Oliver Karius

Partner, LGT Venture Philanthropy

Biography

Oliver Karius is a partner at the emerging markets impact investor, LGT Impact, co-managing both LGT Impact’s and LGT Venture Philanthropy’s global work since 2007. He has 20 years of experience in sustainable/impact investing and is a member of the LGT Sustainability Board and serves on various LGT Impact/ LGT VP portfolio company boards. Previously, Oliver was managing director of VantagePoint Global, a strategic consultancy building capacity for sustainable investing in emerging markets, and worked on the formation of DeRisk Advisory Services and the sustainable asset management company Forma Futura. Prior to that, he worked for Sustainable Asset Management, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. He holds an MSc in Global Environmental Change and Policy from Imperial College, London and a Diploma in Biology from Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich.

Regional Focus

Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa