Alexander Braun

Director, the Institute of Insurance Economics of the University of St. Gallen

Alexander Braun is Director at the Institute of Insurance Economics of the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland, where he also holds the Associate Professorship in Insurance and Capital Markets. In addition, he is an Affiliated Scholar at the Wharton Risk Center (University of Pennsylvania). Mr. Braun studied at the University of Mannheim (Germany) and Monash University (Australia). He obtained a Ph.D. in Finance at HSG, where he was also awarded the Venia Legendi. During his doctoral and postdoctoral phase, he completed stays at the University of Michigan (US) and the University of Essex (UK). Later he held visiting scholar positions at the Wharton School (Penn) and Fox School of Business (Temple University), both in the US. He started his professional career in the Capital Markets Division of Lehman Brothers in London. Overall, he looks back on more than 12 years of combined scholarly and practical experience in risk management, insurance, and the financial markets.