Managing DirectorUniversity of Zurich
Dr. Falko Paetzold is the Initiator and Managing Director of the first university unit focused on the intersection of social and environmental sustainability and private wealth, the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP) at University of Zurich.
The Center is a spin-off from the Impact Investing for the Next Generation program for owners of private wealth that Falko co-initiated when he was a Fellow at the Initiative for Responsible Investment (IRI) at Harvard University, and which is now a jointly run program.
His research explores how members of wealthy families and their advisors can engage in sustainable investing strategies, and how investors can achieve a positive impact in the real world and measure that impact.
In the past, Falko developed sustainable investing fund structures and led M&A projects at Bank Vontobel AG in Zurich, and advised banks and family offices as a Partner with the Contrast Capital consultancy. He founded the network GreenBuzz that enables intra-preneurs in several cities to drive sustainability ahead within their firms.
Falko holds a PhD degree with magna cum laude distinction from University of Zurich and an MBA degree with Dean’s List and Sustainability Leadership distinctions from University of St. Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland. During and after his PhD he was a research affiliate and lecturer at ETH Zurich, Fellow at Harvard University, and Post-Doc at MIT Sloan.
He is the author or co-author of various sustainable investing studies and articles.
Caribbean, Central America, Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa