As Co-Managing Director at NovAzure, Christopher Gruen’s expertise spans energy and mobility innovation topics with an electrification and decarbonisation focus bringing corporate, startup and investor eco systems together across Europe and Asia to accelerate Net Zero. In particular, Chris spearheads investments and startup acceleration efforts. Among these startups, CityQ stands out as an urban mobility startup introducing one of the most carbon friendly vehicle platforms being launched across Europe. Chris actively engages within CityQ as a venture builder, driving business development initiatives. His former tenure involved leading multimillion-dollar transformations for a global energy company. At NovAzure, next to Startup acceleration, commercialisation and venture building Chris excels in implementing circular business models for net-zero programs and managing corporate sustainability transformations.