Christoph Schenk, CIO Zürcher Kantonalbank

Christoph Schenk (CFA) is the Chief Investment Officer of Zürcher Kantonalbank and has more than 25 years of experience in asset management and pension funds. He holds a master degree in business administration and economics from the University of Berne, Switzerland. Apart from that he is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and graduated from the CFA Institute in Charlottesville (Virginia), USA.

Christoph was the founder and a board member of Avadis Vorsorge Ltd. (previously ABB Vorsorge AG), Managing Director of the UBS and the Alstom Power Pension Funds, Chief Investment Officer at Credit Suisse Asset Management and UBS Wealth Management. He also served as a member of several boards of trustees and directors. Apart from that he gave lectures at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts as associate professor and also conducted exams.

Currently he is a member of the expert commission of Sustainable Finance of Swiss Banking, vice chairman of the board of directors at Swisscanto Fondsleitung Ltd. and member of the advisory board of Banking & Finance at University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich. Furthermore, Christoph is highly experienced as a host and speaker at client events and as an interview partner on live television, radio and internet.