Harald Overholm (32) is an external Venture Advisor to Sustainable Technologies Fund. Mr Overholm is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge (Institute for Manufacturing) and a RADMA scholar. As a doctoral researcher in Engineering and Management, he investigates the diffusion of clean technology innovations.

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Mr Overholm served as an Investment Director of Sustainable Technologies Fund from 2009 to 2011. He was previously the Fund Manager of Kaupthing Clean Technology Partners (KCTP), a $50m VC fund focused on the Nordic region, funded by institutional investors. Mr Overholm initiated the fund in 2007 as a member of Kaupthings division for Alternative Investments, and subsequently led the fundraising and investment activities of KCTP. Prior to that position, he was an equity research analyst at Kaupthing Capital Markets, and a member of the bank¹s Global Energy Research Team.

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Mr Overholm holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering of Energy Systems from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, a BSc in International Relations focused on Energy Security from the University of Stockholm, and is an alumnus of the Swedish Armed Forces Language Institute. He has experience of energy security issues from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, where he spent six months as an intern and an aide to the Ambassador of Sweden in Turkey. Mr Overholm has advised the Swedish Government and the Swedish Energy Agency on matters related to clean technology diffusion.

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Mr Overholm serves on the board of Pemtec.

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Mail: harald@stechpartner.com