Prof. Dr. Ulf Henning Richter is a professor, author, and serial entrepreneur, based in Hong Kong SAR, China. His work centers around sustainability and innovation, climate and energy resilience, and systemic change. He received a Doctorate in Economic Sciences from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland, and an MBA from European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel in Germany.

 Prof. Dr. Richter is the founder and CEO of CARBON10B X, focusing on ecosystem assetization such as large-scale rainforest conservation and reforestation in the Amazon and Congo Basin, as well as Indonesia. He also runs his own trade and investment firm Richterion Limited focusing on energy security and sustainable infrastructure. He previously served as Chairman / Head of Office of Lukoil Asia Pacific Hong Kong Branch and as Head of Asia of Red Lions Capital, an alternative investment platform focusing on exclusive pre-IPO opportunities. He is an award-winning entrepreneur with 20 years of cross-sectorial work experience throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas.

 Prior academic appointments include HKUST Business School, City University of Hong Kong, Tongji University (Shanghai), University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Portland State University, and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He was a Visiting Scholar with INSEAD and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University.

Prof. Dr. Richter has authored or co-authored more than 30 publications in high-level academic journals and practitioner outlets, and is a frequent speaker at conferences throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Topics include:

• Global energy transition, electrification and
• Ecosystem assetization positioning nature as key infrastructure and its regulatory implications to prevent habitat and biodiversity loss and solve land-use conflicts.
• Artificial intelligence & digital
• Moonshot thinking & system
• Shifting global power dynamics in a decoupling world, including China’s emergence as global power, declining Europe, emerging Middle East and Africa