Cornelius Pietzner

Cornelius Pietzner

Cornelius Pietzner is Chief Executive Officer of Alterra Impact Finance GmbH, a social impact investment firm in Zurich, focussing on sustainable European companies. He is also President of the Alterra Foundation, a Swiss charitable foundation, which supports transformation initiatives related to a more human-centered economy.  He has had leading roles for 25 years in social impact enterprises, financial management, philanthropy and investments. He served as Chief Financial Officer on the Executive Board at the Goetheanum, General Anthroposophical Society, Switzerland with affiliates in 90 countries and approximately 8,000 related institutions in various sectors. Cornelius serves as Trustee/Advisory Board on a number of charitable foundations in the USA and Europe. He is a Board member of Mind & Life International, Switzerland, Integrative Care Science Center, Sweden and the Global Exchange for Social Investment (London).  He was the Director of Camphill (life – sharing) Communities in North America. He received his degree in Political Science from Williams College, Mass. and was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.