| since 2026 | dean of Faculty IV, Trier University |
| since 2026 | member of the university senate, Trier University |
| 2019 | chairman German Finance Association |
| 2018 | deputy chairman German Finance Association |
| 2018 | 25th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association at Trier University (program chair and local organizer) |
| since 2018 | advisory board member German Finance Association |
| 2016-2026 | member of the senate finance commission, Trier University |
| 2014-2017 | Adjunct Professor (part-time, external), Norwegian School of Economics (Bergen) |
| 2014-2026 | member of the departmental finance commission, Faculty IV, Trier University (since 2015: chairman) |
| since 2011 | member of the departmental council, Faculty IV, Trier University |
| 2010-2012, 2015-2024 | MBA lecturer (part-time, external), Warwick Business School (Full Time/Executive/Distance Learning MBA: Corporate Finance) |
| since 2008 | Visiting Lecturer/Visiting Researcher, Department of Accounting and Finance, Lancaster University Management School |
| 2008 | Visiting Fellow, Warwick Business School |
| since 2007 | Professor of Finance, Department of Business Administration, Trier University |
| since 2007 | Review of Managerial Science: editorial board member |
| 2005 | Habilitation (University of Konstanz) |
| 2003-2007 | Lecturer in Finance (tenured), Lancaster University Management School |
| 2003 | Visiting Research Fellow, Swedish Institute for Financial Research (since 2016: Swedish House of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics) |
| 2002-2003 | Visiting Professor, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck |
| 1996-2002 | Assistant Professor of Finance (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent) (University of Konstanz) |
| 1994-1996 | BHF Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main |
| 1994 | doctoral dissertation (Dr.rer.pol.) (University of Konstanz), supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Günter Franke |
| 1991 | diploma in economics (University of Konstanz) |