{"id":15150,"date":"2025-01-16T13:58:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T12:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/?page_id=15150"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:14:03","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover is-full-height\" id=\"banner-115845753\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240963_klein.webp\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Teamfoto FASE, Copyright: FASE\" \/>                        <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-1792093618\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n              <div data-parallax=\"-7\" data-parallax-fade=\"true\">       <div data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">           <div class=\"text-box-content text dark text-shadow-3\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n<h2 class=\"uppercase\"><span class=\"font-background\">Our team<\/span><\/h2>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1172546860\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1172546860 {\n  padding-top: 100px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n       <\/div>       <\/div>              \n<style>\n#text-box-1792093618 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-1792093618 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-1792093618 {\n    width: 99%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-115845753 {\n  padding-top: 100%;\n}\n#banner-115845753 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(220, 217, 217, 0.134);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-147468088\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-147468088 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Our Team<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-small\"  id=\"row-1193163300\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-59642561\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#MarkusFreiburg\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240215-Markus_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240215-Markus_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240215-Markus_klein-262x300.webp 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2887595030\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Dr. Markus Freiburg<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small op-8\">Founder &amp; CEO<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2887595030 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-2887595030 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"MarkusFreiburg\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Dr. Markus Freiburg<\/h2>\n<h4>Founder &amp; CEO<\/h4>\n<p>By building FASE to become the leading social finance intermediary in Germany and Europe, Markus combines his strategic and financial expertise with his passion for social entrepreneurship. Today he is recognized as a thought leader for social finance, with an active presence in public discourses e.g. as a member of the Expert Group on Social Entrepreneurship (GECES) of the EU Commission and the German National Advisory Board of G7 Social Impact Investing Taskforce. He was also selected for the 40 under 40 European Young Leaders Class 2017. Markus studied Economics at Witten\/Herdecke (Dipl.-\u00d6k.) and Cambridge (M.Phil) and was promoted at the WHU Koblenz on investments by institutional investors in private equity funds. He also contributes his experience as a management consultant at McKinsey &amp; Company and pro-bono advisor to social entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Profile-Dr.-Markus-Freiburg-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For Markus\u2019 full professional profile please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:mfreiburg@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-markus-freiburg-88011113a\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1286943170\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#EllinorSchweyer\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240285-Elli_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Ellinor Schweyer, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240285-Elli_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240285-Elli_klein-258x300.webp 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1416098761\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Ellinor Schweyer<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Founder &amp; Managing Director <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1416098761 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-1416098761 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"EllinorSchweyer\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Ellinor Schweyer<\/h2>\n<h4>Founder &amp; Managing Director<\/h4>\n<p>Ellinor discovered her passion for financing sustainable business models in 2012 when working as an investment manager for the German impact fund Bonventure. Before Ashoka Germany approached her to become a co-founder of FASE, she also supported social entrepreneurs in her role as a fundraiser and social impact lecturer at the Munich-based Social Entrepreneurship Akademie (SEA). For FASE, Ellinor contributes her broad network of investors, multipliers and supporters as well as her extensive marketing and fundraising knowledge to build a pool of engaged impact investors. Through her father, Rolf Dienst, a seasoned venture capitalist, she knows the VC business from scratch and leverages her own entrepreneurial experience as a start-up founder. Ellinor is a frequent panellist for impact investing and social finance in workshops and conferences within and outside the impact sector. Originally, she obtained a bachelor&#8217;s degree in hotel and restaurant management from Lausanne and Oxford and ran marketing initiatives for premier brands such as Dom P\u00e9rignon, Dior and Falke.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:eschweyer@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ellinor-schweyer-7432021\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-357279898\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#BernhardSommer\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240825-Bernhard_klein_Ausschnitt.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Bernhard Sommer, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240825-Bernhard_klein_Ausschnitt.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240825-Bernhard_klein_Ausschnitt-300x261.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2239911128\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Bernhard Sommer<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Executive Assistant to the Managing Directors <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2239911128 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-2239911128 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"BernhardSommer\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Bernhard Sommer<\/h2>\n<h4>Executive Assistant to the Managing Directors<\/h4>\n<p>Bernhard joined FASE in October 2023 as an Executive Assistant to the Managing Directors. He is excited to combine his experience from the world of foundations with his interest in the start-up scene to support impact enterprises on their growth journeys. Bernhard worked in foundation management for 15 years &#8211; most recently as a commercial director &#8211; and has been engaged in various foundations and associations on a pro bono basis. Since 2023, he is also in the process of founding his own start-up for the joint development of ideas (co-ideas). Bernhard holds a degree in economics from Leibniz University Hanover and is a qualified bank clerk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:bsommer@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1185521439\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#AlexandraNitzlader\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"894\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240529-Alex_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Alexandra Nitzlader, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240529-Alex_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240529-Alex_klein-244x300.webp 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3753486600\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Dr. Alexandra Nitzlader<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Regional Manager Austria <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3753486600 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-3753486600 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"AlexandraNitzlader\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Dr. Alexandra Nitzlader<\/h2>\n<h4>Regional Manager Austria<\/h4>\n<p>Alexandra joined FASE as Regional Manager for Austria in January 2021. She brings more than 25 years of experience in the international corporate finance business with banks, private equity and venture capital companies. In the course of her work, Alexandra has structured and placed a wide variety of financing solutions for customers, from debt to mezzanine to equity instruments. Her passion for impact-oriented startups and social entrepreneurship made her participate in the Ashoka Visionary Program in 2018. Alexandra studied both Law and Business Administration and wrote her thesis in international tax law. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Alexandra strives to connect impact investors and social entrepreneurs in a meaningful and highly professional way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:anitzlader@fa-se.eu\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexandra-nitzlader\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1868633005\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#ZsoltPethe\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240569-Zsolt_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Zsolt , Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240569-Zsolt_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240569-Zsolt_klein-242x300.webp 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-653693000\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Zsolt Pethe<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Regional Manager CEE <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-653693000 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-653693000 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"ZsoltPethe\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Zsolt Pethe<\/h2>\n<h4>Regional Manager CEE<\/h4>\n<p>Zsolt joined FASE in September 2018 as a regional manager for CEE. Over the past 20 years, he has accumulated a unique blend of business background and non-profit experience. Zsolt spent six years building a start-up Hungarian NGO focused on youth engagement and experiential education, for which he was elected an Echoing Green global fellow in 2001. Having built a stable organization, he was recruited by GE Capital and spent the following ten years in various leadership positions in banking. Always keen on helping mission-driven organizations develop, he set out to follow his passion and became the Country Representative for Ashoka Hungary in 2015. For FASE, Zsolt focuses on developing a diverse ecosystem around social entrepreneurs across the CEE region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:zpethe@fa-se.eu\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zsolt-pethe-a6220217\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1440815543\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#JulianeBoeselager\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240475-Juliane_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Juliane v. Boeselager, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240475-Juliane_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240475-Juliane_klein-290x300.webp 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2227002413\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Juliane von Boeselager<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Head of Impact &amp; Investor Relations <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2227002413 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-2227002413 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"JulianeBoeselager\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Juliane von Boeselager<\/h2>\n<h4>Head of Impact &amp; Investor Relations<\/h4>\n<p>Since early 2022, Juliane has been active for FASE, first as an impact &amp; IR manager for FASE and since November 2024 as the head of impact &amp; IR. The immense potential to deliver positive social and ecological impact convinced Juliane to commit to helping social enterprises attract growth capital. Previously, she worked in auditing, as a consultant for a microfinance NGO in Guatemala as well as a project manager in development cooperation (including in Tajikistan). Most recently, Juliane was a consultant for impact investing and impact measurement. She studied at the Frankfurt School of Finance &amp; Management (B.Sc. in Business Administration), IT\u00c1M in Mexico and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark (M.Sc. in Global Development). On top, she completed the postgraduate training programme at the German Development Institute (DIE) in Bonn and Mozambique and established and co-chaired a working group on impact measurement &amp; management under the German Federal Impact Investing Association e.V. (&#8220;Bundesinitiative Impact Investing&#8221;). As an expert on sustainable development &amp; impact, Juliane has already held various talks and workshops.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:jvboeselager@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juliane-v-boeselager-2392a2152\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-191224305\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#TomJosczok\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240842-Tom_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Tom Josczok, Copright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240842-Tom_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240842-Tom_klein-268x300.webp 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1820260283\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Tom Josczok<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Investor Relations Manager<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1820260283 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-1820260283 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"TomJosczok\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Tom Josczok<\/h2>\n<h4>Investor Relations Manager<\/h4>\n<p>Tom joined the FASE team in January 2025 as Investor Relations Manager, bringing over five years of experience in the social entrepreneurship and startup sector. Most recently, he was Head of Programme for a Berlin-based early-stage accelerator. He co-founded and built a non-profit organisation, for which he continues to volunteer as executive director. He has also been involved in the creation of numerous initiatives in the field of impact networks and regenerative business models. His particular talent lies in building trusted networks that effectively connect people and projects. Tom has a keen interest in funding opportunities for social innovation. He is passionate about harnessing the potential of social innovation to address societal challenges that deliver economic value in addition to societal (social or environmental) value. Through his role at FASE, Tom wants to focus even more on investor relevance and help ensure that socially valuable projects find the right partners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:tjosczok@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tom-josczok\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1052670917\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#KaiWagner\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fase-12.240198-Kai_klein-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fase-12.240198-Kai_klein-1.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fase-12.240198-Kai_klein-1-278x300.webp 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1809570840\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Kai Wagner<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Investor Relations Manager <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1809570840 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-1809570840 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1118068022\" class=\"text Kai\">\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"KaiWagner\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Kai Wagner<\/h2>\n<h4>Investor Relations Manager<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kai has been strengthening the FASE team as Investor Relations Manager since February 2025. With extensive experience in the deep tech and open-source software startup ecosystem, as well as being a former co-founder of an impact startup focused on data protection and digital sovereignty, he brings valuable know-how in building and scaling innovative projects. His studies in political science and sustainability science, combined with his experience in international and interdisciplinary work in standardization and policy processes, have equipped him with the skills to develop and execute long-term disruption strategies. Additionally, Kai possesses a profound understanding of complex system analysis, which helps him grasp intricate interdependencies and develop targeted solutions for maximum impact. He has long observed developments in the social and sustainable impact sector and is passionately committed to mobilizing capital to maximize the impact of every investment. With strategic foresight and a pronounced political and technical understanding, he is driven to unlock the potential of social innovations with impact investment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:kwagner@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kaichristianwagner\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1783724668\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#ChristophRohde\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240478-Christoph_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Christoph Rhode, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240478-Christoph_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240478-Christoph_klein-271x300.webp 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3320759621\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Christoph Rohde<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Head of Transactions <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3320759621 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-3320759621 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"ChristophRohde\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Christoph Rohde<\/h2>\n<h4>Head of Transactions<\/h4>\n<p>Christoph joined FASE in February 2021 as a transaction manager and since November 2024, he acts as head of transactions. What drives Christoph is to support impact startups in their funding rounds. Previously, he built an accelerator program for impact startups from emerging and developing countries for the Westerwelle Foundation and founded a fair fashion online store. Christoph studied Economics (BA) at Witten\/Herdecke and International Political Economy (MA) at Warwick and also brings with him his experience from management consulting at A.T. Kearney.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:crohde@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rohdechristoph\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1602999105\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#Marie-KristinWysk\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240543-Marie_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Marie-Krisitn Wysk, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240543-Marie_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240543-Marie_klein-258x300.webp 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4255525663\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Marie-Kristin Wysk<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Senior Transaction Manager <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4255525663 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-4255525663 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"Marie-KristinWysk\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Marie-Kristin Wysk<\/h2>\n<h4>Senior Transaction Manager<\/h4>\n<p>Marie joined FASE in November 2024 as Transaction Manager. With experience as a founder of an impact venture, she knows first-hand the challenges of raising capital. She is driven by the goal of facilitating access to growth capital for non-profit start-ups and supporting founders on their journey. Previously, Marie worked for five years in the consulting and corporate VC environment, both as an independent consultant and as a project manager in strategic consulting. She focused in particular on the development of new business models. Marie&#8217;s passion for sustainability and social change is also evident in her private life: she is a volunteer for a Hamburg-based non-profit organisation that provides education in the field of marine and coastal protection and inspires people of all ages to protect marine ecosystems. Marie studied Business Administration at the Universities of M\u00fcnster and Hamburg. Through her work at FASE, she wants to make a real difference &#8211; and work with inspiring people on great ideas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:mwysk@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marie-kristin-wysk-836b61191\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-354659050\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#PhilippRabut\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"953\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240660-Philipp_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Philipp Rabut, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240660-Philipp_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240660-Philipp_klein-229x300.webp 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-561912026\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Philipp Rabut <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Senior Transaction Manager <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-561912026 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-561912026 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"PhilippRabut\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Philipp Rabut<\/h2>\n<h4>Senior Transaction Manager<\/h4>\n<p>Philipp joined the FASE team in December 2024 as a Senior Transaction Manager, bringing over 16 years of professional experience to the role. Prior to this, he held senior positions in investment banking and M&amp;A at Lehman Brothers and Nomura, as well as various roles at the DAX-listed company Henkel. In 2021, Philipp co-founded the sustainable cleaning product start-up Blaue Helden, following the aim of contributing to the reduction of plastic waste and CO2 emissions in the cleaning product industry. Philipp has established a strong network within the German ecosystem for sustainable start-ups, having made several investments as an angel investor and provided advisory services to start-ups and venture capital funds.Philipp holds a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Business Administration from the University of Passau and a Master&#8217;s degree in Business Administration from ESCP Europe, having studied in Paris, London and Berlin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:prabut@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philipp-rabut-2bab397b\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1524989208\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#KatharinaHeilmaier\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240725-Katharina_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Katharina Heilmaier, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240725-Katharina_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240725-Katharina_klein-258x300.webp 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-164044022\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Katharina Felicitas Heilmaier<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Jr. Communications &amp; Event Manager<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-164044022 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-164044022 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"KatharinaHeilmaier\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Katharina Felicitas Heilmaier<\/h2>\n<h4>Jr. Communications &amp; Event Manager<\/h4>\n<p>Katharina joined the FASE team in November 2024, bringing more than five years of valuable industry experience from her roles at Siemens and KUKA, as well as in-depth expertise from her work as a PR consultant at a leading German communications agency. Most recently, she has worked on international communications projects and social media campaigns with a focus on innovation and digitization, as well as non-profit initiatives in the field of sustainable development cooperation. Katharina is passionate about shaping the future of impact investing through the power of strategic communications, believing that thoughtful storytelling and targeted messaging can bridge the gap between innovative solutions and the investors who can bring them to scale. Deeply motivated by the belief that high-impact innovation has the power to address pressing social and environmental challenges, Katharina is committed to using her expertise to amplify the voices of startups shaping a more sustainable and equitable future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:kheilmaier@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/katharina-felicitas-heilmaier-829611173\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1157371406\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#SandraHaltmayer\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240634-Sandra_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Sandra Haltmayer, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240634-Sandra_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240634-Sandra_klein-234x300.webp 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1475914538\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Sandra Haltmayer<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Finance and Accounting Manager <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1475914538 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-1475914538 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"SandraHaltmayer\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Sandra Haltmayer<\/h2>\n<h4>Finance and Accounting Manager<\/h4>\n<p>Since March 2024, Sandra is supporting impact enterprises by bringing her experience from the commercial sector to her role as Finance and Accounting Manager at FASE. As a freelance finance manager and the founder and manager of the e-commerce start-up Weinnatur, she combines her holistic view on impact entrepreneurship with her expertise in financial planning. Sandra has studied Facility Management (B.Sc.) at the Albstadt-Sigmaringen University, Germany, and Business Engineering (MBE) at the Steinbeis University Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:shaltmayer@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1190675170\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#Andr\u00e1sHars\u00e1nyi\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240916-Andrasz_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Andrasz, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240916-Andrasz_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240916-Andrasz_klein-280x300.webp 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2345709727\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Andr\u00e1s Hars\u00e1nyi<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Advisor CEE <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2345709727 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-2345709727 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"Andr\u00e1sHars\u00e1nyi\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Andr\u00e1s Hars\u00e1nyi<\/h2>\n<h4>Advisor CEE<\/h4>\n<p>Andr\u00e1s supports FASE in the CEE region since Q1 2024 for our <a href=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/?page_id=14366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Enterprise Idea Development Program<\/a> with Porticus. He has a diverse experience of working with both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Over the last 10 years, he has mentored numerous non-profit organizations and social enterprises, primarily focusing on financial management and business development. He currently serves as the senior advisor of Cseriti, the leading charity shop chain in Budapest. Additionally, Andr\u00e1s is the co-founder of Scale Impact, an organization dedicated to developing non-profits and social enterprises. He holds a degree in economics and an MBA from Central European University.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:harsanyi.andras@scaleimpact.hu\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1476298074\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1476298074 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >ECIIF II Co-Founders<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"message-box relative\" style=\"padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;\"><div class=\"message-box-bg-image bg-fill fill\" ><\/div><div class=\"message-box-bg-overlay bg-fill fill\" ><\/div><div class=\"container relative\"><div class=\"inner last-reset\">\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-2040280049\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-512785266\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>The European Catalytic Impact Investing Fund II (ECIIF II) is the successor fund of the European Social Innovation and Impact Fund (ESIIF). Besides Dr. Markus Freiburg and Ellinor Schweyer (s.a.), the following co-founders are aboard.<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-160706824\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eciif.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button primary expand\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t<span>About the ECIIF II<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1706854039\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1706854039 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-small\"  id=\"row-269104044\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1994158365\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#EllinorSchweyer\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240285-Elli_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Ellinor Schweyer, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240285-Elli_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240285-Elli_klein-258x300.webp 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2864903505\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Ellinor Schweyer<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Founder &amp; Managing Director <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2864903505 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-2864903505 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"EllinorSchweyer\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Ellinor Schweyer<\/h2>\n<h4>Co-Founder ECIIF II<\/h4>\n<p>Ellinor discovered her passion for financing sustainable business models in 2012 when working as an investment manager for the German impact fund Bonventure. Before Ashoka Germany approached her to become a co-founder of FASE, she also supported social entrepreneurs in her role as a fundraiser and social impact lecturer at the Munich-based Social Entrepreneurship Akademie (SEA). For FASE, Ellinor contributes her broad network of investors, multipliers and supporters as well as her extensive marketing and fundraising knowledge to build a pool of engaged impact investors. Through her father, Rolf Dienst, a seasoned venture capitalist, she knows the VC business from scratch and leverages her own entrepreneurial experience as a start-up founder. Ellinor is a frequent panellist for impact investing and social finance in workshops and conferences within and outside the impact sector. Originally, she obtained a bachelor&#8217;s degree in hotel and restaurant management from Lausanne and Oxford and ran marketing initiatives for premier brands such as Dom P\u00e9rignon, Dior and Falke.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:eschweyer@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ellinor-schweyer-7432021\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2098901871\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#MarkusFreiburg\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240215-Markus_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240215-Markus_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240215-Markus_klein-262x300.webp 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1490876519\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Dr. Markus Freiburg<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small op-8\">Founder &amp; CEO<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1490876519 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-1490876519 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"MarkusFreiburg\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Dr. Markus Freiburg<\/h2>\n<h4>Co-Founder ECIIF II<\/h4>\n<p>By building FASE to become the leading social finance intermediary in Germany and Europe, Markus combines his strategic and financial expertise with his passion for social entrepreneurship. Today he is recognized as a thought leader for social finance, with an active presence in public discourses e.g. as a member of the Expert Group on Social Entrepreneurship (GECES) of the EU Commission and the German National Advisory Board of G7 Social Impact Investing Taskforce. He was also selected for the 40 under 40 European Young Leaders Class 2017. Markus studied Economics at Witten\/Herdecke (Dipl.-\u00d6k.) and Cambridge (M.Phil) and was promoted at the WHU Koblenz on investments by institutional investors in private equity funds. He also contributes his experience as a management consultant at McKinsey &amp; Company and pro-bono advisor to social entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Profile-Dr.-Markus-Freiburg-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For Markus\u2019 full professional profile please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:mfreiburg@fa-se.de\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-markus-freiburg-88011113a\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1449656263\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#Pieter-JanVandeVelde\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240426-Pieter-Jan_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Pieter-Jan Van de Velde, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240426-Pieter-Jan_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240426-Pieter-Jan_klein-260x300.webp 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2308110988\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Pieter-Jan van de Velde<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Co-Founder ECIIF II <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2308110988 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-2308110988 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"Pieter-JanVandeVelde\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Pieter-Jan Van de Velde<\/h2>\n<h4>Co-Founder ECIIF II<\/h4>\n<p>In the past 10 years, Pieter-Jan Van den Velde he has built a strong reputation in the Belgian impact investing ecosystem. As Investment and Fund manager of Trividend, the Flemish Investment Fund for the Social Economy, he has developed this cooperative public-private partnership into the main early stage investor in impact ventures in Flanders. Currently Trividend is managing over 75 direct investments, including subordinated &amp; convertible loans and equity participations.<\/p>\n<p>Pieter-Jan also plays a pivotal role in the development of the impact entrepreneurship ecosystem. He co-founded Belgium Impact, the Advisory Board for Social Entrepreneurs and, recently, Steward-Owned, an association which aims to promote the concept of steward ownership in Belgium. He is also member of the place-based impact investing working group of Impact Finance Belgium, the National Advisory Board for Impact Investing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pieter-jan-van-de-velde-impact-financier\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1897595739\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#Pieter-JanVandeVelde\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2457\" height=\"2441\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Christin-website.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Dr. Christin ter Braak-Forstinger\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Christin-website.jpg 2457w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Christin-website-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Christin-website-1024x1017.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Christin-website-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Christin-website-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Christin-website-1536x1526.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Christin-website-2048x2035.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2457px) 100vw, 2457px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-717056492\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3>Dr. Christin ter Braak-Forstinger<\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Co-Founder ECIIF II <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-717056492 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-717056492 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"ChristinterBraak-Forstinger\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h3>Dr. Christin ter Braak-Forstinger<\/h3>\n<h4>Co-Founder ECIIF II<\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Christin ter Braak-Forstinger, LL.M. is the founder and CEO of Chi Impact Capital. Christin is passionate about proactively making the shift towards a regenerative and deep impact economy a reality. Christin has a long-standing experience and track record in the financial services sector &amp; private equity, impact investing and sustainable investing; She completed her Doctoral Thesis at Harvard Law School (summa cum laude), her Master Studies at Duke Law School and studied Law and Business Administration before in Austria; Christin is a regular author, key-note speaker, juror and long-time university lecturer in impact investing.<\/p>\n<p>Privately, Christin is the co-founder of award-winning NGO Braveaurora, active in North Ghana since 2009. Christin loves to spend her spare time with her family in nature; meditation forms an integral part of her life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christin-ter-braak-forstinger-dr-ll-m-024ab11a0\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1684604359\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1684604359 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Advisors<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-small\"  id=\"row-1780777193\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1847796622\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#PeterBrock\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"1091\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/184735-1.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/184735-1.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/184735-1-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/184735-1-683x1024.webp 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-148045937\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Peter Brock<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Advisor <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-148045937 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-148045937 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"PeterBrock\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Peter Brock<\/h2>\n<h4>Advisor<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"569\">Peter Brock is an expert in family office services, holistic wealth structuring, and impact investing. He advises entrepreneurial families and serves as Chairman of the Investment Committee of a major Swiss single family office. As co-founder and Managing Partner of the online training platform BeeWyzer, he supports NextGens in navigating family wealth topics. Peter is actively involved in the impact ecosystem as a mentor for accelerators such as BRYCK, Phineo Startups, and the Impact Factory by the Haniel Group. He also advises funds including Revent Ventures, Carbon Equity, and Lumo Labs. He is a co-founder and board member of the Bundesinitiative Impact Investing (BIII), where he leads the working group on family offices, and is also Managing Director of Impact Investings Media GmbH.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/p-brock\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-205840379\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#Zo\u00e9Constantin\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240384-Zoe_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Zo\u00e9 Constantin, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240384-Zoe_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240384-Zoe_klein-258x300.webp 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3063912334\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Zo\u00e9 Constantin<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Co-Founder ECIIF II <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3063912334 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-3063912334 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"Zo\u00e9Constantin\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Zo\u00e9 Constantin<\/h2>\n<h4>Advisor<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Zo\u00e9 Constantin is a passionate advocate for impact investing, leveraging her experience in private equity and corporate finance to foster sustainable development. After beginning her career in Central and Eastern Europe, she honed her expertise at leading consulting firms like KPMG and Crowe, specializing in cross-border transactions and financial valuation with a focus on health and environmental projects. In 2019, she joined Impact Partners, where she made significant contributions by investing in SMEs dedicated to health and sustainability across France and German-speaking countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Zo\u00e9 regularly engages in public discussions on impact investing and sustainability, sharing her insights at various round tables and conferences. She teaches valuation and impact investing in different schools \/ MBAs, empowering the next generation of finance professionals. Additionally, as a board member of SFEV and CCEF, she leads initiatives that enhance the understanding of financial valuation within the context of sustainability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zoeconstantin\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1333069187\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#AlexandraHeraeus\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"1384\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Website-Foto-AH-Final26132202.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Website-Foto-AH-Final26132202.jpg 921w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Website-Foto-AH-Final26132202-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Website-Foto-AH-Final26132202-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Website-Foto-AH-Final26132202-681x1024.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2032955390\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Alexandra Heraeus<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Advisor <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2032955390 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-2032955390 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"AlexandraHeraeus\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Alexandra Heraeus<\/h2>\n<h4>Advisor<\/h4>\n<p>Alexandra joined FASE in April 2016 after gaining her transaction and project management experience in M&amp;A and merger integration at Henkel Adhesives in Duesseldorf, Germany. After leaving FASE in early 2019, she has been supporting us as a pro bono advisor. Alexandra discovered her enthusiasm for solving social problems with economically sustainable business models during her studies. To link both worlds more closely, she co-founded \u201cSensAbility\u201d, the largest conference in Germany organized by students around the topic of social entrepreneurship. Alexandra holds a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Business Administration from the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany, and a Master&#8217;s of Law and Business from WHU\/Bucerius Law School.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1035883651\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#ThomasKnaack\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"1384\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Website-Foto-TK-Final26132220.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Website-Foto-TK-Final26132220.jpg 920w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Website-Foto-TK-Final26132220-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Website-Foto-TK-Final26132220-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Website-Foto-TK-Final26132220-681x1024.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2695998714\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Thomas Knaack<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Advisor <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2695998714 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-2695998714 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"ThomasKnaack\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Thomas Knaack<\/h2>\n<h4>Advisor<\/h4>\n<p>Thomas has been active as a business angel for many years, which includes several investments in social enterprises. In 2008, he established a foundation together with his wife to support projects in the area of microfinance across the globe. Thomas has more than 25 years of experience, first as a banker and then as the managing partner of a consultancy firm in the financial services sector. Since September 2016, he has strengthened the FASE team as a senior advisor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/de.linkedin.com\/in\/thomas-knaack-1315043\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1051036319\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#KarstenZengerling\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Karsten-Zengerling.png\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Karsten-Zengerling.png 399w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Karsten-Zengerling-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3376540052\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Karsten Zengerling<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Advisor <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3376540052 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-3376540052 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"KarstenZengerling\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Karsten Zengerling<\/h2>\n<h4>Advisor<\/h4>\n<p>Karsten has supported FASE since its inception, first as Senior Advisor and since September 2022 as Chief Operating Officer Transactions. Starting in February 2024, he will continue to engage as a Pro Bono Advisor. Karsten brings more than 30 years of experience in corporate finance, banking and consulting, with a focus on structuring and implementing equity and mezzanine financings and M&amp;A transactions. Before working for FASE, he was heading the b<span aria-hidden=\"true\">usiness unit Equity Investments and Participations<\/span> of Germany&#8217;s ethical bank GLS. Earlier, he was Managing Director with WestLB AG, Senior Investment Manager with 3i and Senior Manager with A.T. Kearney. Karsten holds a master&#8217;s degree in business administration from WHU Koblenz.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karsten-zengerling-84859434\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1924965236\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#DorotheeVogt\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"925\" height=\"1384\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dorothee2013-0028-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dorothee2013-0028-2.jpg 925w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dorothee2013-0028-2-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dorothee2013-0028-2-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dorothee2013-0028-2-684x1024.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1856286673\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Dorothee Vogt<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Advisor <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1856286673 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-1856286673 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"DorotheeVogt\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Dorothee Vogt<\/h2>\n<h4>Advisor<\/h4>\n<p>Dorothee joined FASE in February 2018, first as a Senior Transaction Manager and then as Head of Investor Relations. Acting as a pro bono advisor since mid-2019, she continues to contribute her extensive experience in social entrepreneurship, impact investing and philanthropy that she gathered e.g. as an investment manager at the German impact fund pioneer BonVenture, as head of business development of the social business Change.org Germany, as well as a project manager at K\u00f6rber Stiftung, one of the largest German foundations. Dorothee holds a master&#8217;s degree in cultural sciences and studied at Leuphana University L\u00fcneburg (Germany) and Universit\u00e1 degli studi di Macerata in Italy. As a passionate advocate for social change, she also has several pro bono roles for organisations with a social mission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dorotheevogt\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1712322584\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#AdrianFuchs\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"913\" height=\"1384\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Website-Foto-AF-Final-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Website-Foto-AF-Final-2.jpg 913w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Website-Foto-AF-Final-2-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Website-Foto-AF-Final-2-676x1024.jpg 676w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Website-Foto-AF-Final-2-768x1164.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2541470228\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Dr. Adrian Fuchs<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Advisor <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2541470228 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-2541470228 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"AdrianFuchs\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Dr. Adrian Fuchs<\/h2>\n<h4>Advisor<\/h4>\n<p>Adrian has strengthened the FASE team as a transaction manager until September 2022 and continues to support the team as an advisor. He studied business economics in Maastricht (BSc.) and London (MA) before receiving his PhD from the University of Hamburg on the subject of impact investing for German charitable foundations (Dr. rer. pol.). Adrian gained relevant project management experience at Bonventure \u2013 where he assisted in the establishment of the first German social venture capital fund for foundations (MRI pilot fund) \u2013 and at Bertelsmann Foundation. He is driven by the goal to professionalise the impact sector.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adrianfuchs\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-845545739\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#SimonePourier\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"916\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240688-Simone_klein.webp\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Simone Pourier, Copyright: FASE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240688-Simone_klein.webp 728w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fase-12.240688-Simone_klein-238x300.webp 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1625421656\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Simone Pourier<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Advisor<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1625421656 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-1625421656 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"SimonePourier\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Simone Pourier<\/h2>\n<h4>Advisor<\/h4>\n<p>Simone joined again our core team in October 2022 to support our activities in the Benelux region, first as a Senior Adviser, and since January 2024 as Regional Manager. Before, she was leading the Benelux region for four years and then continued to be a pro bono advisor for several months. Simone brings more than 25+ years of experience in business development, obtained through senior management positions in the staffing industry and as a partner in several startups. After fulfilling pro bono advisory roles at startup companies, Simone decided to use her business skills to support social enterprises. Before FASE, she supported Ashoka in the Netherlands during their startup phase and studied business economics (Tilburg University) and business administration (Rotterdam School of Management). Simone is also researching the scalability of social enterprises at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/simonepourier\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-423869130\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#SabineKaiser\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"836\" height=\"1207\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Website-Foto-SK-Final-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Website-Foto-SK-Final-2.jpg 836w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Website-Foto-SK-Final-2-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Website-Foto-SK-Final-2-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Website-Foto-SK-Final-2-768x1109.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2034058659\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Sabine Kaiser<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Remembering her lasting impact<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2034058659 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-2034058659 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\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-756783955\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-756783955 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Initiators and Co-Founders<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1431369030\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1525534059\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"message-box relative\" style=\"padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;\"><div class=\"message-box-bg-image bg-fill fill\" ><\/div><div class=\"message-box-bg-overlay bg-fill fill\" ><\/div><div class=\"container relative\"><div class=\"inner last-reset\">\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-9295966\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-362950131\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>FASE was initiated by one of its major shareholders, Ashoka &#8211; the first and leading organization in support of social entrepreneurship worldwide.<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2005578828\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashoka.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button primary expand\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t<span>About ASHOKA<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1411911179\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1411911179 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\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-small\"  id=\"row-1725542214\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-847595206\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#FelixOldenburg\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Felix-Oldenburg-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Felix-Oldenburg-2.jpg 327w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Felix-Oldenburg-2-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-87146443\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Felix Oldenburg<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Vorstandssprecher gut.org <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-87146443 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-87146443 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"FelixOldenburg\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Felix Oldenburg<\/h2>\n<h4>CEO bcause.com<\/h4>\n<p><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Felix is a pioneer for social entrepreneurship, finance, innovation and bottom up ideas. Before founding bcause.com and joining gut.org, a group of digital social enterprises including the donation platform betterplace.org, he served as Secretary General at the Association of German Foundations, and as chair of DAFNE (donors and foundations networks in Europe). Ranked three times in Germany\u2019s \u201e40 under 40\u201c list, he is a member of the Baden-Baden CEO Conference, and recipient of the German PR Award 2007. He started an internet company before he graduated in Philosophy (Bonn, T\u00fcbingen, Oxford) and Policy Management (Georgetown). He worked with McKinsey&amp;Company in London, and later led a series of large scale citizen participation project across Europe before joining Ashoka as Germany director in 2009. In this role and as European director, he pioneered a number of innovations including the first Financing Agency for Social Entrepreneurship, new Ashoka programs in Austria, Turkey, Netherlands and Southern Europe, and helped co-create governmental social innovation strategies. Felix serves on several boards, and speaks and publishes internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foldenburg\" data-label=\"Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip twitter\" title=\"Follow on Twitter\" aria-label=\"Follow on Twitter\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/be.linkedin.com\/in\/felix-oldenburg-46883169\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1117313122\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-overlay dark box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:2%;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#BjoernStruewer\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay-add image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:140%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bjoern-Struewer-1c-Web-Cut.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bjoern-Struewer-1c-Web-Cut.jpg 426w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bjoern-Struewer-1c-Web-Cut-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text show-on-hover hover-zoom-in text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-847840663\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3><span class=\"person-name\">Bjoern Struewer<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Founder and CEO of Roots of Impact <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-847840663 {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n#text-847840663 > * {\n  color: rgb(80, 116, 124);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"BjoernStruewer\"\n\t     class=\"lightbox-by-id lightbox-content mfp-hide lightbox-white \"\n\t     style=\"max-width:750px ;padding:80px\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Bjoern Struewer<\/h2>\n<h4>Founder and Co-CEO Roots of Impact<\/h4>\n<p>Bjoern Struewer is the Founder and Co-CEO of Roots of Impact. He has more than 20 years of experience in the finance sector, including 12 years at Credit Suisse, most recently as a managing director. After leaving the banking industry, he started working closely with public funders and impact investors to scale enterprises and innovations with strong potential for positive impact. With his team at Roots of Impact, he developed pioneering solutions such as Social Impact Incentives (SIINC) and Impact-Linked Finance as well as the Social Finance Academy. He also leads the Initiative for Blended Finance at the University of Zurich and is a Senior Collaborator at the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth. Bjoern is a member of various investment committees and advisory boards, served as a senior advisor to Ashoka on social finance and is co-founder of the Financing Agency for Social Entrepreneurship (FASE) and initiator of the Ashoka Angels Network.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"mailto:bstruewer@roots-of-impact.org\" data-label=\"E-mail\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip email\" title=\"Send us an email\" aria-label=\"Send us an email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i class=\"icon-envelop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/de.linkedin.com\/in\/bjoern-struewer-92a96475\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1613959571\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1613959571 {\n  padding-top: 45px;\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_1689402088\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"21\" src=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FASE-website-bar-1024x21.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FASE-website-bar-1024x21.png 1024w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FASE-website-bar-300x6.png 300w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FASE-website-bar-768x15.png 768w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FASE-website-bar-1536x31.png 1536w, https:\/\/fa-se.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FASE-website-bar-2048x41.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\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_1689402088 {\n  width: 24%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":15173,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":762,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15150","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15150"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16569,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15150\/revisions\/16569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fa-se.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}