Short Biography
Daniel Fasnacht is director, senior lecturer for Executive Education, and SFIL fellow at the Department of Finance at the University of Zurich. He is also a full member of the university’s Digital Society Initiative and co-head of RiskON, an initiative promoting the adoption of AI in risk management across the Swiss banking sector. His career spans roles as a management consultant, banker, and CEO of asset management firms, with experience in Switzerland, Germany, Latin America, and the UK. He holds degrees in Business Informatics, an MBA from the University of St. Gallen in collaboration with UC Berkeley, and a PhD in Strategic Management from the University of Nottingham.
Daniel is the CEO and founder of EcosystemPartners AG and an accredited mentor for Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency. Recognized as a thought leader in the financial community, he is actively engaged in advisory boards and associations such as the Asia Society, Efficiency Club, and Swiss Board Forum. He also serves as a reviewer for academic journals including California Management Review, Financial Innovation and SAGE Open.
Research Interests
- Fintech and digital and AI-driven finance
- Convergence of sectors and technologies
- Digital transformation
- Cross-sector ecosystems
- Strategic foresight
- Digital Leadership
Teaching
Executive Education, CAS/DAS/MAS:
- AI-driven Innovations in Finance
- Digital Transformation
- Disruptive Technologies
- Financial Services Ecosystems
- Risk Management Practices
- Smart Health
ZORA Publication List
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Publications
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2021
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Digital Ecosystems and Super Apps. SSRN 3924260, University of Zurich.
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Agil und frugal in die Zukunft : Strategien für einen nachhaltigen Umgang mit Ausnahmesituationen. Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 04:243-248.
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Quanten-Computing: eine gute Investition. In: Computerworld, 5, 14 May 2021, 22-23.
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Agile and frugal strategies for the handling of increased uncertainty. SSRN 21778, University of Zurich.
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Banking 4.0: Digital Ecosystems and Super-Apps. In: Wendt, Karen. Theories of Change : Change Leadership Tools, Models and Applications for Investing in Sustainable Development. Switzerland: Springer, 10-25.
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2020
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Frugal Banking: An Opportunity to Create Customer Value in the Future?. : Innovationmanagement.se.
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Wie Innovation Probleme löst. In: Computerworld, 10, 16 October 2020, 44-45.
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Nur die passgenaue Bedürfnisbefriedigung sichert den nachhaltigen Erfolg. In: Unternehmerzeitung, 10, 1 October 2020, 24-25.
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The Ecosystem Strategy: Disruptive Business Model Innovation. SSRN 3635363, University of Zurich.
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Denkansätze zur Zukunft des Swiss Banking. : BEI Business Engineering Institute St.Gallen.
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Die Ökosystemstrategie : Disruptive Innovationen mit klassischen Geschäftsmodellen kombinieren und neuen effektiven Mehrwert generieren. Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 89(03):168-173.
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Chinese tourists are disrupting european payment services. : BEI Business Engineering Institute St.Gallen.
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How WealthTech is re-inventing the customer experience by linking open innovation and technology. In: Schueffel, Patrick. WealthTech : Wealth and Asset Management in the FinTech Age. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing, 141-146.
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2019
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Who is going to eat the bank's lunch?. London: Finextra.
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How WealthTech is re-inventing the customer experience by linking open innovation and technology. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
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2018
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The Advantages of China in the U.S. Trade War. Sunnyvale, CA: LinkedIn.
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How ecosystems in Asia are threatening Western banks. London: Finextra.
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2016
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Antizyklisches verhalten lohnt sich in volatilen Märkten. Private - Das Geld-Magazin:22-23.
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2015
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Ohne Emotionen. In: Handelszeitung, 22 January 2015, 4.
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2011
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Embedded neuromorphic vision for humanoid robots. In: CVPR 2011 WORKSHOPS / IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW), Colorado Springs, CO, USA, 20 June 2011 - 25 June 2011. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 129-135.
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A PCI based high-fanout AER mapper with 2 GiB RAM look-up table, 0.8 µs latency and 66MHz output event-rate. In: 45th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems 2011, Baltimore, MD, 23 March 2011 - 25 March 2011. IEEE, 1-6.
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