Experience Summary
Stefan, through his work at EY and PhD research at UCL, has experience in advising financial institutions to develop climate science-integrated investment strategies, build resilient capital allocation solutions and address portfolio management implications of increasing exposure to ESG, climate and biodiversity risk.
After co-leading Aon’s global climate strategy and experience in building climate modelling capabilities at KPMG, Stefan leads project work for EY’s financial institution clients to deliver governance strategies to climate-related challenges while also overseeing the development of the climate and biodiversity models.
Lucratively developing solutions using interdisciplinary scenario analysis models and socio-ecological integrated assessment frameworks as a research at the University of Cambridge and subject matter expert at United Nations Climate Change.
International Exposure
Stefan was born in Germany, grew up in the United States, and spent his last high school years living in Russia. He then went on to study in Spain while also doing an exchange in China and internship experience in Brazil. Once he graduates from his undergraduate degree he went to the United Kingdom for his masters after which he worked in the Czech Republic. He returned to the United Kingdom to work and pursue his PhD in climate finance.
Stefan began working for Aon in the Prague office in 2017 in capital risk management as a broker. The role involved managing catastrophe and weather-related reinsurance portfolios by placement, renewal and data modelling using dynamic financial analysis of structure risk solutions.
In 2018 due to his relocation to London and the start of his PhD, Stefan transitioned into the Sustainability & Resilience role working with senior level executives implementing climate strategy throughout the organisation internally, and working with clients externally.
In 2020 Stefan began working at KPMG as a manager in the Climate Risk & Decarbonisation Strategy team responsible for developing the consulting propositions for financial services clients, and in developing the physical climate risk modelling capabilities. In 2021 Stefan joined EY in the Sustainable Finance team where he is responsible leading the development of climate and biodiversity modelling capabilities.
He is also a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge and Subject Matter Expert at the United Nations alongside working at EY and his PhD.
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Motivation
As a PhD scholar, consultant at EY, research at the University of Cambridge, and expert at the UN, I am passionate to advance research for practical solution-oriented recommendations to align financial institutions toward climate action. I strive to have impact by influencing the strategic decision-making processes of global financial firms which embeds the use of science for evidence-based decision making to achieve sustainable development.