Karl leads EngagedX and specialises in providing bespoke consultancy, thought leadership, advocacy and policy work. He works internationally across private, public and social sectors. He is an experienced entrepreneur and has held numerous leadership, management and executive positions.
He was appointed as Senior Research Adviser to the UN's Social Impact Fund (UNSIF), for whom he leads a global research consortium to improve the analytical framework for social impact investing; a member of Groupe d'Experts de la Commission sur l'Entrepreneuriat Social (GECES), which is appointed by the European Commission to advise on its Social Business Initiative; sits on the OECD expert group on social impact investing that reported to the Group of 7 advanced economies (G7); Senior Fellow of the Finance Innovation Lab, which was set to explore, innovate and evolve the financial system to sustain people and planet; Adviser to the Global Value Exchange, which is an open source database and platform for measuring social and environmental values.
Karl has been invited by civil society organisations, academia, governments and the media across Europe, Asia and USA to speak on social impact investing. He has delivered guest lectures to MBA students at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; advised HM Treasury on EU social investment regulations; was invited to submit evidence regarding alternative finance to the UK's Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards; been asked by the UK Cabinet Office to represent the UK on social investment at EU level; and was invited by US Secretary of State to speak on a plenary panel at the Global Impact Economy Forum in 2012.
In 2011, he co-authored ‘Making Good in Social Impact Investment: Opportunities in an Emerging Asset Class'. Karl has also written articles for magazines and journals, which you can read a selection of on his blog.
Karl holds an MBA specialising in entrepreneurship and project management. He started his career as an architect, then project manager for multidisciplinary design teams and development leader for public and private sector construction projects. Karl volunteers in his community and was the founding Chair of Friends of the Crystal Palace Subway, which is a community-led initiative to reopen a historic community asset to the public.
Karl is fluent in English (native speaker), German (very good) and Dutch/ Afrikaans (basic).
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