Richard Mertens

Richard Mertens is currently working as a consultant for credit risk and rating systems. He was a research fellow at the Chair of Finance at University of Bremen between 2014 and 2017 and continues to be a lecturer for corporate finance. His research areas are asset pricing, credit risk and corporate finance. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics from Humboldt University and a M.Sc. in Economics from University of Cologne.

Education

• Master of Science (M.Sc.) Universität zu Köln (2011 — 2013)
• Dr. rer. pol. Universität Bremen (2014 — 2017)
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2007 — 2010)

Companies

• Senior Manager KPMG (2017)
• Lecturer Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (2017)
• Lecturer in Economics Hochschule Weserbergland (2014 — 2017)
• Lecturer in Corporate Finance FOM Hochschule (2014 — 2017)
• Scientific Assistant Universität Bremen (2014 — 2017)
• Student assistant in the Corporates & Markets segment Commerzbank AG (2011 — 2013)
• Internship in portfolio management DZ PRIVATBANK S.A. (2010 — 2011)
• Internship in portfolio management Conrad-Hinrich-Donner Bank (2009 — 2009)