GREENTECH FESTIVAL SPEAKERS

Torge Lahrsen is the co-founder and COO of encentive. With a background in finance and investment and a Master’s degree in Applied Economics and Finance, he gained experience at Robert Bosch Venture Capital, atSpiro, and Maersk Growth. In 2020, he co-founded encentive. encentive reduces energy costs & CO₂ of industry with AI-driven energy management, optimizing and controlling their energy consumption. As an expert in strategy, finance, and vision, he oversees the startup’s funding and marketing.

With over ten years of experience in the sustainable energy industry and an international background, Anastasia works as a business development manager at Energy Partners GmbH by MaxSolar onn innovative solutions for the future of energy. She is an experienced specialist for commercial PV systems, storage systems and C&I energy solutions.

Stefan Müller, Dipl.-Ing., is responsible as COO and shareholder of ENERPARC for sales activities, international business, marketing and business development. He started his career over 20 years ago in the solar industry at a renowned solar company in Germany. During the last eight years before his departure to be an entrepreneur, Stefan Müller held international management positions and lived, among other countries, in India, Spain and Singapore.

Dedicated expert for sustainability and forward-thinking product design rooted in the Cradle to Cradle Design Framework. PhD in Sustainable Chemistry. Motivated to drive positive change with industry to make this world a better place. Looking forward to connect and collaborate!

Sandra Achternbusch ist seit Januar 2022 Executive Director Corporate Sustainability bei FIEGE Logistik. In dieser Funktion verantwortet sie die Entwicklung und Umsetzung der Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie des Unternehmens, einschließlich ESG-Datenmanagement und Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung. Zuvor war sie im Bereich Management Consulting bei PwC tätig. Unter ihrer Leitung veröffentlichte FIEGE 2023 seinen ersten Nachhaltigkeitsbericht und wurde letztes Jahr mit dem Deutschen Nachhaltigkeitspreis ausgezeichnet .

Helena Eggert is a project manager and doctoral researcher at FIR at RWTH Aachen, specializing in business transformation. Within the Ecosystem Design group, Helena works on a wide range of industry and research projects with a focus on the circular economy and business model development. In a consortium project, she is currently focusing on the development of B2B customer portals in the manufacturing sector and and how these can advance sustainability through enablement of circular business models.

Philipp Dinsing is a project manager and doctoral researcher at FIR at RWTH Aachen, specializing in business transformation. He leads various research and industry projects at the intersection of organizational design, digitalization, and sustainability. His work empowers companies to align strategic goals with operational execution and build resilient, future-ready structures. Currently, he is developing an IoT-enabled Product Carbon Footprint to help manufacturers meet growing value chain requirements and regulatory demands in the transition toward sustainable industrial ecosystems.

As a member of the +50-strong EXIST team at the project management agency PtJ, Alexander Damaschun enables young academics to transform their promising research results into high-potential and high-impact sustainable business cases for their own startup. With his 25-years´ experience in life science and biotechnology project management he focusses on solutions for the green transformation of high-volume raw material and commodity streams for sustainable production processes in tomorrow´s circular industries. Specifically, pre-seed EXIST startup projects are supported to transfer their solutions from proof-of-principle in the lab to proof-of-concept stage, e.g. in a pre-production demonstrator. Due to the wide range of premium support measures (financial and non-financial) granted to would-be entrepreneurs EXIST-funded startups enjoy exceptional rates of continuity and market uptake.

Peter Renner is a political scientist with emphasis on international policy. For nearly 30 years he has worked in the areas of technical assistance, economic and development cooperation. His duties have taken him to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South Caucasus, Africa. He worked as chair of a foundation for development cooperation with a staff of 650. He is familiar with the challenges of project work in the areas of development cooperation and climate policy – especially Nature-based Solutions.

Gundula Ullah has been Chief Procurement & Sustainability Officer at FUNKE Mediengruppe since 2019. With over 20 years of international experience, she drives transformation in procurement, digitization, and sustainability. Under her leadership, FUNKE launched its first sustainability report, reduced emissions in print products, and won major German sustainability awards. She also founded the ‘FUNKE for Future Academy’ to support SMEs on their path toward Sustainability. Previously, she held senior roles at Vodafone, Airbus, and Esprit.

Dr.-Ing. Julia Hobohm ist Geschäftsführerin der GRS Servicegesellschaft in Hamburg. Zuvor war sie Leiterin Systembetrieb und Prokuristin bei GRS Batterien. Sie engagiert sich im Vorstand der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Abfallwirtschaft (DGAW), im Wirtschaftsrat der CDU sowie als Co-Moderatorin des Umwelt-Podcasts „TrashTalk“. Frühere Stationen umfassen leitende Funktionen in der kommunalen Abfallwirtschaft. Ihr Fokus liegt auf nachhaltiger Kreislaufwirtschaft, Rücknahmesystemen und Ressourcenschutz durch innovative Entsorgungslösungen für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.

Dr. Christine Lemaitre, born in 1975 in Gießen, studied structural engineering in Stuttgart. After working in the USA, she pursued R&D in lightweight structures. She received her doctorate in 2008. Since 2010, she has been CEO of the German Sustainable Building Council, shaping sustainable architecture worldwide.

Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel arbeitet seit über 25 Jahren als Politökonomin, Transformationsexpertin und Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaftlerin an der Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft. Die Politikberaterin, Bestseller-Autorin (»Unsere Welt neu denken«, »Wir können auch Anders«, Ullstein Verlag, übersetzt in zehn Sprachen, »Werte«, Brandstätter Verlag) und gefragte Rednerin ist Professorin für Nachhaltigkeitstransformation an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg und Gründerin von Mission Wertvoll.

Christoph Hantschk is a behavioural economist turned serial social entrepreneur. In 2015 he founded the platform bgood and in 2018 he invented the smart shopping bag goodbag. Before that he worked for the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Red Bull and several startups. Christoph Hantschk is also a Responsible Leader of the BMW Foundation.

Professor Lisa Wilson is a preeminent international business leader recognised as one of the top thought leaders & influencers in the world for her work in climate, ecosystems, ESG, blockchain and emergent technology. Professor Wilson has led initiatives across different industry segments and global markets including UK, APAC, Africa, Singapore, Europe & UAE. Lisa has worked with many governments and tier one companies including the European Commission, the UN, the World Summit of Noble Peace Laureates and LawTechUK.

Before Robert Nave took over the management of GHT, he worked as a Junior Partner at the management and strategy consultancy McKinsey & Company. There, the business graduate and former J.P. Morgan investment banker supported companies in green transformation processes and decarbonization programs. His focus was on energy transition strategies and the future supply of hydrogen and clean energy.