Konrad Kleinfeld

Konrad is a senior investment professional and part-time lecturer at the University of Oxford, with over 20 years of experience across banking, capital markets, and global asset management. His career spans leadership roles at leading international institutions, including BlackRock, Nomura, and State Street Investment Management, where he has specialised in fixed income markets, ETF distribution, and institutional client coverage across EMEA. His experience also includes managing corporate bond and credit derivatives strategies, as well as contributing to the electronification of bond markets and the evolution of modern investment infrastructure.
 
Alongside his industry career, Konrad is an active educator. At Oxford, he teaches at the intersection of finance, investment, and artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on the structural transformation of financial services. He has also taught economics at leading German business schools and previously served as a summer school lecturer at King’s College London, where he delivered courses on global finance and AI. His teaching emphasises the integration of academic rigour with real-world application.
 
Konrad holds a BA in Banking (Hannover), an Advanced Diploma in International Development from the University of Cambridge, and an MBA from London. He has also completed multiple professional certifications in finance, trading and investment management.
 
His market insights are regularly featured in leading German and international media, including ARD Tagesschau, n-tv, FAZ, Süddeutsche Zeitung, WirtschaftsWoche, and Handelsblatt. He also contributes to widely followed economic indicators, including the ZEW Financial Market Survey.