Emerald Team Advisory Council
Emerald Team Advisory Council

Our Team

Operating across three continents, our team combines technological expertise with financial know-how and a client-centric mindset. Find out more about who we are and our specialties below. 

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Maryam Asadi
Investment Manager – Advanced Materials
Nastaran Asadi
Investment Manager - AI
Melanie Aulich
Executive Assistant to the CEO / Office Manager
Carolina de Azevedo
Head of Impact & ESG
Frank Balas
Senior Investment Director - Energy
Eleanor Bullock
Customer Success Assistant
Neil Cameron
Partner, Co-Head of Materials & Packaging
Roy Chng
Investment Manager - Finance
Graham Carey
Senior Investment Manager - Advanced Materials
Helge Daebel
Partner, Head of Water
Hans Dellenbach
Senior Partner, CFO, Head of Corporate Development
Julien Dillon
Investment Director - Finance
Gina Domanig
Managing Partner, CEO
Stacy Fiehler
Head of Marketing
Christoph Frei
Partner, Head of Energy
Noah Frey
Finance Analyst
Anandhi Gokhale
Investment Director - Energy
Lindsay Hamilton
Investment Manager - Finance
Max Hefti
Investment Director - Energy
Christina Held
Investment Manager - Finance
Marta Jerica
Senior Fund Operations Manager
Emmi Kaipio
Director of Sprints
Mariam Lapointe
Event & People Experience Manager
Kelven Lam
Senior Investment Manager - Water
Martina Looser
Senior Portfolio Manager, Technology Fund
Clayton MacDougald
Investment Director - Water
Anvesh Madabushi
Investment Manager - Mobility & Automation
Stephen Marcus
Head of Customer Success
Adrian Martin
Technology Analyst
Ben Mason
Investment Manager - Finance
Heather McHugh
Office Manager
Alex Mercandetti
Investment Manager - Energy
Markus Moor
Senior Partner, Chief Investment Officer
Tetsuya Mori
New Business Development Director
Michal Natora
Senior Investment Director - Industrial IT & Robotics
Madjiguène Ndiaye
Investment Director - Finance
Fredric Petit
Partner, Co-Head of Materials & Packaging
Mariarosa Piardi
Accountant
Michela Puddu
Senior Investment Manager - Sustainable Materials and Circularity
Simone Riedel Riley
Head of Technology Fund
Michael Revensburg
General Counsel
Stefan Riechsteiner
Head of Finance and Risk Management
Aline Rotzetter
Senior Investment Manager - Advanced Materials & Sustainability
Petra Rüegg
Marketing, Technology Fund
Tobias Schmid
Senior Technology Analyst
Michèle Schneider
Senior Portfolio Manager, Technology Fund
Thuy-Linh Uong
Strategy & Corp. Development Manager
Charles Vaslet
Senior Partner, Chief Revenue Officer
Franko Vrhovac
Investment Manager - Packaging
Annina Winkler
Senior Investment Manager - AgriFood & Packaging
Monika Wodzynski
Head of People
Mehran Zaker
Partner - Head of Automation & Industrial IT
Michael Zehnder
Head of Digital Technology & Intelligence

Senior executives with vast knowledge and networks

Our advisory council hails from industry, think tanks and consultancies. From a high-level, global vantage, they support Emerald and our portfolio companies.

Barbara Burger
Corporate Graduate Chevron, Energy Director, Advisor, Innovator
Carlos Campos
COO Smart Environmental Solutions, Suez
Terry Chuah
Founder and CEO TheCareerLifeCycle LLC
Per Falholt
Former CSO of Novozymes and Chairman of DTU
Bernard Koh
Assistant Chief Executive, Public Utilities Board (PUB), Singapore
Jim Kirkwood
Chief Science & Technology Development Officer/VP GTECH (Retired) at General Mills
Donald Kossmann
Managing Director Microsoft Research Lab
Michael Liebreich
Chairman & CEO, Liebreich Associates
Ikkei Matsuda
Founder of Hokkaido VC
Valerio Nannini
Former Senior VP, Head of Strategies and Performance at Nestlé
Gerry Protti
Chair of BlackSquare
Susana Quintana-Plaza
Energy and Cleantech Advisor, Investor and Board Member
Harry Seah
Dir. Technology & Water Quality Office Public Utilities Board (PUB), Singapore
Masaru (Mas) Sakamoto
Member of NEDO's Technology Commercialization
Jeannine Sargent
Former President of Innovation and New Ventures at Flex
Kunal Shah
Managing Director, Anaergia
Rafael Simon
Partner, Thales Water Advisors
Maha Tahiri
CEO & Founder, Nutrition Sustainability
Werner Tillmetz
Former ZSW Managing Board and head of the Electrochemical Energy Technologies division, University of Ulm
Rik Thijssen
Development Lead, Vitens
Roelof Westerbeek
Vice President New Materials, Highsun Holding Group Co. Ltd
Brigitte Zeller
Founder of Start'In For Good
Emerald VC global team and advisory council bring diverse expertise to accelerate sustainable industrial innovation across sectors.
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