Prof. Dr. Horst Löchel

Dr. Horst Löchel is a Professor of Economics and Co-Chairman of the Sino-German Centre e. V. at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Professor Löchel joined the Frankfurt School in 1997 and has held the positions of Acting Dean, Deputy Dean, as well as Programme and Academic Director of the MBA and Executive MBA programs. During an extended leave from the Frankfurt School, he served as the founding manager of the Shanghai International Banking and Finance Institute (SIBFI) in 2003, where he also held the positions of Chairman of the Board from 2004 to 2012 and Vice President of the Executive Board from 2003 to 2009. From 2009 to 2011, he was appointed Director of the German Centre of Banking and Finance at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai, China, where he also served as a visiting professor of economics until 2020. Additionally, he served as an EPAS reviewer for the European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD) in Brussels from 2014 to 2021.

Prior to his tenure at the Frankfurt School, he was a Professor of Economics and Acting Head of the Banking and Finance Department at the University of Cooperative Education in Berlin, Germany. He studied economics at Goethe University in Frankfurt, where he also completed his Ph.D. (Dr. rer. pol.) in 1994. His career began with vocational training as a banker at the Frankfurter Sparkasse.

Professor Löchel teaches and conducts research in global macroeconomics, with a particular focus on China. His most recent book is The Rise of China’s Economy – Past, Present, and Future.