A/ProfGerhard Hambusch

The focus of Gerhard's career is on educating and influencing the finance profession to procure the effective integration of ethics within it. Gerhard's teaching excellence has been recognised through student feedback and through university and government prizes and awards. His research aims to raise awareness for pertinent ethical and social justice issues (eg insider trading; gender equity on corporate boards). Following the successful delivery of the Finance department's external engagement strategy, as Deputy Associate Dean (International Engagement) he now supports the university through overseas engagement activities for UTS International.

Gerhard’s research focuses on solutions to problems caused by unethical conduct in the finance industry, and the broader impact of human behaviour in capital market settings. His ethics research raises awareness for finance related ethical and social justice issues, and his finance research fosters increased understanding of the way that human behaviour can influence investment outcomes.

Publications include: studies on gender equity on corporate boards (Applied Network Science), consideration of the impact of ‘perceptions’ of wrongdoing in respect of different types of insider trading (Journal of Investing), analysis of the relative efficacy of ethics electives in contrast to mandatory ethics education (Journal of Financial Education), research on the impact of analyst forecast errors on fundamental indexation (Journal of Asset Management), momentum in sovereign bonds (Journal of Fixed Income), and leveraged investments and agency conflicts (Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control).

Gerhard is a highly engaging speaker and a top-tier UTS teacher. His excellence in teaching has been recognised through several prestigious teaching awards and prizes, including from the Australian government, the university and the business faculty.

As Deputy Associate Dean (International Engagement), Gerhard supports current and potential international students and related stakeholders. This includes facilitation of finance-related exchange program applications and consideration of potential prior learning recognition. Gerhard also works with partner organisations at UTS and overseas to help potential students identify suitable UTS study opportunities through workshops and presentations.

Prior to his work for UTS International, as Associate Head (External Engagement), Gerhard managed industry engagement for the UTS finance faculty transforming external engagement into a significant vehicle for stakeholder interaction, knowledge dispersion and reputation building. Core activities included strategy development, relationship building, honorary network management, and development of a highly successful series of industry engagement events.

Gerhard is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), CFA charterholder (Chartered Financial Analyst designation) and member of CFA Institute, CFA Societies Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. As a member of the Advocacy Council of CFA Societies Australia & New Zealand he supports the development of financial reform related submissions to Australian Government departments such as the Treasury and Australian Securities & Investments Commission. 

Before joining the UTS Business School, Gerhard completed his PhD at the University of Wyoming (USA). Gerhard also holds an MBA from the University of Wyoming (USA), and Master degrees from the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) and the EM Strasbourg Business School (France). His financial industry experience includes supporting a large funds-of-funds private equity portfolio managed in Frankfurt (Germany) and a middle-market buyout fund managed in Chicago, IL (USA).