Volkmar Lautscham

Volkmar Lautscham is currently involved in various consulting and project engagements in the startup and investment sector in Switzerland and has been teaching at FH Joanneum in Graz since 2016. He has worked for international major banks, most recently as Executive Director at UBS AG in Hong Kong and Zurich in the Wealth Management division (from 2014 to 2020) and at J.P. Morgan in London in the Investment Banking division, focusing on structured finance and real estate (from 2006 to 2009). From 2009 to 2013, Mr. Lautscham was a Lecturer (Insurance Economics and Asset Management) and PhD Researcher in Actuarial Science at HEC Lausanne in Switzerland. He was also part of the initial development team for the BVM Master’s program at FH Joanneum in 2013/14. During his studies, he worked part-time in property management at ASFINAG and as a teaching assistant for mathematics at TU Graz.

Throughout his education, Mr. Lautscham focused on the intersection of economics and quantitative methods. He holds a PhD in Actuarial Science from HEC Lausanne (2013) as well as degrees in Technical Mathematics with a focus on financial and insurance mathematics from TU Graz (Dipl.-Ing., 2006, including study stays in England and Sweden) and in Financial and Industrial Management as well as Business Administration from the University of Graz (Mag., 2005). Additionally, during his investment banking tenure in England, he obtained the SII Level 3 Certificate in Investments (2006).