Tanja Brieden

Tanja was born in Fürth, Ger­many. She re­ceived her Bach­elor's de­gree in Busi­ness Ad­min­is­tra­tion from the Uni­versity of Man­nheim, Ger­many and gradu­ated from the Fin­ance and In­vest­ments Mas­ter at Copen­ha­gen Busi­ness School, Den­mark in 2019. Dur­ing her stud­ies, she also spent two semesters abroad at Trin­ity Col­lege Dub­lin, Ire­land and Mahidol Uni­versity, Thail­and. Prior to join­ing VGSF, she was a PhD stu­dent at Stock­holm School of Eco­nom­ics, Sweden where she spent 3.5 years in the Fin­ance PhD.

Her main re­search in­terests in­clude Em­pir­ical Fin­an­cial In­ter­me­di­ation, Credit Risk and Fixed In­come. She gained in­sights into the bank­ing sector dur­ing vari­ous in­tern and stu­dent assist­ant pos­i­tions in equity trad­ing, fixed in­come sales, port­fo­lio man­age­ment and risk man­age­ment di­vi­sions of lead­ing fin­an­cial in­sti­tu­tions.

In her free time she is try­ing to get as much sun as possible by bik­ing, hik­ing and ex­plor­ing her new home in Vi­enna.

Edu­ca­tion:

• Since 2023: PhD Stu­dent, Vi­enna Gradu­ate School of Fin­ance (VGSF)
• 2019-2022: PhD Stu­dent in Fin­ance, Stock­holm School of Eco­nom­ics, Sweden
• 2018: Ex­change Stu­dent, Mahidol Uni­versity, Thail­and
• 2017-2019: MSc Fin­ance and In­vest­ments, Copen­ha­gen Busi­ness School, Den­mark
• 2014: Ex­change Stu­dent, Trin­ity Col­lege Dub­lin, Ire­land
• 2012-2015: BSc Busi­ness Ad­min­is­tra­tion, Uni­versity of Man­nheim, Ger­many