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Louise DOUCET is a Sustainability Director at Ardian, based in Paris. Ardian is a private market investment firm with USD 160bn of AuM and operates internationally in Private Equity, Fund of funds, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Debt. Based in its Sustainability team, Louise is focusing on the origination and structuration of ESG & Impact products and solutions for Ardian’s international client base. Before joining Ardian, she has been working for 12 in Corporate & Institutional Banking, including 7 years in Sustainability. Louise has been servicing Financial Institutions across various roles ; Coverage, Advisory, Debt Capital Markets and Structured Finance.

Dr. Tanja Emmerling is a partner at High-Tech Gründerfonds and leads the Berlin office. She has been active as an investment manager in the Digital Tech area of the fund since 2014 and is very interested in topics such as Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Mobility & Logistics, IT-Security, Blockchain and SaaS. She is also active as a start-up mentor and is committed to strengthen the role of female investors in these areas. Before joining HTGF, she worked for more than six years in a media company and was responsible as Head of New Ventures for incubations in B2B.

Andreas Esau is an Executive Director and Alternatives Specialist for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. He joined Morgan Stanley in 2009 and has 12 years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, Andreas was a portfolio specialist for the Morgan Stanley Private Markets Solutions. Previously, Andreas was a summer analyst at Morgan Stanley Investment Management on the Consultant Relations Team. Prior to joining the firm, Andreas was a research analyst at S&L Investment Banking Services and a student research assistant at the Max Planck Institute as well at the CNRS. Andreas received a B.Sc. in Biotechnology from Imperial College London. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Anna Olsson is the ESG Director at CapMan, a Nordic Private Markets investor. CapMan is an active owner of unlisted companies, real estate and infrastructure and offers access to investment solutions. Before CapMan, she worked at the sustainability consultancy ISS ESG, most recently responsible for the ESG Specialist team in the Netherlands, Nordics, UK & Ireland. Prior to that, she has held sustainability analyst and project management positions for sustainability consultancies and NGOs.

Christoph has more than 20 years of expertise in delivering impactful investment solutions and previously shaped companies with VC and CVC funds like Elevator Ventures / Raiffeisen Bank International and 3TS Capital Partners, among others. Christoph is a strong believer in digital and green start-ups. He sees himself as a long-term oriented co-entrepreneur with proactive investor support from a shareholder's perspective. He accompanies the technology companies over longer development phases and aims to achieve goals together. Christoph Haimberger holds a PhD in Business Administration with specialization in Investment Banking & Capital Markets and Environmental Management.

Altor Equity Partner’s Head of ESG, Stephanie Hubold, is part of the private equity firm’s value creation team, and responsible to integrate ESG across Altor’s entire ownership cycle. She has long had a passion to develop solutions that reconcile economic with social and environmental objectives, and brings more than 12 years of experience in top-management consulting and the non-profit sector, incl. with McKinsey & Company (Germany), Ellen MacArthur Foundation (UK), Qvartz (now: Bain Nordics - Denmark).