History
Mathias brings more than 15 years of extensive experience implementing corporate sustainability strategies across a broad spectrum of industries including conventional and renewable energy, plantation, property, utilities and hospitality. Previously, he also co-founded two start-ups working on linking energy and climate change strategies to private and public sector performance: Evenergy – a blockchain-based trading platform for renewable energy certificates, and Plan8 – a collective of Climate Change professionals working on climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience building across USA, Germany, UK, Nepal, and Malaysia.
In addition to his corporate roles, he has served as a consultant within the public sphere, working at the intersection of Climate Change policy and practice including a Climate Change risk assessment scoping study for Local Authorities across the Greater Kuala Lumpur, and the Malaysian National Climate Change Mitigation Action Plan under Malaysian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
He has also contributed to multiple research projects on Malaysian and Global climate policy, including publications by United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (“UN FAO”) and The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (“IDEAS”).
He holds a Master in Business Administration from Asia School of Business, Malaysia in collaboration with MIT Sloan and Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Environmental and Socio-Economic Planning from Roskilde University, Denmark.
