Our Faculty
Our mission is supported by a world-class faculty of renowned thought-leaders, innovators, futurists and entrepreneurs dedicated to co-creating more sustainable, desirable futures in line with planetary boundaries. We count on their remarkable expertise to curate our training programmes, events, awards nominations and educational content.
Diogo Teixeira
Co-founder, Spatial Innovation Network
Dirk Schart
GTM & Growth Executive, PTC
Dr. Antoine Sautenet
CSO, Michelin
Dr. Carsten Linz
CEO bluegain | Author Radical Business Model Transformation | World Economic Forum Expert Network
Dr. Chris Luebkeman
Head, Strategic Foresight Hub | Office of the President, ETH Zürich | Founder [y]our2040
Dr. Jan Herrmann
Partner & Sustainable Supply Chain Expert, PwC Deutschland
Dr. Jochen Eisenbrand
Chief Curator at the Vitra Design Museum
Dr. Mariana Bozesan
Member of the Club of Rome | Founder & Managing Partner, AQAL Group
Dr. Michal Nachmany
Founder and CEO, Climate Policy Radar | Visiting Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute, LSE
Dr. Nicola Kimm
CSO, Heidelberg Materials
Dr. Ralf Hofmann
Co-Founder, Shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Management
Dr. Tatiana (Kazakova) Tarnowski
Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder, Leaders on Purpose | Co-Founder, Sysmeta Inc. | Advisory Board Member, Space4Girls
Dr. iur. Abir Haddad
Director, Institute for Legal Transformation | Strategic Advisor, UNFCCC | Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Cologne
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Elena Malakhatka
Postdoctoral Researcher, Chalmers University of Technology
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Elizabeth Corse
Climate Communicator
Ellen Patzschke
Product Development taz im Netz | Co-Founder & Shareholder at GlobalChanger.com
Ferry Heilemann
Founder AENU | Co-Founder & Board Observer, Forto | Co-Founder & VP, Leaders for Climate Action
Florian Resatsch
Managing Director, Finleap | Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company
Frank Lamparter
Manager CRM, Mercedes-Benz AG
Frank Salzgeber
Acting Vice Governor for Space, Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST)
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Fridtjof Detzner
Co-Founder, Planet A Ventures | Co-Founder, Jimdo
Gerd Bührig
Former Head of Bertelsmann University | Founder, Learning Expedition
Hadas Zucker
Senior Manager & Sustainable Innovation, PwC
Haisong Tang
Co-founder, Technology Beyond & Spring Hill Partners
Hans-Christian Boos
Founder, Arago (Almato) AG
Harald Neidhardt
CEO & Curator, Futur/io Institute
Helle Bank Jørgensen
CEO & Founder, Competent Boards
Hirander Misra
Chairman & CEO, ZERO13
Holger Weiss
Founder and CEO at German Autolabs
Ida Faldbakken
CEO KatapultX & co-founder Katapult Future Fest
Ieva Sibilia Strupule
CEO & Co-founder, Material Mapper
Ingmar Rentzhog
Founder & CEO, We Don’t Have Time
Inês Oom de Sousa
Presidente da Fundação Santander Portugal
Isabel Farinha
Co-founder & Scientific co-coordinator, Blue Circular
J. Carl Ganter
Managing Director, Circle of Blue
Jean F. Groff
Partner, Energy Transition Fund (stealth)
Jeff Ivan
Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer at Soilgenic Technologies, LLC
Jeff Risom
Partner & Chief Innovation Officer, Gehl
Jennifer Schenker
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The Innovator
Jeremy Abbett
Founder, Abbett Labs
