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Breakfast Club 06: Sustainable Investing

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Hotel Alpbacherhof
Breakout /
in englischer Sprache

How to transform the economy in a sustainable manner has recently become a central concern for many investors and entrepreneurs. For this and other reasons, many more people and institutions are investing their money in sustainable business models and funds focusing on ecologically sound enterprises. What criteria do funds use to select companies to invest in? How successful are these investments when compared to competitive schemes? What are the experiences of investors, portfolio managers as well as those of the businesses involved?

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Elephant Strategy, Amsterdam
Vice President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
Fund Management Director and Head, Environment and Sustainability Investment, Jupiter Asset Management Limited, London
Alumna, European Forum Alpbach; Assistant Credit Risk Officer, Credit Suisse AG, Zurich Chair

Anna HANDSCHUH

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Elephant Strategy, Amsterdam

2007 Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
2008-2009 Marketing & Product Management, Walter Rau GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart
2009-2012 Marketing Manager, Triodos Bank Deutschland, Frankfurt am Main
2012-2015 Head of Programme, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (Migros), Zurich
since 2015 Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Elephant Strategy, Consultancy for Strategic Innovation, Amsterdam

Dipl.-Kfm. Dr. Claus J. RAIDL

Vice President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna

1970-1971 Senior assistant, Institute for Applied Social and Economic Research
1971-1974 Worked in banking and for a certified public accountant, provided consultancy services to the OECD on international tax law and multinational corporations
1974-1981 Österreichische Volksfürsorge Allgemeine Versicherung AG
1981-1982 Member of the Executive Board, Wiener Holding Ges.m.b.H.
1982-1986 Member of the Executive Board, ÖIAG (Österreichische Industrieverwaltungs AG)
1986-1988 Deputy Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President, VOEST-ALPINE AG
1988-1992 Deputy Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President, VOEST-ALPINE STAHL AG
1993-1994 Member of the Executive Board, AUSTRIAN INDUSTRIES AG
1991-2010 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM AG
2007-2010 Member, Executive Board, voestalpine AG
2008-2018 President, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna
since 2012 Vice President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna

Charlie THOMAS

Fund Management Director and Head, Environment and Sustainability Investment, Jupiter Asset Management Limited, London

1992-1996 Environmental Biology / European Studies, University of Nottingham
1996-1997 MSc Environmental Technology, Imperial College London
1997-2000 Environmental Policy Advisor & Commercial Analyst, BP
2000-2001 Analyst, Environmental Research Unit, Jupiter Asset Management, London
2001-2003 Assistant Fund Manager, Jupiter Asset Management, London
since 2003 Fund Manager, Head of Environmental Investment, Jupiter Asset Management, London

M.Sc. Rajna BUNCIC

Alumna, European Forum Alpbach; Assistant Credit Risk Officer, Credit Suisse AG, Zurich

2003-2004 Researcher, UNICEF - United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, Sarajevo
2005 Sales Representative, Publisher "Poslovni Zbornik", Sarajevo
2006-2007 Teaching Assistant, Statistics, School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo
2007-2008 Teaching Assistant, Financial Management, School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo
2008 FOREX Investments Intern, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Socially Responsible Investments Intern, USAID Partners for Financial Stability Program, Warsaw
2010-2011 Lecturer, Mathematics, Institute Monte Rosa, Montreux
2012 Junior Financial Engineer, Phoenix Partners Group. Geneva
since 2012 Assistant Credit Risk Officer, Credit Suisse AG, Zurich
2013 Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
2015 (expected) Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

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