Mark Mietzner

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Mark Mietzner (* 1978 in Warendorf ) is a German business economist and professor of banking and finance . From 2015 to 2019 he was dean and head of the advanced training programs at the private Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen , and since 2019 he has been the rector of the University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Economics and Culture (HTWK) Leipzig .

Career

Mark Mietzner was 1978 in Warendorf born, the county town of Warendorf in the administrative district of Münster ( Nordrhein-Westfalen ). He attended the relevant schools here and graduated from high school in 1999 . He then studied business administration from 1999 to 2004 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , specializing in finance.

From 2004 to 2006 Mietzner was initially a research assistant at the Institute for Strategic Management at the University of Münster . He then became a research assistant at the endowed chair for banking and finance at the European Business School (EBS) Oestrich-Winkel until 2008 .

2008 doctorate he became Dr. rer. pole. in the field of finance at the private European Business School (EBS), University of Economics and Law in Oestrich-Winkel near Wiesbaden with the dissertation "Changes in Corporate Governance and Corporate Valuation". He then accepted a post-doctoral position at the Technical University of Darmstadt until 2012 .

University professor

From 2010 to 2012 he held the junior professorship for “Alternative Investments & Corporate Governance” at the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen . During this time, from 2011 to 2012, he also held a substitute professorship for risk management at Ulm University .

Since 2012 he has worked as a junior professor for “Financing” at the Friedrichshafen “Institute for Family Businesses” and as a post-doctoral candidate at the Department of Corporate Financing at the Technical University of Darmstadt .

In the winter semester of 2014, Mietzner was appointed professor to the chair for banking and finance at the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen . He held this professorship until he took office as rector of the HTWK Leipzig in the 2019 winter semester.

In 2017 he completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Darmstadt . Here he also received his teaching license ( venia legendi ) for the field of business administration .

Areas of work and research focus

  • Corporate Finance & Governance,
  • Family business,
  • Entrepreneurial Finance,
  • Private equity,
  • Venture capital.

Mietzner played a key role in the development and implementation of the Zeppelin University's research strategy.

Dean and Rector

Leipzig, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 132 , former headquarters of the University of Civil Engineering, then the TH Leipzig , today HTWK main building and official residence of the Rector ( Geutebrückbau)

In 2015, Mark Mietzner was appointed dean of the private Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen as well as scientific and commercial director of the advanced training programs there, the "Zeppelin University Executive Education". Since then, he has built up this advanced training as a quality provider of international and interdisciplinary programs for managers and innovative study programs.

The members of the Extended Senate of the HTWK Leipzig have elected the financial scientist, university manager and entrepreneur Mark Mietzner as rector and successor to the previous rector Gesine Grande . His term of office began in the 2019/2020 winter semester after being appointed by the Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art (SMWK) and is initially 5 years.

On October 1, 2019 - at the age of 40 - Mark Mietzner took up his post as the 8th Rector of the University of Technology, Economics and Culture in Leipzig . At that time, around 6,200 students were enrolled at the HTWK, and a total of 642 employees were active in 6 faculties and in the institutions of the HTWK. The HTWK press office also reported: The faculties achieved a new third-party funding record of 12.1 million euros in 2018 through acquisitions from the federal government, the European Union, commercial enterprises and the Free State of Saxony, almost two million euros more than in the previous year. In addition, the HR managers of 650 HTWK companies also gave top marks in the training of electrical engineers, according to the “Wirtschaftswoche” ranking; These entrepreneurs voted the HTWK 5th among 120 state universities of applied sciences. A survey by the Hamburg data portal “Statista” in May 2019 also showed that the HTWK is one of the 20 “most attractive employers in Leipzig”.

Mietzner works in his rectorate with the professor for business administration Barbara Mikus as prorector for education and the professor for civil engineering / civil engineering Ralf Thiele as prorector for research and the professor for business administration Swantje Rother as chancellor . The University Council and the Senate / Extended Senate, the deans of the 6 faculties, the heads of the 6 central institutions, the heads of the 5 departments and departments as well as the heads of 6 staff units are on hand.

Publications (selection)

As a professor of banking and finance, Mietzner published scientific papers in books and leading international specialist journals with review processes and worked as an editor.

  • Mietzner, Mark; Schiereck, Dirk: SWF - New anchor shareholders with positive shareholder value potential? In: Martin Setzer, Dirk Schiereck (Hrsg.): Bank success and acquisitions - Current findings on the consolidation and restructuring of the financial industry. Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang Verlag, 2011, pp. 63–76.
  • Menke, Matthias; Mietzner, Mark, Schiereck, Dirk: International Bank Acquisitions by Financial Sponsors. In: Martin Setzer, Dirk Schiereck (Hrsg.): Bank success and acquisitions - Current findings on the consolidation and restructuring of the financial industry. Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang Verlag, 2011, pp. 77–91.
  • Maul, Daniel; Maul, Stefan; Mietzner, Mark; Schiereck, Dirk: Certification effects through private equity in the IPO of real estate corporations. Journal for Corporate Governance, 2010 (5), pp. 268–272.
  • Intra-Industry Effects of Shareholder Activism in Germany - Is There a Difference between Hedge Fund and Private Equity Investments? Schmalenbach Business Review (sbr), 2011, 61, pp. 151–185 (together with Marcel Tyrell and Denis Schweizer).
  • Risk Dynamics Surrounding the Issuance of Convertible Bonds. Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, 2012, Vol. 18, 273–290 (together with Felix Zeidler and Dirk Schiereck).
  • Mietzner, Mark; Schweizer, Denis: Private Equity Activism and the Consequences for Targets and Rivals in Germany. In: Douglas Cumming (Ed.): The Oxford Handbook of Private Equity. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 495-520.
  • Franzoi, Fabio F .; Koners, Ursula; Mietzner, Mark: The Interrelation of External Management and Performance in Family Businesses - First Results of a Study on the German Capital Market. Journal for Family Businesses and Foundations (FuS), 2013 (6), pp. 217–221.
  • Mietzner, Mark; Prügl, Reinhard (Ed.): ZupFIF - Volumes 3 to 5, Friedrichshafen, 2013 (series of publications by the Friedrichshafen Institute for Family Businesses | FIF).
  • Mietzner, Mark; Schweizer, Denis: Hedge funds versus private equity funds as shareholder activists in Germany - differences in value creation. Journal of Economics and Finance, 2014; Vol. 38 (2), pp. 181-208.
  • Mietzner, Mark; Schiereck, Dirk; Schweizer, Denis: The role of sovereign wealth funds as activist or passive fund managers. Journal of Asset Management, 2015; Vol. 16 (5), pp. 303-315.
  • Mietzner, Mark; Schiereck, Dirk: Value creation by block acquisitions and the importance of block owner identity. Finance Research Letters, 2016 (18), pp. 118–124.
  • Mietzner, Mark; Schiereck, Dirk; Welkoborsky, Christopher: The announcement of the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord and the consequences for the international utility industry. Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht (ZfU), 2017 (4), pp. 404–428.
  • Pupil, Philipp; Mietzner, Mark; Schiereck, Dirk: Are Family Business Acquirers the New Private Equity Investors in Continental Europe? International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 2018.
  • Mietzner, Mark; Molterer, Manuel: You might not get what you need: The discrepancy between financial advice and commissions in Germany. Economics Letters, 2018 (162), pp. 167–170.

literature

  • Mathias Wöbking (interviewer): "Our ideas have to reach the economy in the region" - the new Rector Mark Mietzner wants to turn the Leipzig University of Technology, Economy and Culture into a knowledge hub. Leipziger Volkszeitung, February 11, 2020, p. 17.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mark Mietzner: Risk and Return Effects of Corporate Financial Decision Making. Habilitation thesis, Technical University Darmstadt, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Mietzner, Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German business economist and professor of banking and finance
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Warendorf