Alois M Flatz
Managing Partner - Zouk Ventures
UK

In his professional carrier, Alois Flatz has focused exclusively on the interface of investing and sustainable development including the establishment of private equity and financial advisory businesses.

Alois Flatz is a managing partner of zouk ventures www.zouk.com an independent London-based private equity firm focused on cleantechnology investing. Zouk manages over €150m in two technology venture funds.

He was a managing partner with BTS Investment Advisors, a specialised boutique focused on investing in the Indian private equity sector (www.btsadvisors.com). He now serves as a board member to BTS IA.
Before working in above mentioned positions he served as partner of SAM Group Ltd., an asset management company focused on sustainability investments (www.sam-group.com). As head of research, he was responsible for all research activities of the group - which was independently rated No #1 in the World - as well as for the product development and SAM Indexes.
Alois Flatz is the co-founder of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) (www.sustainability-indexes.com), the world's first and most recognized financial sustainability index. He also developed the SAM Sustainable Water Fund with now more than € 1.2 bn under management.
In addition, Alois Flatz is co-founder of VantagePoint Global (VPG) (www.vantagep.org) an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable investing in Emerging Markets.
Alois Flatz serves as a board member of Forma Futura (www.formafutura.com), an independent Zurich based asset management company taking a sustainability-orientated approach to financial investments focused on private clients.
He previously was a permanent advisor to the Austrian Ministry of Environment.
Alois holds a PhD from University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and an MBA from Vienna University of Economics, Austria. He obtained his post-master diploma from Ecole des Haute Commerciale (HEC) in Paris, France.