Curriculum Vitae

Foto: Herr Prof. Dr. Guido Sopp

Professor of Business Administration, especially Finance

Visitor address:
Campus Eckersbach
House 5, Room 5215
Scheffelstraße 39, 08066 Zwickau

guido.sopp[at]fh-zwickau.de

+49 375 536 3268
+49 375 536 47 3104

Consultation hour:

Summer semester 2025: Fridays, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.;

Curriculum Vitae

1981Born in Frankfurt/Main
2001Studies of Business Administration at the University of Saarland, Saarbrücken and the Universidad de Salamanca (Spain) and within the scope of a dual study program apprenticeship as a banker (2002-2005)
2006Graduation as Dipl.-Kfm.
as of 2006Research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Banking at Saarland University
2009Graduation with summa cum laude on the topic "IFRS in banking supervisory law" 
as of 2009Work as a specialist for financial instruments and accounting at the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) in Vienna
as of 2018Deputy Head of the Department for Integrated Financial Markets and Team Lead of the Accounting Enforcement Team at the FMA
               Examining commissioner in the Austrian auditors' examination
Member of the Austrian Financial Reporting and Auditing Committee AFRAC
Chair of the European Banking Authority (EBA) working group on IFRS 9 for banks
since 2021Professor for Business Administration, especially Finance at the Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau

Specialization and Research Focus

  • Financial Instruments
  • International Financial Reporting (IFRS) with Focus on Banks and Insurance Companies
  • Sustainable Finance and Sustainability Reporting
  • Company Valuation
  • Banking Regulatory Issues
  • Fraud Examination

Lecturing

  • Over 15 years of university teaching experience in finance, financial accounting and banking supervisory law
  • Seminars in German and English language
  • In-service training and seminars