{"id":173,"date":"2023-06-12T08:12:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T08:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desertec.org\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:00:09","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/desertec.org\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1509220150\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"slider-wrapper relative\" id=\"slider-951212249\" >\n    <div class=\"slider slider-nav-circle slider-nav-large slider-nav-light slider-style-normal\"\n        data-flickity-options='{\n            \"cellAlign\": \"center\",\n            \"imagesLoaded\": true,\n            \"lazyLoad\": 1,\n            \"freeScroll\": false,\n            \"wrapAround\": true,\n            \"autoPlay\": 6000,\n            \"pauseAutoPlayOnHover\" : true,\n            \"prevNextButtons\": true,\n            \"contain\" : true,\n            \"adaptiveHeight\" : true,\n            \"dragThreshold\" : 10,\n            \"percentPosition\": true,\n            \"pageDots\": true,\n            \"rightToLeft\": false,\n            \"draggable\": true,\n            \"selectedAttraction\": 0.1,\n            \"parallax\" : 0,\n            \"friction\": 0.6        }'\n        >\n        \n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-32370518\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1034\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ashalim_Power_Station_2022.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n   <div id=\"text-box-909351641\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n<div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e2141-e4 m1nh-h\">\n<div class=\"x-text-content\">\n<div class=\"x-text-content-text\">\n<h1 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">Our Team<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2141-e5 m1nh-i m1nh-j m1nh-k m1nh-l m1nh-m\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">\u2192 The DESERTEC Foundation is a global civil society initiative aiming to shape a sustainable future. It was established in 2009 as a non-profit foundation that grew out of a network of scientists, politicians and economists from around the Mediterranean, who together developed the DESERTEC Concept.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-909351641 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-909351641 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-32370518 {\n  padding-top: 228px;\n}\n#banner-32370518 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);\n}\n#banner-32370518 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 36% 36%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n     <\/div>\n\n     <div class=\"loading-spin dark large centered\"><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1509220150 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_971096894\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-543688452\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-371810842\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"x-text x-content e2141-e9 m1nh-j m1nh-k m1nh-n m1nh-o m1nh-p m1nh-q m1nh-r\"><span style=\"color: #8e1419;\">What do we do?<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2141-e10 m1nh-k m1nh-n m1nh-s m1nh-t m1nh-u m1nh-v m1nh-w\">\n<p>We are working on the fast global implementation of the DESERTEC Concept, a comprehensive solution that combats global warming, ensures a reliable energy supply, and promotes development and security. The team of the DESERTEC Foundation consits of people, who believe that another world is possible. Committed to turn Vision into Reality, each team member works pro bono to support the mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 We raise awareness for the benefits of DESERTEC and the energy-potential of Desert Regions<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Promote the establishment of the political and economic framework conditions necessary for a global transition to renewables<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Support knowledge transfer and scientific co-operation<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Foster exchange and co-operation with the private sector<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_971096894 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n  padding-bottom: 60px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#section_971096894 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_584538445\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-width:1px 0px 1px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-120478927\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-964017654\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #8e1419; font-size: 130%;\">The Team of the DESERTEC Foundation<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1961689523\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1961689523 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-384095867\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1604705485\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2><span style=\"color: #8e1419;\">Supervisory Board<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1330104289\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1330104289 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-724214871\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-762010540\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_474244254\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3.jpeg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2362\" height=\"2362\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3.jpeg 2362w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2362px) 100vw, 2362px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_474244254 {\n  width: 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_656183460\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-2 dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_656183460 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-5902388\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3741753610\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e61 m1s2-k m1s2-n m1s2-o m1s2-q m1s2-r m1s2-t m1s2-x m1s2-y m1s2-10\">\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e66 m1s2-k m1s2-n m1s2-o m1s2-q m1s2-r m1s2-t m1s2-x m1s2-y m1s2-10\">\n<h1>Dr. Ulrich Hueck\u00a0<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Chairman of the Supervisory Board<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ulrich Hueck heads a start-up company for the development of a new generation of solar thermal systems. Previously, he worked for a well-known power plant manufacturer, where he led a research and development project for solar thermal systems. Dr. Ulrich Hueck is a skilled journeyman for heating systems and holds a doctorate in mechanics \/ mechanical engineering. He is a founding donor of the DESERTEC Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3741753610 {\n  line-height: 1.6;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-176353027\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-501472809\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1262408367\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image.png\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2362\" height=\"2362\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image.png 2362w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2362px) 100vw, 2362px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1262408367 {\n  width: 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1485125967\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-2 dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1485125967 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2120506270\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"x-text x-content e2141-e33 m1nh-k m1nh-n m1nh-o m1nh-q m1nh-r m1nh-t m1nh-x m1nh-y m1nh-11\">Sabir Adam<\/h1>\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2141-e34 m1nh-j m1nh-k m1nh-l m1nh-m m1nh-n m1nh-q m1nh-v\">\n<p><em>DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF SUPERVISORY BOARD<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabir Adam is an expert in investment banking and Green Energy. He studied finance and business administration at HEC Paris. He has been the managing director of Pact Limited and is involved in the JETP &#8211; Financial Alliance for Net-Zero. His cumulated transactions exceed 30 billion pound. He advises project developers in selling energy projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-1712461298\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-192886390\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1831201750\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hamann_2362.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2362\" height=\"2362\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hamann_2362.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hamann_2362.jpg 2362w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hamann_2362-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hamann_2362-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hamann_2362-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hamann_2362-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hamann_2362-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hamann_2362-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2362px) 100vw, 2362px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1831201750 {\n  width: 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_390632073\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-2 dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_390632073 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-424502019\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e22 m1s2-k m1s2-n m1s2-o m1s2-q m1s2-r m1s2-t m1s2-x m1s2-y m1s2-10\">Dr. Dirk Hamann<\/h1>\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e23 m1s2-j m1s2-k m1s2-l m1s2-m m1s2-n m1s2-v\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Dirk Hamann is a laywer that specializes in resources and energy. He is a partner at gunnercooke, with previous jobs at Rim\u00f4n Falkenfort, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is a member of the presidium at the Deutsche Gesellschaft Club of Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-742839695\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-742839695 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-1160274559\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1730567380\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1714505746\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gerhard1.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gerhard1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gerhard1.jpg 261w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gerhard1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1714505746 {\n  width: 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2056967573\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-2 dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2056967573 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1980069422\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e22 m1s2-k m1s2-n m1s2-o m1s2-q m1s2-r m1s2-t m1s2-x m1s2-y m1s2-10\">Dr. Gerhard Timm<\/h1>\n<p>Dr. Gerhard Timm is one of the Co-Founders of the DESERTEC Foundation. He studied Macro-Economics, Politics and Sociology in Cologne and Bern. He was the Director of the German Association for Environment and Nature-Conservation (BUND) from 1999-2008, then Director for the Federal Association of Social Care (BAGWF) until 2024. He is Co-Speaker of the Supervisory Board of the Heinrich-B\u00f6ll-Foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-767932574\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-767932574 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-1466859996\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-902907485\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1898818305\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1.png\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2362\" height=\"2362\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1.png 2362w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2362px) 100vw, 2362px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1898818305 {\n  width: 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1987141775\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-2 dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1987141775 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1485598025\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-39280417\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2141-e39 m1nh-k m1nh-n m1nh-o m1nh-q m1nh-r m1nh-t m1nh-x m1nh-y m1nh-11\">\n<h1>Frank Schweikert<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2141-e40 m1nh-j m1nh-k m1nh-l m1nh-m m1nh-n m1nh-v m1nh-w\">\n<p><em>MEMBER OF SUPERVISORY BOARD<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frank Schweikert is a biologist and journalist. He is a co-founder of the Deutsche Meeresstiftung (German Sea Foundation). He initiated the &#8220;Aldeberan&#8221;, a ship that serves educational and scientific purposes, as well as the Climate Week of Hamburg. For his outstanding work, many prices have been awarded to him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is an associated member of the German Association Club of Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-39280417 {\n  line-height: 1.6;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-2004758687\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-2004758687 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-1593530115\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-568458049\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_304531696\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image.jpeg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2362\" height=\"2362\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image.jpeg 2362w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2362px) 100vw, 2362px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_304531696 {\n  width: 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_921794919\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-2 dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_921794919 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1646738681\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2149056942\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1 class=\"x-text x-content e2141-e45 m1nh-k m1nh-n m1nh-o m1nh-q m1nh-r m1nh-t m1nh-x m1nh-y m1nh-11\">Sebastian Gallehr<\/h1>\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2141-e46 m1nh-j m1nh-k m1nh-l m1nh-m m1nh-n m1nh-v m1nh-w\">\n<p><em>MEMBER OF SUPERVISORY BOARD<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is a board member at the Global Climate Forum, Deputy-Chairman of the e5-European Business Council for Sustainable Energy and Materials and led the ICT Study on Smart Grids by DG INFSO.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He regularly participated in the UNFCCC-Climate Negotiations and chaired the Eco Inovation Panel (EuropeINNOVA).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2149056942 {\n  line-height: 1.6;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1318699708\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1318699708 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-2058395723\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1522696487\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2><span style=\"color: #8e1419; font-size: 110%;\">Board of Directors<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-1119612820\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-701424939\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1781085079\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1.jpeg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2362\" height=\"2362\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1.jpeg 2362w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2362px) 100vw, 2362px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1781085079 {\n  width: 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1286028153\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-2 dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1286028153 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1506058561\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-585485494\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1 class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e47 m1s2-k m1s2-n m1s2-o m1s2-q m1s2-r m1s2-t m1s2-x m1s2-y m1s2-10\">Timo Bracht<\/h1>\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e48 m1s2-j m1s2-k m1s2-l m1s2-m m1s2-n m1s2-v\">\n<p><em>DIRECTOR<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Timo Bracht has been involved in several Organisations and Foundations. He organizes the communication with scientists, politicians and other NGOs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-585485494 {\n  line-height: 1.6;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1107538475\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1107538475 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-336071796\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-336701503\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_645981686\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2.jpeg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2362\" height=\"2362\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2.jpeg 2362w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2362px) 100vw, 2362px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_645981686 {\n  width: 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_627337417\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-2 dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_627337417 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-702649836\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1275044322\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1 class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e53 m1s2-k m1s2-n m1s2-o m1s2-q m1s2-r m1s2-t m1s2-x m1s2-y m1s2-10\">Michael Schr\u00f6der<\/h1>\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e54 m1s2-j m1s2-k m1s2-l m1s2-m m1s2-n m1s2-v\">\n<p><em>DIRECTOR<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Michael Schr\u00f6der designed energy projects up to 1 GW. He is an expert in Rating and Project Management.<\/p>\n<p>He organizes the communication with companies and politicians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e47 m1s2-k m1s2-n m1s2-o m1s2-q m1s2-r m1s2-t m1s2-x m1s2-y m1s2-10\">\u00a0<\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1275044322 {\n  line-height: 1.6;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1908333057\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1908333057 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1934214111\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-651215748\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2><span style=\"color: #8e1419; font-size: 110%;\">Coordinator for International Affairs<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1370252209\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1370252209 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-432760333\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-647066666\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_89355322\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Indiana-1.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1178\" height=\"1178\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Indiana-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Indiana-1.jpg 1178w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Indiana-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Indiana-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Indiana-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Indiana-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1178px) 100vw, 1178px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_89355322 {\n  width: 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2039916504\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-2 dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2039916504 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1813249119\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3191831994\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1 class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e53 m1s2-k m1s2-n m1s2-o m1s2-q m1s2-r m1s2-t m1s2-x m1s2-y m1s2-10\">Indiana Lokotar<\/h1>\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e54 m1s2-j m1s2-k m1s2-l m1s2-m m1s2-n m1s2-v\">\n<p><em>Coordinator for International Affairs<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experienced in European diplomacy and sustainable energy policies, Indiana Lokotar\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">leveraged cultural exchange programs to understand the intricacies of energy <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">challenges on a global scale. Her fluency in multiple languages fuels her desire to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bridge cultural gaps and foster international collaboration for a secure, peaceful, and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sustainable future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3191831994 {\n  line-height: 1.6;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-685221001\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2021621302\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2><span style=\"color: #8e1419; font-size: 110%;\">Global Head of Sustainability Projects<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-226809592\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-436853401\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2084083147\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Schucht_Arthur.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"2249\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Schucht_Arthur.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Schucht_Arthur.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Schucht_Arthur-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Schucht_Arthur-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Schucht_Arthur-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Schucht_Arthur-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Schucht_Arthur-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Schucht_Arthur-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2084083147 {\n  width: 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_312056855\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-2 dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_312056855 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-901036012\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3397897109\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1 class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e53 m1s2-k m1s2-n m1s2-o m1s2-q m1s2-r m1s2-t m1s2-x m1s2-y m1s2-10\">Arthur Schucht<\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e53 m1s2-k m1s2-n m1s2-o m1s2-q m1s2-r m1s2-t m1s2-x m1s2-y m1s2-10\"><em style=\"color: #555555; font-size: 14.4px;\">Global Head of Sustainability Projects<\/em><\/h1>\n<div class=\"x-text x-content e2306-e54 m1s2-j m1s2-k m1s2-l m1s2-m m1s2-n m1s2-v\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having graduated from the renowed Universty of Aachen (RWTH) as an engineer, Arthur Schucht has gained experience in the renewable energy sector by working as both an analyst and consultant. After several internships among companies in the energy sector, among them Greencoat Capital LLP and Pius Capital, he started working for McKinsey where he is now a fellow associate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3397897109 {\n  line-height: 1.6;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-832532148\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1865379303\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2><span style=\"color: #8e1419; font-size: 110%;\">Board of Advisors<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-329971474\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-12295997\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1255508821\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SMB-2015-03-1cut_small_white_ps_square.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1209\" height=\"1294\" src=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SMB-2015-03-1cut_small_white_ps_square.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SMB-2015-03-1cut_small_white_ps_square.jpg 1209w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SMB-2015-03-1cut_small_white_ps_square-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SMB-2015-03-1cut_small_white_ps_square-957x1024.jpg 957w, https:\/\/desertec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SMB-2015-03-1cut_small_white_ps_square-768x822.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1209px) 100vw, 1209px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1255508821 {\n  width: 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1191574163\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner box-shadow-2 dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1191574163 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-826637854\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2353532765\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Dr. Stefan M. B\u00fcttner\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Stefan M. Buettner is the Director of Global Strategy &amp; Impact at the Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) and chairs the UN ECE Task Force on Industrial Energy Efficiency, as well as the UN ECE Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also coordinates the joint activities of EEP and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation. Mr. Buettner is working on multinational committees, such as the Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG), the EU Covenant of Companies for Climate and Energy (CCCE), the UN ECE Committee on Sustainable Energy, the UN ECE Task Force on Carbon Neutrality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Buettner has further expertise through his work as Associate of the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation and as Senior Parliamentary Advisor at the Scottish Parliament. He was International Advisor and Co-Author of the US Energy Strategy \u201cEnergy 2030\u201d and a member of the International Steering Committee of the Energy Efficiency Global Forum (EE Global). He studied International Economics in T\u00fcbingen, Germany and Boston, United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2353532765 {\n  line-height: 1.6;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-409802925\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-409802925 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_584538445 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n  padding-bottom: 60px;\n  background-color: rgb(193, 193, 193);\n}\n#section_584538445 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-173","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/desertec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"https:\/\/desertec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertec.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}