Michael Schmidt is managing director of the Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany, Senior Advisor to the Board of LAIQON (previously: Lloyd Fonds) and member of the supervisory board of Anthos Fund & Asset Management. Before, he led investment teams, serving on the executive boards of Lloyd Fonds, Deka Investment and Union Investment, after having managed portfolios at DWS. In a voluntary role, he is a member of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee of the German federal government and was a member of the EU Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (“HLEG”).