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THE STORY

The Landbanking Group is the culmination of a lifetime of work by its founders, Sonja and Martin Stuchtey.

Sonja is the established technology investor and social entrepreneur behind the educational initiative “ScienceLab”, and the pro-democracy platforms Alliance4Europe and Disarm. Martin is a former Senior and Managing Partner of McKinsey & Co. where he led the global sustainability activities, the founder of the systems change company SYSTEMIQ, and professor for industrial systems in transition at Innsbruck University.

Parents to six children, Sonja's and Martin's personal journey has given them the reason and the expertise - in resource economics, societal change and technology. But it was their role as owners of an organic family farm in Austria that gave them the inspiration behind The Landbanking Group. As they watched the area surrounding their farm slowly degrading by unsustainable land-use practices, the couple came to a profound conclusion—the only way to protect nature is to give it identity and a value.

Our Team

The people breaking the status quo

Martin and Sonja started the work. But The Landbanking Group is the result of many. It convenes a fast-moving and passionate team of leading scientists, technologists and economists, developing Nature Equity solutions that can change the way we make land use decisions - every day, everywhere, all over the planet.

Founders

Prof. Dr. Martin Stuchtey
Dr. Sonja Stuchtey

Science

Hossein Zare
Nafiseh Kakhani
Simon Marggraf
Maryn van der Laarse
Jascha Muller
Benjamin Leutner
Gordon Lawrence
Maarten Nieber
Ahmed Fuad

Tech

Brighton Ngema
Tshepo Nkuna
Devendra Dora
Mário Lameiras
Eugene Dorfling
Stefanie Strifert
Pranesh Krishnamurthy
Gareth Priede
Priyanka Kanade
Rutha Prasad
Pablo Fernandez
Tanvi Bhardwaj

Sales

Peenaz Aspi Irani
Henrike Rädler
Elle Arbury
Jamie Batho
Katarina Furlan
Lena Luepken
Tobias Bandel
Alexander Enrico Schmidt
Elisabeth Thouet
Maria Koppatz
Sophie van Berchem
Benedict Witte
Lia Andras
Robert Powell

Communications

Naoko Brückner
Nicola Maglio

Institutional Excellence and Growth

Leigh Attwood-Smith
Layla Kader
Cadi Fester
Ruth Hütte
Robinson Wollersheim
Fidelis Stuchtey
Victor Mancilla

Advisors

Christina Domecq
Christopher Schütz
Michael Obersteiner
Stefan Brunzel
Elvira Lefting
Michael Braungart
Elisabeth Seeger
Frauke Fischer
Liliana Martinez
David Tepper
Felipe Fernandez
Helen Crowley
Holger Wohlenberg
Alexa Firmenich
Musonda Kapena
Katharina Schüller
Frank Thiele
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We never settle for status quo.
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