Chairholder Chair of Financial Management and Banking at the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management since 1995.

Doctorate and habilitation at the University of Regensburg. Visiting professorships at the University of Eichstätt/Ingolstadt (call, declined), EADA Barcelona, Waikato School of Management, Hamilton NZ and at John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal. Research stays at Purdue University, West Lafayette, In., USA and at INSEAD, Fontainebleau.

Prof. Schwetzler is Member Chairman of the expert groups "Fairness Opinion" and "Corporate Transaction and Valuation“ of the Society of Investment Professionals in Germany (DVFA); Co-Founder and member of the board of the European Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (EACVA e.V.); Member of the editorial board of the magazine CORPORATE FINANCE, Member of the scientific advisory board of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK) He has written numerous publications about company valuation and also acts as an expert witness for courts.

He teaches courses and seminars in corporate finance, private equity and corporate valuation for international firms like ValueTrust Advisors, ProSiebenSat1 Media AG, Metzler Corporate Finance, Verbundnetz Gas AG, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, KPMG, Jenoptik, Association of German Asset Managers, German CFA Institute.