Lukas Simon

Lukas Simon is Sustainable Finance Manager at the FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance. In his role, he is responsible for business development in the area of Sustainable Finance Advisory. The focus is on advising companies from the real economy and financial institutions on the topics of sustainable finance, ESG, EU Taxonomy, TCFD, CSRD. He has more than 10 years of professional experience in the banking sector with a focus on sustainable finance, strategy development and consulting, among others with a focus on sustainable mobility, transport and automotive sector.

Area of Expertise

• Sustainable Finance (strategic advisory, development and structuring of new sustainable finance products/solutions)
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Banking
• German “Mittelstand”, Large- and Mid-Caps TCFD

Education

• HSB Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied Sciences - Master of Arts - MA, Business Management 2009 - 2011
• EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht - SRI Advisor (EBS), Sustainable & Responsible Investments Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
• The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) - Executive Course, Climate Change: Economics and Governance 2019 - 2019
• HSB Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied Sciences - Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics 2004 - 2008
• Victoria University - Study abroad, Ethical Investment, Economics 2006 - 2006