Prof. Dr. Christina E. Bannier, Professor of Banking & Finance (BWL VI), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Scientific Director of the Sustainable Governance Lab
EXPERTISE
Sustainable governance & finance
Asset management & banking
Compliance (AML) & risk
Data analytics
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Supervisory Positions
DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA, Member of the Supervisory Board, 2023 - today
Eurex Clearing AG, Member of the Supervisory Board, 2022 - today
Clearstream Banking AG, Member of the Supervisory Board, Chairwoman of the Risk Committee, Member of the Remuneration Committee, 2018 - today
Advisory Services and Business Collaborations (Selection)
Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Vereinigung für Finanzanalyse und Asset Management (DVFA), 2021 - today
Co-Head of the Expert Group "Sustainable Governance for Mittelstand-Firms", with Prof. Dr. Julia Redenius-Hövermann, 2022 - today
Jury Member of the KfW Capital Award "Best Impact Investor", 2022
Speaker of the Sustainability Advisory Board to Evangelische Bank, 2021-2023
Member of the Working Group "Leitlinien für eine nachhaltige Vorstandsvergütung", 2020 - today
Member of the DVFA-Committee “Governance & Stewardship”, 2019 - today
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board to Berufsverband der Compliance Manager, 2021-2023
Member of the Advisory Council of Frankfurt Institute of Risk Management and Regulation (FIRM), 2020 - today
Member of the Advisory Council to the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transport, Urban and Regional Development, 2012-2015
Member of the Advisory Council to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2011-2013
EMPLOYMENT
Professor of Banking & Finance, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, 2016 – today
Professor of Corporate Finance, Gutenberg-University Mainz, 2013-2016
Head of Finance Department, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, 2011-2013
Professor of Corporate Finance, Commerzbank Endowed Chair of SME-Finance, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, 2007-2013
Interim-Professor of Financial Market Theory, Leibniz-University Hannover, 2006-2007
Assistant Professor of Finance, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 2002-2006
Research Assistant, Center for Financial Studies, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 2002
Research Assistant, University of Kassel, 1999-2002
EDUCATION
Habilitation, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 2006
PhD (Dr. rer. pol.), Kassel-University, 2002
Diplom, Liebig-University Gießen, 1999
RESEARCH VISITS
Visiting Researcher, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, 2008
Visiting Scholar, San Diego State University, USA, 2002
Visiting Scholar, Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics, UK, 2001, 2000
FELLOWSHIPS
Research Fellow, Center for Financial Studies, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 2013-present
SERVICES TO ACADEMIA (Selection)
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Business Economics, Global Finance Journal, ESGZ, Management Review Quarterly
Ad-hoc referee for American Economic Review, Review of Financial Studies, European Economic Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, Review of Finance, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, International Journal of Central Banking, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Review of International Economics, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft
Head of Research Network ”Behavioral and Social Finance & Accounting“, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, 2017 – 2022
Director of the Graduate Center “Gießener Graduiertenzentrum Sozial-, Wirtschafts- und Rechtswissenschaften” Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, 2018 – 2021
Secretary of the ECB-CFS Research Network “Capital Markets and Financial Integration in Europe”, 2002-2004
HONORS AND GRANTS (Selection)
Impact Award 2022, Liechtenstein Workshop of Sustainable Finance
Top 10% of authors on SSRN by downloads, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Research grant, Sparkassen-Wissenschaftsförderung, Project "Measuring Sustainability Literacy among Retail Investors", 2022 - 2023
Research grant, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, "Scenario Analysis as a Tool for InvestorS, Firms, and regulators on the path to climate neutrality (SATISFY), with Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and DIW, 2022 - 2025
Research grant, DZ Bank Stiftung, Project „ESG-Compass: The essence of sustainability - A guideline (also for SMEs), 2021
Research grant, German Central Bank, Project “Liquidity Preferences across the Generations”, 2019
Research grant, Frankfurt Institute for Risk Management and Regulation, Project “Credit Risk and Repayment Behavior in a Digital Era”, 2018
Research grant, Sparkassen-Wissenschaftsförderung, Project: “Financial Competency and Sustainable Investing“, 2016
Financial Times Professor of the Week, November 2011
Research grant, Frankfurt Institute for Risk Management and Regulation, Project: “Credit Ratings and their Effect on Financial Market Stability “, 2010
FMPM Best Paper Award, 2008
Best Paper Award, 13th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association, 2006
SWX Best Paper Award, 7th Conference of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, 2004
PhD-Scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, 2000-2001
TEACHING
Advanced Corporate Finance (PhD)
Sustainable Investing (Executive education)
Risk Management (Executive education, Master)
Financial Accounting (Post-graduate education, Master)
Sustainable Business - Strategy, Governance & Finance (Master)
Applied Corporate Finance (Master)
Empirical Banking & Finance (Master)
Banking (Bachelor)
Corporate Finance (Bachelor)
Finance (Bachelor)
MEDIA (Selection)
Tagesschau.de, „US-Banken im Zinsrausch“, 17.07.2023
Tagesschau.de, „Höhere Hürden für Firmenkredite, 24.10.2022
Börsenzeitung, „Nachhaltigkeitsleitfaden für den Mittelstand“, 10.09.2022
Tagesschau.de, „Was der Zinsschritt bedeutet“, 08.09.2022
Managermagazin, „Grüne Heuchelei“, 16.12.2021
Börsenzeitung, „Fondsmanager im ESG-Dilemma“, 05.06.2021
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, „Nachhaltigkeit – ein Pflichtprogramm auch für Aufsichtsräte!“, 10.04.2021
Süddeutsche Zeitung, „Große blinde Flecken“, 22.03.2021
Börsenzeitung, „Gesetzgeber muss Aktionärsrechte in der virtuellen HV sichern“, 25.09.2020
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, „Der blinde Fleck der BaFin“, 01.07.2020
Handelsblatt, „Der Kampf um den guten Ruf“, 17.06.2020
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung „Wirecard in der Krise“, 29.05.2020
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung „Die virtuelle Hauptversammlung hat Chancen und Risiken“, 15.04.2020
Börsenzeitung „Nachhaltigkeitsrisiken aus Sicht des Aufsichtsrats“, 17.01.2020
The Wall Street Journal, “Deutschland spart sich kaputt”, 29.06.2013
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, “Mittelstand will endlich Reformen”, 12.10.2009
Handelsblatt, “Lieferantenkredit oft teurer als Geld von der Bank”, 23.01.2009
Financial Times Deutschland, “Banken knausern mit Firmenkrediten”, 06.12.2009
Süddeutsche Zeitung, “Streit um Rating Reform”, 07.06.2008
CNBC Live Interview, Europe Tonight, 08.04.2008
Financial Times Deutschland, “Kontrolleure am Pranger”, 11.08.2007
LANGUAGES
German: native
English: fluent
French: basic