Ann-Kristin Achleitner is TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany.
She has held the Chair of Entrepreneurial Finance since 2001 and has been Scientific Co-Director at the Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS) at Technical University of Munich (TUM) since 2003. From 1995 to 2001, she was Professor of Banking and Finance at the European Business School (ebs), Oestrich Winkel, and also worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company, Inc. and MS Management Service AG, St. Gallen. She earned her degrees and her Ph.D. in both law and business administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland.
Professor Achleitner conducts research in the area of entrepreneurial finance with a focus on the financing of innovation, venture capital, private equity, and family businesses.
She is a member of the supervisory boards of LDeutsche Börse AG, Linde AG and Muenchener Rueckversicherungs- Gesellschaft AG and serves on the board of directors of ENGIE SA. She also belongs to the Government Commission Regierungskommission Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (German Corporate Governance Code) and the Economic Advisory Council of the French Embassy in Berlin.
She also belongs to the Economic Advisory Council of the French Embassy in Berlin and was a member of the Government Commission Regierungskommission Deutscher Corporate Governance Codex (German Corporate Governance Code). Furthermore, she was part of the Expert Commission “Research and Innovation” (EFI) where served as Vice-Chairwoman from 2009-2011.
Prof. Achleitner earned several awards for both research and teaching, including the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2014. She was also appointed as a member of acatech (National Academy of Science and Engineering).
International evidence on value creation in private equity transactions (with Benjamin Puche and Reiner Braun): The paper analyzes value creation drivers in private equity transactions across regions, industries, deal sizes, and time. Key results are decreasing value creation over time and a sharp drop in value creation with increasing transaction size, in terms of enterprise value.
Foundation-owned firms – A qualitative empirical study (with Jörn Block and Florian Khajeh Hosseini, Scientific Co-Director)
