Our Board
Christoph Beuttler
Born 1978 @ 336 ppm CO₂
President and Co-Founder, Negative Emissions Platform
Chief Climate Policy Officer, Climeworks
Senior Expert Energy & Climate, Risk Dialogue Foundation
Dirk Paessler
Born 1968 @ 321 ppm CO₂
Vice President and Co-Founder, Negative Emissions Platform
CEO and Founder, Carbon Drawdown Initiative GmbH
Chairman and Founder, Paessler - The Monitoring Experts
Ralph Koczwara
Born 1976 @ 333 ppm CO₂
Member of the Board and Co-Founder, Negative Emissions Platform
CEO and Founder, Hemmersbach
Chairman and Founder, Fieldcode
Leila Toplic
Born 1976 @ 331.92 ppm CO₂
Board Member, Negative Emissions Platform
Chief Communications & Trust Officer, Carbonfuture
Venna von Lepel
Born 1979 @ 337.1 ppm CO₂
Board Member, Negative Emissions Platform
Chief Carbon Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, Novocarbo
Our Team
Meet the people who set our strategy and stay laser-focused on accelerating carbon removals for a climate neutral future.
Chris Sherwood
Born 1974 @ 332 ppm CO₂
Secretary General
Elisabeth Harding
Born 1996 @ 362.58 ppm CO₂
Policy Officer
Alina Toporas
Born 1993 @ 357.13 ppm CO₂
Communications Manager