Prof. Dr. Robert Gutsche

Profile

Prof. Dr. Robert Gutsche Co-Fachgruppenleiter

  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    Business School
    Institut Applied Data Science & Finance
    Brückenstrasse 73
    3005 Bern

Activities

  • Professor for Finance and Accounting

  • Co-Head of Competence Center Finance, Accounting and Taxes

  • Teaching in the Bachelors and Master program

  • Supervision of Bachelor and Master theses

  • Teaching in the Executive Education

  • Research

Teaching

  • Bachelor in Betriebsökonomie

  • International Bachelor in Business Administration

  • Master Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation

  • Master Digital Business Administration

  • International Accounting / Rechnungswesen

  • Digital Finance Grundlagen (Asset- and Portfoliomanagement)

  • CFA Challenge

  • Entrepreneural Finance

  • Real Estate Valuation

  • Sustainable Investing and Financing

Research

  • Investment Strategies and Fundamental Information

  • https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6739-206X

  • https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BU0lOp4AAAAJ&hl=de

CV

  • Prof. Robert Gutsche is Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Institute for Applied Data Science and Finance, Bern University of Applied Sciences, and a Lecturer at the University of St.Gallen. Previously, he was a Visiting Professor at Columbia University, an Associate Professor at the University of Twente, an Assistant Professor at the University of St.Gallen, and a Lecturer at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
  • He also serves as a board member and member of investment committees in Asset and Wealth Management firms. His research focuses on corporate valuation, investment strategies, and sustainable finance.
  • Prof. Robert Gutsche is Co-Head of the Competence Center Finance, Accounting and Taxes at BFH’s Institute for Applied Data Science and Finance.
  • Details: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-6739-206X
  • 2017 - heute Board Member, Investment Committee Alean Capital AG Vaduz, LI
  • 2025 - heute Board Member Alean Advisory AG, Schwyz, CH
  • 2021 - 2024 Investment Committee Abeloo SA: Geneva, CH
  • 2008 Audit/Assurance PriceWaterhouseCoopers: Budapest, HU
  • 2001 Financial Analyst / Controller Siemens AG, Berlin, DE
  • 2001 - 2005 Financial Analyst / Controller Gillette Berlin, DE
  • 2008 - 2013 Ph.D. University of St. Gallen: Saint Gallen, CH
  • 2003 - 2008 Master in Management (Diplom-Kaufmann) Free University of Berlin: Berlin, DE
  • 1999 - 2001 Industriekaufmann Gillette Berlin, DE

Projects

  • CHF 168K: Fostering an Ecosystem for Small and Midcap IPOs (SMC-IPOs) in Switzerland 2024-10 to 2026-03 | Grant Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency (Bern, CH) GRANT_NUMBER: 117.958 IP-SBM

  • CHF 30K: Accounting-derived Investment Risk and Return 2022-01-01 to 2022-06-30 | Grant Swiss National Science Foundation (Bern, CH) URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9993660 GRANT_NUMBER: 193991

  • CHF 1'200K: Enabling investment analysis in the Swiss Para-Banking Sector 2021-01 to 2023-12 | Grant Innosuisse (Bern, CH) GRANT_NUMBER: 48837.1 IP-SBM

  • CHF 35K: Zero Carbon Footprint / ESG for the Asset Management Industry 2021-01 to 2021-03 | Grant Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency (Bern, CH)

  • CHF 38K: Analyst Indexing Platform Service 2020-12 to 2021-05 | Grant Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency (Bern, CH)

Publications

  • https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BU0lOp4AAAAJ&hl=en

Memberships

  • AAA, EAA, VHB, EFMA

  • AI in Finance and Insurance Expert Group of the Data Innovation Alliance

Awards

Dissertation at the University of St.Gallen

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • English - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French - Elementary proficiency
  • Hungarian - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Italian - Elementary proficiency