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Hakan Lucius

Head of Corporate Responsibility and Civil Society, European Investment Bank; Board Member, LuxFLAG

Dr Hakan Lucius is Head of Corporate Responsibility at the EIB, the European Union’s bank, covering the sustainability and stakeholder engagement dimensions of the institution.  Dr Lucius possesses more than 20 years of sustainability experience. In his career he has structured multiple billions of euros of investments, through both, loans and equity, was quoted by the Financial Times and by Reuters, has led multinational teams and negotiated with governments, corporate and civil society organizations, alike.  Academically, he received a Ph.D. with distinctions in industrial economics, an MBA from INSEAD, France, and an MSc in Engineering from Vienna Technical University, where he graduated as the youngest student of his faculty.

Dr Lucius is Professor of Finance in parallel to his professional career at the EIB, and specializes in sustainable finance. He has developed a masters class in sustainable finance, which he teaches at SciencesPo in France, the Frankfurt School of Finance in Germany and the Welch College of Business in Luxembourg.  He has lectured in Europe and the US and is an international speaker, having presented in conferences in over 16 countries globally.   He was awarded Best Lecturer, Master of Development Finance, by Frankfurt School and by the by Welch MBA, Luxembourg and has published articles in multiple languages.

Prof Dr Lucius is a member of the European Commission’s Ecolabel expert group for sustainable finance, serves on the European Investment Bank’s Pension Board, co-chairs the Digital Funding FinTech working group of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, is on their environmental fund label and the ESG fund label eligibility committees, and a member of the EIB Institute’s Knowledge Committee.

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