Oliver joined LGT Venture Philanthropy as a Partner at its inception in 2007. He has over 18 years of experience and extensive background in finance, sustainability and impact investing and sits on M-KOPA Solar’s, LGT’s Sustainability and ACRE Africa’s board. Previously, Oliver was Managing Director of VantagePoint Global, Co-founder of DeRisk Advisory Services, Co-founder of the WEF aligned African Social Entrepreneurship Network (ASEN), Head of Research for Forma Futura and Manager Research Services and Senior Sustainability Analyst at SAM (Sustainable Asset Management) / Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). Prior to that Oliver worked for one of Europe’s largest SRI Asset Managers, “F&C”. Oliver holds an MSc in Global Environmental Change and Policy from Imperial College, UK, and a Dipl. Biol from Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany.

As Partner, Tom co-leads LGT Venture Philanthropy with Oliver Karius. In addition to his managerial responsibilities, Tom works on the sourcing of new portfolio organizations and the deployment of philanthropic growth capital. As thematic lead, Tom heads LGT VP’s global healthcare vertical, reflecting the foundation’s strategy focusing on community health models. In his previous role as Head of Impact Management at LGT VP and Lightrock, Tom institutionalized Impact Measurement and Management systems and processes. In his first role as Head of Talent at LGT VP, Tom managed the LGT Impact Fellowship, which connects portfolio organizations with mid-career professionals. In 2009, Tom himself completed the Fellowship and worked with Heart Social Investments, a social enterprise incubator in South Africa, to support social enterprises addressing the needs of low-income customers. Before joining the philanthropic sector, Tom spent nine years with BMW in Germany and the UK. He gained experience in different management positions, in-house consulting, call-center management, dealer operations and IT. Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Applied Science of Munich, Germany. 

H.S.H. Prince Max was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer of LGT Group in 2006. He started his professional banking career in 1993 as an investment analyst and associate at J.P. Morgan Partners in New York. After five years in the United States, he returned to Europe in 1998 to work for the private equity group Industri Kapital as an Associate and Associate Director in London and Hamburg. In 2000, he rejoined J.P. Morgan Partners as a Director in London before becoming the Head of J.P. Morgan Partners’ German office in 2003. H.S.H. Prince Max has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in Business Administration from the European Business School.

Alexander is Chairman of the Board of LGT Venture Philanthropy Foundation. He serves on the boards of several corporations and foundations in Austria and Switzerland. Before returning to his native Austria in 2005, Alexander was a senior partner, regional chairman for Asia-Pacific, leader of the Financial Services Practice in Germany and member of the Global Executive Board of Boston Consulting Group, residing in Munich and Singapore. During his 20 years with BCG, he supported clients in the development and implementation of corporate and divisional strategies, acquisition searches, post-merger integrations, restructurings and reorganizations. Prior to BCG, he worked for Deutsche Bank AG in corporate finance and served in the Austrian Army’s Alpine Special Forces. Alexander holds an MBA from INSEAD, France, and a PhD in Law from the University of Salzburg, Austria.

Elliott is a Founding General Partner of White Sand Investor Group, LG, a fifth generation investment partnership of the Chicago-based RR Donnelley family. In this role, he has increasingly focused on the nexus between investment for financial return and investment for social and environmental impact. Elliott is an advisor and/or co-founder of a number of ventures, including Ethic Inc., My Bliss, The China Philanthropy Forum, and KD Venture Partners. He is also on the boards of trustees of Synergos and the Philanthropy Workshop, and on the board of Stanford’s Global Project Center, where he promotes research on innovative models in philanthropy and impact investing. Elliott is a graduate of Yale University and spent years living and working in Beijing, where he still has strong ties in the philanthropy and impact investing industries.

Dr. Erik Müller has 20 years of experience in family estate planning, foundation and trust services, wealth management, investing and family office advisory services. He has been a member of the Group Board of First Advisory Group since 2009. Erik previously worked as an auditor and tax advisor in Liechtenstein & Switzerland and was member of the Management Board of LGT Treuhand AG in Liechtenstein for several years. He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the International Fiscal Association (ifa). Erik is an alumnus of H.E.C./Université de Lausanne and holds a doctorate in Economics from Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck, Austria.

Reynir is Managing Partner with Summa Equity, a Nordic buy-out investment company that he founded in 2016. Previously, he was Partner with Altor Equity Partners where he joined at inception in 2003. Prior to this, he was CEO of Ignis Photonyx, Investment Director with Kistefos Venture Capital, and Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company. He is on the Board of Voxtra, a Norwegian impact investment fund, and is involved in the Business for Peace Foundation. Reynir has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania, USA.