Ante Busic, PhD

Experience

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  Lehman Brothers

  Feb 2007 - Jul 2007

  Equity Derivatives Sales Intern
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  Bluequest Resources AG

  Jun 2008 - Feb 2011

  Trading & Finance

  Start-up in physical commodity trading at that time.

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  Swiss National Bank

  Jul 2011 - Sept 2014

  Economist in Risk Management
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  University of Cambridge

  Oct 2014 - Jan 2019

  PhD

  Energy efficiency investments in residential buildings: Does personality matter?- Three publications during PhD in leading peer-reviewed journals- Best PhD research at the 23rd annual PRRES conference in Sydney, Australia (2017)

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  Behavioral Think Factory

  Oct 2018 - now

  Founder

  Leading cutting-edge research, providing expert advisory services, delivering impactful lectures, and projects on financing, risk management, and investment challenges.

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  ETH Zürich

  May 2020 - Aug 2021

  Researcher

  Research on social resilience during COVID-19 in collbaoration with Future Resilient Systems (FRS), SingaporeCollaboration with Swiss and Singaporean policy-makers

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  Swiss Life Asset Managers

  Sept 2021 - Jan 2024

  ESG Research Studies & Innovation Manager

  Advance ESG thought leadership by creating innovative research projects in collaboration with academic, multilateral and other research institutionsEstablishing ESG research partnerships with academia Translating ESG research findings to business processes and products (e.g. improving choice architecture for take up of ESG products)Headed company-wide ESG Ambassadors programme (ESG training, conferences, roundtables) to build and spread ESG expertise and innovation (2021-2023). Increased the programme by 50 new members from 70 members.Lead author Responsible Investment Report Show less