Nikolaus Schultze

Nikolaus Schultze is former the Assistant Director-General of the Knowledge Solutions Division, Global Green Growth Institute. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Schultze held a number of senior executive and Board positions with Swiss-based sustainable finance and advisory firms Eranova Climate SA and First Climate AG, as well as with Syngenta Foundation where he developed, invested in and managed innovative structured financial vehicles for low-carbon investments and SME growth finance in emerging and frontier markets - including with Deutsche Bank and Shell Foundations.

He further advised UNEP, the Swiss Government and the French Development Finance Institution (AFD) on renewable energy and carbon finance strategies and was elected Chairman of the World Bank-managed Bio Carbon Fund’s Investors Committee. Prior to returning to the private sector, Mr. Schultze was a senior UN and IFAD Official, where he managed public private partnerships to overcome various market failures, multi-donor trust funds and advised on resources mobilization (capital markets and public finance). Mr. Schultze started his career in management consulting at The Mac Group (now Gemini Consulting). He lived and worked in France, Germany, Italy, Peru, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Venezuela.

Mr. Schultze holds a Masters in Business Administration from London Business School and a Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Paris University. He attended Executive Education Programmes at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton University) and Harvard Business School.