Johannes Meier is the CEO of the European Climate Foundation which is focused on policies that mitigate climate change and drive the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Prior to joining the European Climate Foundation he was a partner at McKinsey & Co., CEO of GE CompuNet Computer AG, and managing board member of the Bertelsmann Foundation.

He also founded a software start-up and developed a collaboration platform for the German Public Employment Agency, the Labour Market Monitor, which won the 2011 e-government award for most innovative e-government solution in Germany.

Johannes sits on the supervisory boards of Xing AG, Leipzig Graduate School of Management and Unicef Germany.

He holds a M.S. in Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Communication and Information Sciences.