Tobias Raffel is Co-Founder and Director of Biodiversity Bridge, an NGO that connects biodiversity experts with business leaders and supports companies in integrating biodiversity into strategy and decision-making. He also leads the European Biodiversity Coalition, which brings together large European companies to drive collective, nature-positive action.

Previously, Tobias founded and served as Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Transformation at ESMT Berlin, Germany’s leading business school. In this role, he worked closely with senior executives to advance practical sustainability and biodiversity solutions.

He brings more than ten years of leadership experience in private foundations, including the Roland Berger Foundation and the Values Foundation, as well as over a decade at the global strategy consultancy Roland Berger, advising multinational corporations and public- sector institutions.

Tobias is a social scientist by training. He studied at LMU Munich, the London School of Economics, and Harvard University, and holds a PhD in Political Science.