Tsameret Samuel is the Founder and Managing Director of ISG – the Private Institute for Sustainability and Impact Strategies. Her professional profile lies at the intersection of finance, investor relations, and technically informed implementation. With a solid academic background (including an LL.B. and a Master’s degree from Humboldt University of Berlin) and several years of advisory experience across the DACH region, she builds the foundation for strategic ESG work that is both entrepreneurial and operationally effective. She is multilingual, interculturally adept, and experienced in global investor relations and value creation networks.

Professionally, Tsameret has worked in project management and financing within the real estate development and management sector in Berlin, most recently as Director of Investor Relations. In this role, she oversaw the restructuring of investment models, pre-marketing and fundraising processes for real estate funds and structures, and has for several years served as managing director of various real estate investment companies in Berlin. Through her work as Director of Investor Relations, she became increasingly engaged with the field of regulated impact investing, contributing to the development of a real estate impact fund concept.

Today, together with the ISG team, Tsameret focuses on helping companies meet their ESG requirements in a pragmatic and audit-proof manner while unlocking the full potential of impact investment opportunities and sustainable financing solutions.

Volker Weber holds a degree in Business Administration with a focus on banking and financial markets. He has been active in the field of Sustainable Finance for over 20 years and is recognized as a leading sustainability expert with a strong reputation across civil society, the financial sector, and the real economy. From September 2007 to November 2022, Volker Weber served as Chairman of the Board of the Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen (FNG).

During his tenure, key initiatives such as the Transparency Code, the FNG Sustainability Profiles, and the FNG Label were launched — the latter now being recognized as Germany’s official SRI quality standard. The FNG also became a permanent member of the German Federal Government’s Sustainable Finance Advisory Council.

He played a central role in developing the association’s 10-Point Paper, elements of which were later incorporated into the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Growth. From 2015 to November 2022, he was also active in Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum, representing FNG at the European level.

Today, Volker Weber is CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer of NIXDORF Kapital AG (since September 2019), and remains a sought-after expert and advisor for policymakers, industry leaders, financial institutions, and private investors on all matters related to sustainability and sustainable finance.

Hans-Jürgen Dannheisig is a man of many professions — trained both as a butcher and an organizational programmer. After completing degrees in economics and related fields, he first built a career as a left-leaning banker at a trade union bank, before later taking responsibility for the investment business of a traditional private bank.

His early forays into sustainable investing initially remained on the sidelines. Only after founding his own consulting firms did sustainability move to the center of his professional focus.

Today, Hans-Jürgen practices what he calls “Fairantwortung” — taking fair responsibility — through his impact investing advisory firm and as the publisher of finance media dedicated to this field. In both roles, he contributes to the transformation of the financial sector and society. In addition, he is active in local politics, working on topics such as municipal heat planning and the establishment of public companies for renewable energy use.

Dr. Kevin Fleming is an advisor at ISG with extensive experience as a project manager and senior scientist. His strong academic background, including advanced research degrees in Earth and Space Sciences, numerous scientific publications and conference contributions, global fieldwork, and participation in expert panels of the European Commission, enables him to quickly grasp complex issues without being confined to narrow disciplinary boundaries.
He has held leadership roles in projects funded by the European Commission, the German Federal Government, and the World Bank, covering topics such as natural hazard and risk analysis, the use of Earth observation data and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and, particularly relevant for ISG, nature-based solutions. Through his recent involvement in projects focused on nature-based approaches, Dr. Fleming has gained a deep understanding of the complexities of implementing such programs, including the risks of greenwashing and the challenges of maintaining socially valuable initiatives beyond initial funding cycles.

At ISG, Dr. Fleming monitors and evaluates green development initiatives across Europe to identify opportunities for greater efficiency and societal impact. In addition, he critically reviews and assesses new projects and innovations of the institute to ensure their strategic alignment with ISG’s mission and values.

Edmund Pelikan has built a long-standing career at the intersection of finance, education and economic policy. He held senior positions at Bayerische Vereinsbank and Hypobank before taking on executive roles at Hypo Immobilien Service, Bankhaus Patin and a subsidiary of VR Bank Landshut. Since 2001, he has served as Managing Partner of the Stiftung Finanzbildung Consulting GmbH & Co. KG (formerly epk media) as well as of the Stiftung Finanzbildung gUG, where he is dedicated to advancing financial literacy and economic understanding in Germany.

Alongside his entrepreneurial work, he has taught at vocational institutions, the Chamber of Commerce (IHK) and the University of Applied Sciences in Landshut, and he contributes his expertise as a member of several IHK examination boards as well as an expert to the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag. He is the author of numerous books, teaching scripts and articles, and he leads the Expert Dialogue of the Sachwert-Weisen and Geldwert-Weisen, a forum that critically examines monetary and economic issues in a way accessible to a broad audience.

For more than twenty years, his work has centred on the analytical and pedagogical preparation of financial and monetary topics. His guiding principle is to foster a deep, reflective understanding of economic and financial systems within the framework of the social market economy. He is recognised as an accomplished communicator who engages with ministers, professors and educators as confidently as with students, learners, private investors and institutional stakeholders.