Advisory Board
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Andrin Bachmann, Advisor Andrin Bachmann is an entrepreneur and investor in the telecom, media, Internet and cleantech sectors. He is currently a Partner at Piton Capital, a venture capital firm. Previously, he was a Partner at M/C Venture Partners, one of the leading private equity investors in the United States. Earlier in his career, he was a co-founder of Glocalnet, which became Sweden’s 3rd largest consumer telecom service provider. He holds an MSc degree in Computer Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Andrin Bachmann advises SUSI in the field of investments and transactions. |
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Prof. DI MAAS Peter Droege, Advisor Prof. Droege’s curriculum includes teaching at the MIT Boston, the University of Sydney, the University of Newcastle and currently at the Hochschule Liechtenstein. He consults Beijing on city planning and holds the Chair of the World Council for Renewable Energy. Prof. Droege is the winner of various prestigious prizes, among them the European Solar Prize in Education. He also is an Expert Commissioner for Cities and Climate Change for the World Future Council. Prof. Droege advises SUSI on market and technology development, on sustainability issues and global trends, as well as on political and international developments. |
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Beat Luethi, Advisor Beat Lüthi is CFO at the Albers Group and in charge of finances and investments. As Chairman of the investment committee he is also responsible for investments of the group’s pension fund. Previously, he was Head of Research & Analysis, Global Equities Portfolio at the SwissRe insurance group. In this position, he was leading the implementation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in the SwissRe investment process. Before, he served as Managing Director at SwissRe Capital Partners (Zurich), a private equity and investments subsidiary of SwissRe. In this position he was responsible for structured risk solutions and alternative risk transfer products. He advises SUSI in the structuring of financial products and risk management. |
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Peter Schwer, Advisor and Member of the Investment Committee Peter Schwer holds a Master Degree in Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and is founder and owner of New Energy Scout Ltd, an engineering and consulting firm specialized in wind, solar and biomass energy. He has worked for more than 10 years in the renewable energy industry (e.g. international project leader for wind farms, Head Foreign Markets for German developer, etc.) and was involved in the development of more than 500 MW in wind power. Peter Schwer supports SUSI in both market and project due diligence (focus wind) and is a member of the SUSI Sustainable Euro Fund’s investment committee. |
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Johan Trip, Advisor and Member of the Investment Committee Johan Trip has more than 10 years experience in the solar energy business. In the Netherlands, he has founded a leading solar installation and consulting company. He has been involved in developing projects in Germany, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. He was managing partner of Solarplaza.com, the world‘s largest solar energy dedicated platform for knowledge, conferences and information for the solar industry and graduated from the University of Rotterdam. Johan Trip advises SUSI on the project and market selection (focus solar) and is a member of the Investment Committee of the SUSI Sustainable Euro Fund. |
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Peter Walburg, Advisor Peter Walburg has more than 24 years experience in the fund management industry. Since 2003 he is working as Head of Global Fixed Income Research for DWS. During his career he worked as Head Credit Research, Fund-Manager, and Equity Analyst at companies such as Robert Fleming, Nomura and Credit Suisse. Further-on, he is Co-Founder of GreenVesting GmbH & Co KG, a German company investing in and operating solar parks in Germany and Europe. Peter Walburg advises SUSI in matters of fund administration and management as well as for solar investments. |
