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.

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

Elena Malakhatka

Postdoctoral Researcher, Chalmers University of Technology

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)

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

Heather Deeth

Interim Chief Executive Officer at Hollyhock, CEO/Founder at ClimateLegacy

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