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Andreas Deppeler is a researcher and teacher based in Malaysia. He teaches courses on financial technology, innovation, data value and digital strategy. His research focuses on the economic and societal implications of artificial intelligence.

From 2020 to 2023 he was an adjunct associate professor at NUS Business School in Singapore. His courses provided introductions to AI, digital platforms, privacy, data sharing and data value, blockchain and quantum computing from a business and strategic perspective. He taught at graduate and undergraduate levels as well as in executive education. In addition to his teaching duties, he served as the deputy director of the Centre on AI Technology for Humankind at NUS Business School.

Before returning to academia, Andreas worked for almost twenty years in the corporate sector in Europe, the United States and Asia. After obtaining a PhD in theoretical physics, he joined BCG, a global management consulting firm. He also worked for the Zurich and New York offices of a major Swiss bank. For several years he ran his own independent management consulting firm. In 2016 he moved from Switzerland to Singapore. As Director of Data and Analytics at PwC Singapore, he contributed to acquiring and leading a portfolio of client engagements in data analytics, AI governance and blockchain.

Education/Academic qualification

Theoretical Physics, PhD, Rutgers University

Award Date: 23 May 2002

Theoretical Physics, MSc, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich) (Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)

Award Date: 9 Nov 1998

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth