Mark Heiden

Senior Consultant, Partner

Mark Heiden works as a Senior Consultant with a specialization on manager selection at alpha portfolio advisors. Since 2016, he has been working on the analysis and successful selection of active investment strategies in the asset classes equities, bonds and absolute return / hedge funds for institutional mandates and fund of funds. Previously, he worked for a total of 5 years parallel to his studies at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, initially as part of the Lufthansa St.i.p. Finance Program with an assignment abroad in New York. Subsequently, he worked as a treasury manager in Lufthansa’s Corporate Treasury, where he was responsible for risk- and liquidity management as well as for the analysis and further development of pension fund investments.


Mr. Heiden studied business administration at the University of Mannheim and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He completed his studies with a specialization in finance in the "M. Sc. Mannheim Master in Management (MMM)" program with a thesis in the field of behavioral finance and active management at the chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Martin Weber.

A short Interview with...

Mark Heiden

Can you introduce yourself in a few words?

My name is Mark Heiden, I am a Senior Consultant at alpha portfolio advisors. In my role, I advise clients on a wide range of institutional investment issues with a particular focus on manager selection. I live in Frankfurt and originally come from the Sauerland region.

Can you tell us about your career path and how you came to alpha portfolio advisors?

I discovered my interest in finance topics early on during my business studies in Mannheim. I am fascinated by the dynamic nature of capital markets and the patterns underlying the complex interactions of market participants in the aggregate. I first came into direct contact with the field of asset management during my previous job in Corporate Treasury, which further intensified my interest. So it was a logical next step to dedicate myself full-time to institutional investment issues at alpha portfolio advisors.

What appeals to you about your work?

At alpha portfolio advisors, I work in a team with great "spirit" and outstanding expertise, which is incredibly motivating. In terms of content, I also find it particularly appealing to develop an ever deeper understanding of what makes investment strategies successful in the long term. Experience shows that good strategies can lead to Rome in many different ways and in my position I have the unique opportunity to deal intensively with the very best strategies in the respective investment sub-disciplines every day.

How do you strike the right balance in life?

In addition to sport and travelling, I really enjoy spending my free time with friends and family over a good chat. I also discovered saunas many years ago as a way of balancing out work-related stress. There is hardly anything more relaxing than leaving the stress of everyday life behind with a hot infusion or in an ice pool.

In another life you would be...

Sauna master. But perhaps that can still be realised at some point during retirement.

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