Christoph Lueneburger is a partner at Egon Zehnder, a global leader in leadership strategy services, board consulting, and executive search. A fluid dynamicist and former private equity investor, he founded the firm's Sustainability Practice, which grew to a market-leading position under his leadership. Christoph now heads the firm's global private equity practice.

Christoph's career started in the specialty materials sector, where he holds multiple patents and rose to run a European manufacturer. Transitioning to private equity, he then focused on deals in the water sector. He began to think begrudgingly about sustainability while carrying cases of imported sparkling water to the fourth-story flat of his then-fiancée in Paris.

Venturing beyond the intersection of value creation and talent, Christoph has designed and built a game-changing rowing shell and also imagines himself to be the only person to have traversed Alaska's Mt. McKinley and Timbuktu's Niger Valley within the same month. At the top of his bucket list is riding the Pan-American Highway by motorcycle.

Christoph has lived and worked in the United States, Canada, France, and Germany and is a fellow at the Aspen Institute. He now resides in New York with his wife and daughter.

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