Who We Are

WHO WE ARE

climada_18

WHO WE ARE

We are an interdisciplinary, diverse team with complementary capabilities, adept in scaling technologies, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, climate and weather science, data science, and risk planning and management.

As an ETH spin off, we have a tight connection to the ETH Zurich with close alignment to the Weather & Climate Risk team.

ACHIEVEMENTS

OUR BOARD

Prof. Dr. David N. Bresch
FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN
SENIOR SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
Professor for Weather and Climate Risks at ETH Zürich/MeteoSwiss since 2016. Priorly, at Swiss Re Head Business Development, Global Head Sustainability, Head Atmospheric Perils Group and Chief modeler for natural catastrophe risk assessment.
Sebastian Glink Portrait
Sebastian Glink
FOUNDER & CO-CEO
RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & TECHNOLOGY
Background in Meteorology, Geophysics, Business Intelligence & Big Data Analytics; more than 10 years of experience in building scalable technology solutions in insurance, reinsurance and retail industry.
Simone Thompson
FOUNDER & CO-CEO

RESPONSIBLE FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & SALES
20 years in international blue chip organisations spanning finance, marketing, project management, branding, sales and communications capabilities. Active member of a number of strategic advisory boards. Kellogg University, Harvard, LSE, Insead Alumni, IMD.

OUR TEAM

Benoit Guillod CLIMADA Technologies
Dr. Benoît Guillod
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Alessio Ciullo CLIMADA Technologies
Dr. Alessio Ciullo
HEAD CLIMATE RISK ANALYTICS
Alvaro Pacheco CLIMADA Technologies
Alvaro Pacheco
HEAD BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Lukas Bodenmann CLIMADA Technologies
Dr. Lukas Bodenmann
CLIMATE RISK ENGINEER
Quentin Burgeois CLIMADA Technologies
Dr. Quentin Bourgeois
CLIMATE RISK SCIENTIST
Jere Letohmaa CLIMADA Technologies
Dr. Jere Lehtomaa
CLIMATE RISK ENGINEER

OUR ADVISORY BOARD

Jenny Kunz
Jenny Kunz is Director Sustainability at Ricola. Jenny is a food scientist by training with more than 10 years of experience in corporate sustainability in the retail and food industry.
Renat Heuberger
Renat is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and board member with more than 20 years of experience in sustainability, climate finance, and clean tech. By background, he is an environmental scientist from ETH Zurich.
Christian Crowden
Passionate strategy developer and change designer with more than 24 years of practice in implementing change processes, many years of leadership experience and successful implementation of customer projects in the financial industry, public administration, and industry.
Nick Wright
Career Marketer, having led the brand, reputation and marketing efforts for several significant financial service firms over the last 20 years. Central to defining and communicating BlackRock’s approach to sustainable investing 2020 onwards and a front row seat in navigating the nuanced demands of 'getting climate right’.
Daniel Egger
Daniel Egger, Head of Product Compliance and Sustainability at Econetta, Start-up Advisor Daniel has an engineering background and has extensive experience in management roles for business development and sales in climate tech start-ups.
Alex Pui
Alex is Adjunct Fellow at the Climate Change Research Center (CCRC) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and SVP Climate and Sustainability consulting at Marsh. Alex has significant international experience and has held senior roles across the banking and (re)insurance sector, including Head of Group Climate Analytics at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Head of Nat Cat and Sustainability (APAC) at Swiss Re. He was awarded Risk Leader of the Year (2022) by the Risk Management Institute of Australia (RMIA) and is a recognized thought leader within the financial climate risk space.
“Climate scenario analysis should involve real creativity and an acceptance that a well-constructed analysis asks probing questions about the financial sector's strategic role in tackling climate change."
Alexander Pui
climada_15_dark

VALUES

TRANSFORMATIVE RESILIENCE
TRANSFORMATIVE RESILIENCE
True resilience or adaptive capacity lies in deep-seated understanding. Deep understanding allows for wisdom in transformation which in turn results in heightened resilience.
HONEST TENACITY
HONEST TENACITY
It will take time before the world is ready (and willing) to truly understand and grasp nature’s impact. A frank and forthright mindset will accelerate the bridging of the gap.
SIMPLE ACUITY
SIMPLE ACUITY
To solve the climate challenge, we will need a shrewd acumen, an implicit embrace of long-termism, and a belief that less beats more.
INSIGHTFUL INTELLIGENCE
INSIGHTFUL INTELLIGENCE
The aggregation of millions of tiny data points provides the insight required to simplify complexity. However it needs the right lens to lead to the right actions.

PARTNERS

MEMBERSHIPS

Collaboration is key.
We look forward to hearing from you.
contact@climada.tech