentations, panel discussions, and workshops.
WHU Finance Society
WHU Finance Society is the student finance club of WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. With more than 500 members and as WHU’s oldest student association, WHU Finance Society has created a platform of exchange for ambitious students who are interested in finance.
The Chair of Finance has supported WHU Finance Society for many years.
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