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The Frankfurt School Spirit Award

We would like to thank the students who bring the Frankfurt School Spirit and our Honour Code to life, and also express our appreciation for all the time and energy spent outside their studies, with their tireless dedication, making the Frankfurt School great place to be.

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The two awardees of the FS Spirit Award are honoured as lifelong Frankfurt School role models. They are given their own spot on our Donor Wall and their names appear next to the names of illustrious companies, alumni and parents who have donated thousands – in some cases even millions – of euros to Frankfurt School.

Awardees 2023

The prize winners are Sachin Baid (Master in Management, Class of 2024) and Lea Kutschera (Master in Management, Class of 2023).

FS Spirit Award 2023

Prof. Dr. Nils Stieglitz, President & CEO, with the two awardees

Awardees 2022

The prize winners are Johannes Hauenschild (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Class of 2023) and Korbinian Rudloff (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Class of 2023).

FS Spirit Award Preisträger 2022

Oliver Matthews, Vice President Degree Programmes & Chief Marketing Officer, with the two awardees

Awardees 2021

The prize winners are Denise Reffelmann (Master in Data Analytics & Management, Class of 2023) and Johanna Jäger (Master of Finance, Class of 2023).

FS Spirit Award Preisträger 2021

Prof. Dr. Jörg R. Werner, Vicepresident Degree Programmes, with the two awardees

Awardees 2020

The prize winners are Lynn Cunningham (Master in Management, Class of 2021) and Patrick Becker (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Class of 2021).

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Prof. Dr. Jörg R. Werner, Vicepresident Degree Programmes, with the two awardees

Awardees 2019

The prize winners are Jaskaran Singh (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Class of 2021) and Antonio Gutiérrez (Master of Finance, Class of 2020).

FS Spirit Awardees

Prof. Dr. Jörg R. Werner, Vicepresident Degree Programmes, with the two awardees

Awardees 2018

The prize winners are Giulia Erichsen (Master of Finance, Class of 2019) and Christian Schwalbach (Master in Management, Class of 2019).

Ein Student und eine Studentin präsentieren vor der Donor Wall den Spirit Award 2018

Dr. Brost, Head of Degree Programmes & Executive Education, with the two awardees

Awardees 2017

The prize winners are Ann-Sophie Molter (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Class of 2019) und Fabian Aymanns (Master in Management, Class of 2017).

Ein Student und eine Studentin präsentieren vor der Donor Wall den Spirit Award 2017

Dr. Brost, Head of Degree Programmes & Executive Education, with the two awardees

Förderpreise der IFK

IFK sponsorship awards are regularly presented to the year’s top-scoring graduates from Frankfurt School.

Interessengemeinschaft Frankfurter Kreditinstitute GmbH (IFK) was founded in March 1949 as a self-help organisation for the banking industry in Frankfurt. The organisation’s primary remit is to manage equity investments on behalf of the banking community. IFK also sponsors projects by universities in the Rhine-Main region, especially those involving research into financial issues.

Recipients

2019

Frühjahr

1. Hagen Tarek Lihl (B.Sc.): Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Thema der Thesis: The role of objectives and key results OKRs in the formulation and execution of strategy

2. Anja Brüggen (B.Sc.): Bachelor of Science in Wirtschaftsinformatik

Thema der Thesis: Investment-Performance Sensitivities in Private Firms

3. Lukas Berndt (B.Sc.): Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Thema der Thesis: Do accounting standards matter for corporate group structure?

Herbst

1. Rebecca-Alexandra Kunz (M.Sc.) Master of Finance

Thema der Thesis: Bank Sponsor Relationships in Large LBO Transactions

2. Jessica Joy Morris, Full-time MBA

Thema der Thesis: Cumulocity at Universities: A model Approach for Offering Free Iot SaaS

3. Michael Steinfeld, (M.Sc.), Master of Finance

Thema der Thesis: The Reflection of Defined Obligation on Capital Markets

2018

Frühjahr 
  1. Barbara Nitschke (B.Sc.), Bachelor in International Business Administration
    Thema der Thesis: Fluchtmigration nach Deutschland 2015: Ethischer Anspruch und ökonomisches Interesse
     
  2. Michael Steinfeld (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Wirtschaftsinformatik
    Thema der Thesis: Kriterien zur Überprüfung der Sinnhaftigkeit der Agilisierung von Geschäftsprozessdomänen: Eine Delphi-Studie
     
  3. Yannik Birkhahn (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Betriebswirtschaftslehre
    Thema der Thesis: Rising pressure on German conglomerates: An empirical analysis of the conglomerate discount in Germany since 2010
Herbst
  1. Tim Steger (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Betriebswirtschaftslehre for Professionals
    Thema der Thesis: Der neue Kreditrisiko-Standardansatz - Eine Analyse der Veränderungen und der resultierenden Auswirkungen für Kreditinstitute
     
  2. Samuel Kanyi (M.Sc.), Master in Finance
    Thema der Thesis: The Effect of Liability Maturity Structure on Management Forecasts
     
  3. Amira Sarsekenova (M.A.), Master of International Business
    Thema der Thesis: Potential usage of Blockchain for measures of financila inclusion: initiatives, perspectives and challenges to further development

2017

Frühjahr 
  1. Amelie Wenger (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science in International Business Administration
    Thema der Thesis: Motivation & Performance: A Critical Review on Recent Findings Regarding Intended & Unintended Consequences of Incentive Systems in Organizations
     
  2. Calvin Roth (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science in Management, Philosophy & Economics
    Thema der Thesis: Incentive Schemes for Students
     
  3. Christopher Muth (MBA), The Frankfurt MBA
    Thema der Thesis: Market launch for a new software application by use of the Open Source model
Herbst
  1. Oleksii Rakov (M.Sc.), Master of Finance
    Thema der Thesis: Beyond DTS: corporate bond portfolio management using the term structure of credit spreads
     
  2. Sven Herrmann (M.Sc.), Master of Finance
    Thema der Thesis: Equity Valuation Using Multiples: An Empirical Investigation of the Valuation Accuracy of Forward-looking Multiples
     
  3. Patrick Schüttler (M.Sc.), Master in Management
    Thema der Thesis: Analyzing the drivers of mobile apps adoption in the travel industry

2016

Frühjahr 
  1. Christoph Gebhardt (B.Sc.)
    Bachelor in Betriebswirtschaftslehre
    Thesis: Risikoklassifizierung für Privatanleger
     
  2. Polina Sorokina (MBA)
    The Frankfurt MBA
    Thesis: The role of dynamic capabilities for innovation: application in organizational settings
     
  3. Hendrik Ralph Keith (B.Sc.)
    Bachelor in Betriebswirtschaftslehre
    Thesis: An issuer-specific relative valuation model for CoCos - Valuing contingent convertible bonds based on traded risk premia across the capital structure

Archiv 2011-2015

2015

Herbst 
  1. Sebastian Mauler (M.Sc.), Master of Finance
    Thesis: The IASB's Discussion Paper on Accounting for Dynamic Risk Management - Evaluation of Comment Letters
  2. Danyal Altunay (M.Sc.), Master of Finance
    Thesis: Accounting for carbon in the financial system
  3. Maximilian Plies (M.Sc.), Master in Management
    Thesis: Quantitative Easing in the Euro Area
Frühjahr 
  1. Sarah-Lea Effert (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Management, Philosophy & Economics
    Thesis: "Wahlfreiheit wofür? Betrachtung feministischer Perspektiven zur Rolle von Präferenzen und Autonomie"
  2. Maximilian Voigt (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Management, Philosophy & Economics
    Thesis: „Glass Cliff - Evidence from German Companies“
  3. Paul Roman Bose (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Management, Philosophy & Economics
    Thesis: „Network Formation in Contests - An experimental assessment"

2014

Herbst 
  1. Christin Nitsche (M.Sc.), Master of Finance
    Thesis: "Sustainable Investment Funds"
  2. Christopher Schaumlöffel (M.Sc.), Master of Finance
    Thesis: „Decomposition of stock market returns into tangible and intangible information across different industries“
  3. Florian Härning (M.Sc.), Master in Management
    Thesis: „The Impact of Intra-Team Wage Dispersion on Performance"
Frühjahr 
  1. Danyal Altunay (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Betriebswirtschaftslehre
    Thesis: "The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Financial Integration in the Euro Area - The Case of Equity Markets"
  2. Julian Debus (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Wirtschaftsinformatik
    Thesis: „Messung und Modellierung der Volatilität Effects - Bewertung und Risikoanalyse von Finanzprodukten“
  3. Jennifer Nehrlich (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Betriebswirtschaftslehre
    Thesis: „Modelle zur Messung des Kreditrisikos - Eine vergleichende Analyse praxisüblicher Verfahren“

2013

Herbst 
  1. Martin Kreysern (M.Sc.), Master of Finance
    Thesis: "Determinants and Development of Credit Interest Rates of Microfinance Institutions"
  2. Julia Krones (M.Sc.), Master of Finance
    Thesis: „Pricing Interest Rates Products with respect to Volatility Smile or Skew Effects - Applications of the SABR Model“
  3. Sandra Falk (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Management & Financial Markets for Professionals
    Thesis: „Die öffentliche Wahrnehmung in Bezug auf den ökonomischen Nutzen Deutschlands als Mitglied der Eurozone“
Frühjahr
  1. Jan Oechsner (B.Sc.), Betriebswirtschaftslehre
    Thesis: "The Determinants of the Decision to Go Public - An Empirical Analysis of Going Public Decisions of German Companies"
  2. Yvonne Viktoria Mitschka (B.Sc.), Betriebswirtschaftslehre
    Thesis: „Management operationeller Risiken in Kreditinstituten - Aufsichtsrechtliche und interne Bemessungsansätze unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Verlustverteilungsansatzes“
  3. Stephan Jagau (B.Sc.), Management, Philosophy & Economics
    Thesis: „Zwangsrecht und Naturzustand in Kants Metaphysik der Sitten“

2012

Herbst 
  1. Thaddäus Engelhardt (M.Sc.), Master of Finance
    Thesis: "Valuation and Hedging of Multi-Asset Derivatives – The Relative Performance of Different Correlation Models"
  2. Billie Kaufman (M.Sc.), Master of International Business
    Thesis: "Drivers and Barriers for Sustainable Urban Form: The Case of China"
  3. Jonas Venema (M.Sc.), Master of Finance
    Thesis: "Opinion Leadership and Experience Goods: The Impact of Expert Reviews on the Whisky Market"
Frühjahr
  1. Julian Alexander Jost (B.Sc.), Betriebswirtschaftslehre
    Thesis: "Determinanten der Spreads von Staatsanleihen der Emerging Markets - Theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Evidenz"
  2. Fabian Mehmke (B.Sc.), Betriebswirtschaftslehre
    Thesis: "Validierung von Konzepten zur Messung des Marktrisikos - insbesondere des Value at Risk und des Expected Shortfall"
  3. Florian Gunsilius (B.Sc.), Management, Philosophy & Economics
    Thesis: "An Empirical Analysis of the Georgian Procurement Auction Mechanism"

2011

Herbst 
  1. Michael Lang (M.Sc.), Master of Finance
    Thesis: "Early Warning Systems of Currency Crises – A Critical Assessment of alternative Leading Indicators"
  2. Bastian Schiedat (M.Sc.), Master of Finance, Concentration Capital Markets
    Thesis: "Early Spin-offs in the European and US-American Equity Markets - Analysis of abnormal returns surrounding Spin-off Announcements"
  3. Daniel Lucke (M.Sc.), Master of Finance, Concentration Capital Markets
    Thesis: "Portfolio Optimisation by Using Hedge Fund Indices"
Frühjahr 
  1. Marek Gorny (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Wirtschaftsinformatik
    Thesis: "Copulas zur Modellierung von Zusammenhangsstrukturen in der Risikoanalyse"
  2. Andreas Becker (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Internationaler Betriebswirtschafslehre
    Thesis: "Share Buybacks in Germany: Theory and Evidence"
  3. Ingofried Rudolf Janisch (B.Sc.), Bachelor in Internationaler Betriebswirtschafslehre
    Thesis: "Political Determinants of Public Debt: Economic Analysis and Experience of the UK"

Archiv 2006-2010

2010

Herbst 
  1. Michael Vetter (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Finance
    Thesis: „Wechselwirkungen von Markt- und Kreditrisiko“
  2. Priscilla Sarai Dürrschmidt (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Banking
    Thesis: „Innovationscontrolling in Banken: Eine Analyse bestehender Konzepte”
  3. Michael Kratochwil (M. Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Finance
    Thesis: „Steigende Staatsverschuldung - Ein Dilemma für die Geldpolitik der EZB?"
Frühjahr 
  1. Tobias Rommel (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science, Betriebswirtschaftlehre, berufsintegriert
    Thesis: „Momentum-Strategien am Aktienmarkt – Erklärungsansätze und empirische Befunde"
  2. Vanessa Schneider (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science, Betriebswirtschaftlehre, ausbildungsintegriert
    Thesis: „Petrodollar-Recycling - Die Investmentstrategien der Länder des Golfkooperationsrats“
  3. Sabine Englert (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science, Betriebswirtschaftlehre, berufsintegriert
    Thesis: „Petrodollar-Recycling - Die Investmentstrategien der Länder des Golfkooperationsrates

2009

Herbst 
  1. Lars Fetzer (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Finance
    Thesis: „Key Success Factors for Branch Banking. Conceptual Framework and Empirical Analysis of a Pan-European Network”
  2. Marcel Haßelmann (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Finance
    Thesis: „Die Basis von Bonds und Credit Default Swaps - Relative Value Strategien”
  3. Claudia Zunft (M. Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Finance
    Thesis: „Determinanten von Basis Spreads und ihre Auswirkungen auf das Riskomanagement von Devisenoptionen”
Frühjahr 
  1. Sabine Englert (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science, Betriebswirtschaftlehre, berufsintegriert
    Thesis: „Petrodollar-Recycling - Die Investmentstrategien der Länder des Golfkooperationsrates“
  2. Konstantin Philipp Kraus (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science, Betriebswirtschaftlehre, ausbildungsintegriert
    Thesis: „Die Korrelation der Zinsstrukturkurve aus Investorensicht“
  3. Nadine Henze (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science, Internationale Betriebswirtschaftlehre
    Thesis: „Ursachen der Preisexplosion bei Agrarrohstoffen - Eine empirische Analyse für Mais und Weizen“
  4. Stefan Kafitz (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science, Wirtschaftsinformatik, berufsintegriert
    Thesis: „Ansätze und Methoden zum Tracking von Wertpapierindicies“

2008

Herbst 

  1. Simon Güth (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Accounting & Taxation
    Thesis: „Auswirkungen der Unternehmenssteuerreform 2008 auf die Unternehmensbewertung und Strukturierung von M&A - Transaktionen“
  2. Susanne Schmidtmeier (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Banking
    Thesis: „Kompetenzorientiertes Recruiting zur Deckung des aktuellen Personalbedarfs und zur Sicherung der künftigen Unternehmensentwicklung“
  3. Michael Heidinger (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Finance
    Thesis: „Long/Short - Strategien in klassischen Fondsstrukturen - Neue Möglichkeiten für das Asset Management“
  4. Dirk Sassmannshausen (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Finance
    Thesis: „Extremwerttheorie und Copulas in der Risikoanalyse“

  5. Claudia Wenzel (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Banking
    Thesis: „Strategische Unternehmensbewertung“

Frühjahr 
  1. Michael Vetter (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Finace & Management, berufsbegleitend
    Thesis: „Modelle des Kreditrisikos – Eine vergleichende Analyse“
  2. Daniel Schulz (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science, Betriebswirtschaftslehre, ausbildungsintegriert
    Thesis: „Das Durationsprinzip im Portfoliomanagement“
  3. Christian Schütz (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science, Wirtschaftsinformatik, berufsintegriert
    Thesis: „Steuerung von Marktrisiken unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Portable-Alpha Strategien“
  4. Michael Daub (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science, Betriebswirtschaftslehre, ausbildungsintegriert
    Thesis: „Base Correlation Deltas von CDO Tranchen“

2007

Herbst 
  1. Daniel Rode (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Banking
    Thesis: „Die Zinsstrukturkurve - Theoretische Erklärungsansätze und empirische Evidence"
  2. Marc Sebastian Böttger (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung of Banking
    Thesis: „Loss Given Default als Steuerungsgröße bei der Kreditvergabe"
  3. Cora Koßmann (M.Sc.), Master of Science in der Spezialisierung Finance
    Thesis: "Frühwarnsysteme für Währungskrisen - Neuere Ansätze und praktische Erfahrungen"
Frühjahr 
  1. Karl Werner (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Business Administration, ausbildungsintegriert
    Thesis: " Effizienz und Profitabilität europäischer Banken – Wie wichtig ist operative Effizienz?"
    Herr Werner hat mit dieser Bachelorthesis ebenfalls den diesjährigen 1. Platz des DZ Bank-Preises für die besten Bachelor- bzw. Masterarbeiten erzielen können.
  2. Simon Güth (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Business Administration, ausbildungsintegriert
    Thesis: "Die Funktionsweise von Verbriefungen – Eine exemplarische Darstellung anhand von Projektfinanzierungen"
  3. Matthias Mehmke (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Computer Science, ausbildungsintegriert
    Thesis: "Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Avatar-Technologien in Banken"

2006

Herbst 
  1. Christine Breunung (M.Sc.), Master of Science, bi-lingual
    Thesis: "Konsolidierung von Special Purpose Vehicles"
  2. Jutta Wollersheim (M.Sc.), Master of Science, bi-lingual
    Thesis: "Kompetenzmanagement - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen aus individueller und organisationaler Sicht"
  3. Ahmet Kaya (M.Sc.), Master of Science, bi-lingual
    Thesis: "Der Beitrag des Internationalen Währungsfonds zur Bewältigung der Triple Crisis"
  4. Alexander Wenzel (M.Sc.), Master of Science, englisch
    Thesis: "Strukturierte Produkte - Deskription, Bewertung und Strategien"

Manufacturing Management Award

The Manufacturing Management Award is presented to students graduating from Frankfurt School’s Master in Management (M.Sc.) programme by the Industrieseminar Frankfurt institute, in recognition of outstanding Master’s theses of relevance to the manufacturing industry. NORMA Group AG, a major automotive industry supplier, is the award’s sole sponsor.

Recipients

2019

  1. Markus Michael Kupfer (MSc)
    Thema der Thesis: The Significance of Supply Chain Transparency in attaining Sustainable Supply Chains
     
  2. Thomas Faber (MSc)
    Thema der Thesis: Additive Manufacturing in the Platform Economy
     
  3. Alberto Spinelli (MSc)
    Thema der Thesis: How to Handle Product Portfolio Complexity in a Generic Drug Company: a Fresenius Kabi Case

2018

  1. Henrike Duda (MSc)
    Thesis:"Supply Chain Risk Management: An empirical Analysis of Supply Chain Risk Management in manufacturing companies"
     
  2. Lorenz Albeck (MSc)
    Thesis: "Empricial analysis of the implementation degree of supplier development in German manufacturing companies"
     
  3. Tobias Thamm (MSc)
    Thesis: "An analysis of the Norma Production System with regard to improvement potentials by taking sustainability of improvement programs into account"

    Rok Vrčkovnik (MSc)
    Thesis: "Machine Learning in Supply Chain Management: Theory and Use Cases"

2017

  1. Martin Samitz (MSc)
  2. Giulia Vignotti (MSc)
  3. Kim Knors (MSc)

2016

  1. Marc Sanabras Garrido (MSc)
    Thesis:"Can Structuring Key Strategic Sales Initiatives Improve B2B Companies' Performance?"
     
  2. Carmen Berger (MSc)
    Thesis: "Am Empirical Analysis of Implementation Aspects of Manufacturing Strategies"
     
  3. Liesa Stöbich (MSc)
    Thesis: "Industrie 4.0 in a Maintenance and Service Company for Security-Related Components: Opportunities and Limitations"

2015

  1. Robin Rehm (MSc)
    Thesis "Simulated Annealing as a Metaheuristic for solving the Multi-Period Mixed Model Sequencing Problem"
     
  2. Alex Pirker (MSc)
    Thesis: "Digitalisation - An Empirical Analysis of the Potential for Manufacturing Companies"
     
  3. Susan Küp (MSc)
    Thesis: "An Empirical Analysis of Supply Chain Strategies based on the Fisher Model"
     
  4. Julia Susanne Schmidt (MSc)
    Thesis: "An Empirical Analysis of the Implementationof Supply Chain Risk Management Techniques"

2014

  1. Jennifer Spicer (MSc) 
    Thesis: "Genetic Algorithm for Assembly Line Sequencing Over Multiple Periods"
     
  2. Kira Charlotte Marie Bergner (MSc)
    Thesis: "The Impact of the Rising Competition from China on German Firms - A Critical Reflection on the Challenges, Reactions and Benefits"
     
  3. Matthias Dörge (MSc)
    Thesis: "Managing Incremental Innovation: The Case Study of a German Hidden Champion"

FIRM Risk Management Award

The Frankfurt Institute of Risk Management and Regulation (FIRM) has been presenting the FIRM Risk Management Award since 2016. The award goes to the three top-scoring graduates on Frankfurt School’s Master of Finance programme with the Risk Management concentration. The FIRM award is made in recognition of students’ outstanding achievements in risk management.

FIRM addresses a broad range of issues involving “risk, risk management and regulation”, sponsoring high-quality research and teaching in these areas. Banks, financial services providers and associations regularly consult FIRM, as does the State of Hesse.

Recipients

2019

Master of Finance in the Risk Management concentration

1. Zlatan Camo (MSc)
2. Andreas Telian (MSc)
3. Prateek Shukla (MSc)

2018

Master of Finance in the risk management concentration
  1. Gero Basmer (MSc)
  2. Youhao Dai (MSc)
  3. Jimin Qian (MSc)
For the best Master thesis with a focus on Risk Management
  • Thorben Post
  • Nils Grallert

2017

Master of Finance in the Risk Management concentration
  1. Justin Bunch (MSc)
  2. Felix Rössing (MSc)
  3. Maria Castro (MSc)

For the best Master thesis with a focus on Risk Management
  • Sarah Grimmelbein
  • Oleksii Rakov

2016

Master of Finance
  1. Carolin Sauer (MSc)
  2. Kathrin Stenner (MSc)
  3. Natalia Sidorova (MSc)
Master in Risk Management & Regulation
  1. Dr. Stephan Nicklas (MSc)
  2. Dr. Florian Roßwog (MSc)
  3. Tina Beyer (MSc)

Prof. Dr. Karl Fr. Hagenmüller-Preis

Every year, this prize is awarded to the nation’s top-scoring management studies graduate at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. The prize was awarded for the very first time at the 2006 Graduation Ceremony. Since 2008, the prize has been awarded at Graduation Ceremonies in Frankfurt’s famous Paulskirche. Since 2015, the Professor Dr Karl Friedrich Hagenmüller Foundation has also awarded a prize for the top-scoring student on the Bank Administrator course in an examination year.

Professor Hagenmüller was the founder of Bankakademie, Frankfurt School’s forerunner. At the time, he was Professor of Banking & Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt, and sat on the Board of Directors of Dresdner Bank AG. Until 1981, he had a huge influence on the business school’s development in a number of different roles. To support Bankakademie, he set up a foundation with his own name in 2000. And in 2009, the business school named one of the university professorships after him, the Hagenmüller Chair of Financial Risk Management, currently held by Professor Dr Martin Hellmich. Professor Hagenmüller died at a great age in September 2009.

Hagenmüller, Karl

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Professor Hagenmüller was born in Naila in Germany’s Upper Franconia region in 1917. He died on September 29, 2009.

Professor Hagenmüller started by studying Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration at university, interrupting his studies to serve in the army in the Second World War, during which he earned the rank of captain. He resumed his Business Administration studies in 1946, graduating one year later. He was awarded his doctorate in 1948. Following his accreditation as a university lecturer (habilitation) in 1950, he was given a teaching post at the University of Munich, moving to Goethe University Frankfurt in 1952, where he was named Chair of Banking & Finance in 1953. He also headed the university’s Institute of Cooperative Studies, Trades and Crafts.

In 1966, he moved to Dresdner Bank, where he was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1967. Dresdner Bank’s famous “Silver Tower” was built during his time at the bank; until 1990, it was the tallest building in Frankfurt. He continued to maintain a close relationship with Goethe University as Honorary Professor of Business Administration, specialising in bank management in particular.

Professor Hagenmüller produced his three-volume opus “Bankbetriebslehre” (About Bank Management) in 1964. It has become a standard reference work, now in its fifteenth edition.

Professor Hagenmüller sat on numerous boards and committees of both businesses (e.g. as President of GfK in Nuremberg, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bilfinger & Berger) and academic institutions (such as the Schmalenbach Society and the Fraunhofer Society).

Together with Dr Reinhold Sellien, Professor Hagenmüller co-founded Bankakademie (the Banking Academy) in 1957; he worked as the institution’s Academic Director for many years.

Professor Hagenmüller remained closely involved with Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, the successor to Bankakademie, until the day he died. He gave “his” business school all the benefits of his own extensive experience, based on his research, teaching and real-world practice. He also founded his own eponymous foundation, which continues to sponsor Frankfurt School and its students today.

In February 2009, Frankfurt School’s Executive Board decided to name a professorship after Karl Friedrich Hagenmüller, both to honour one of the business school’s founders and as an expression of thanks for his many years of invaluable advice and support. Professor Dr Martin Hellmich currently holds the Karl Friedrich Hagenmüller Chair of Financial Risk Management

Recipients 

2019

Susanne Geißler

Jahrgang: 1994
Wohnort: Minderoffingen
Bachelor-Studienort: München
Studienarbeit: "Instant Payments: Eine Analyse des Potenzials"

Patrick Paech

Jahrgang: 1994
Wohnort: Schwanewede
Bachelor-Studienort: Hamburg
 

2016

Marlen Fetzer

Jahrgang: 1987
Wohnort: Frankfurt am Main
Management-Studienort: Frankfurt am Main
Studienarbeit: „Herausforderungen der Bankenregulierung für kleine Sparkassen und Genossenschaftsbanken“

Joachim Keller

Jahrgang: 1977
Wohnort: Kirchzell
Bankbetriebswirt-Studienort: Frankfurt am Main

2015

Stefan Dietchen

Jahrgang: 1988
Wohnort: Hagen
Management-Studienort: Dortmund
Studienarbeit: "Die Optimierung eines betrieblichen Vorschlagswesens am Beispiel der Sparkasse Sprockhövel"

Beide Bankbetriebswirt-Absolventen haben die gleiche Gesamtnote erzielt:

Theresa Hannapel

Jahrgang: 1989
Wohnort: Hundsangen
Bankbetriebswirt-Studienort: Frankfurt am Main

Kevin Mauer

Jahrgang: 1983
Wohnort: Mönchengladbach
Bankbetriebswirt-Studienort: Düsseldorf

2014

Henrik Böcher

Jahrgang: 1988
Wohnort: Bad Salzdetfurth
Management-Studienort: Hannover

2013

Alice Mertin

Jahrgang: 1980
Wohnort: Frohburg
Management-Studienort: Erfurt
Studienarbeit: „Beitrag einer internen vertriebsorientierten Berater-Hotline zur Qualitätsverbesserung in der fachlichen und systemseitigen Abwicklung des Kreditgeschäfts mit kleinen Gewerbetreibenden in einer Filialbank."

2012

Michael Haun

Jahrgang: 1972
Wohnort: Hottelstedt
Management-Studienort: Leipzig
Studienarbeit: "Analyse des Zusammenhangs zwischen dem Erfolg von Ansprachewegen bei Online-Banking-Kunden und deren sozioökonomischen Status"

2011

Katja Naumann

Jahrgang: 1981
Wohnort: Frankfurt am Main
Management-Studienort: Frankfurt am Main
Studienarbeit: "Hebung von Kundenpotentialen durch die Implementierung von Ethno-Marketing – am Beispiel der türkischen Zielgruppe der Frankfurter Sparkasse"

2010

Keine Preisträger.

2009

Juliane Schönefeld

Jahrgang: 1978
Wohnort: Braunschweig
Management-Studienort: Hannover
Studienarbeit: "Identifikation zentraler Erfolgsfaktoren von wertorientierten "Mergers and Acquisitions" im deutschen Bankensektor"

2008

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Bianca Mrotzek

Jahrgang: 1975
Wohnort: Altena
Management-Studienort: Dortmund
Studienarbeit: "Altersvorsorge für Frauen. Ein Markt mit Chancen?"

Jürgen Goth

Jahrgang: 1982
Wohnort: Herrieden
Management-Studienort: Nürnberg
Studienarbeit: "Das Provisionsgeschäft – Ein Weg zur Existenzsicherung der Raiffeisenbank Gammesfeld e.G.? Aufarbeitung der Fragestellung im Rahmen eines Businessplans"

2007

Beide Absolventen haben die gleiche Gesamtnote erzielt:

Sonja Kükemück

Jahrgang: 1983
Wohnort: Bad Harzburg
Management-Studienort: Braunschweig, vorher BBW und BFW in Braunschweig
Studienarbeit: „Wertschöpfung durch Wertschätzung – Wertemanagement in der Nord LB“ (gemeinsam mit Benedikt Bötjer)

Benedikt Bötjer

Jahrgang: 1977
Wohnort: Braunschweig
Management-Studienort: Braunschweig, vorher BBW und BFW in Braunschweig
Studienarbeit: „Wertschöpfung durch Wertschätzung – Wertemanagement in der Nord LB“ (gemeinsam mit Sonja Kükemück)

2006

Ulrike van den Heuvel

Jahrgang: 1976
Wohnort: Bedburg-Hau
Management-Studienort: Düsseldorf, vorher BBW in Düsseldorf und BFW in Kleve
Studienarbeit: „Jugendliche – eine attraktive Zielgruppe / Marketingstrategien zur nachhaltigen Kundengewinnung für Universalbanken“

Silvia Wewel

Jahrgang: 1979
Wohnort: Altbach
Management-Studienort: Stuttgart, vorher BBW und BFW in Nürtingen
Studienarbeit: „Leistungsorientierte Vergütung in Stabsabteilungen dargestellt am Bereich Innenrevision“

Hildegard-Leonardi-Preis

The Hildegard Leonardi Memorial Prize was set up by Frankfurt School’s faculty staff and alumni, and is awarded annually. The prize pays tribute to a student who has rendered outstanding services to the student community during his or her time at the business school.

From the very beginning, Professor Dr Hildegard Leonardi played a key role in the development of the Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft (HfB). She was Dean of the university from 1997 to 1999.

Quite apart from her professional achievements, her open-minded personality had a strong influence on the university, acting as an inspirational example for both students and teaching staff. For her, it was self-evident that business considerations must also embrace the social and personal.

She died in January 1999. She was just 37 years old.

Leonardi, Hildegard

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As an enormously appreciated and beloved colleague, she left her imprint on our business school. To express our appreciation and in fond memory of her inspiring personality, the faculty members and alumni of Frankfurt School set up the Hildegard Leonardi Memorial Prize in 1999, to recognise students who have worked especially hard to address the social concerns of their fellow students.

Recipients

2014

Gianna Lange
Bachelor in Wirtschaftsinformatik

2013

Keine Preisträger.

2012

Carsten Auel
Bachelor in Betriebswirtschaftslehre

2011

Frank Oestreich
Bachelor in Betriebswirtschaftslehre

2010

Nikolas Schneider
Bachelor in Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Brigitte Gebhart
Studienbetreuung, Auslandsamt

2009

Christian Marx
Bachelor in Betriebwirtschaftslehre

2008

Dirk Gießamer
Bachelor of Computer Science in Banking & Finance
Master of Banking, Finance and Accounting & Taxation

2007

Keine Preisträger.

2006

Shari Wolf
Bachelor of Business Administration

2005

Martina Hanebuth geb. Scheurmann
Bachelor of Business Administration

2004

Kathrin Haas
Bachelor of Business Administration

2003

Axel Horrer
Diplom Betriebswirt (FH)

2002

Torsten Schlink
Diplom Betriebswirt (FH)

2001

Kathrin Valder
Diplom Betriebswirt (FH)

2000

Kirsten Krauthäuser
Diplom Betriebswirt (FH)

Awardees 2019