Dirk P. Kohler is the Chief Executive Officer of the CarbonRe AG in Zug and Managing Director of the GSDP Global Sustainable Development Project S.A.R.L. in Lisle sur Tarn, France. Dirk is an internationally recognized expert in sustainable development and has 18 years of experience in risk management and insurance.

In 1998 he initiated GSDP GERLING Sustainable Development Project “to move GERLING Group of Insurance Companies into visionary fostering of sustainable development” (World Resource Institute). Dirk has taken over GSDP through Management Buy Out in 2003 and structured Carbon Delivery Guarantee in 2005. He is member of the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative’s climate change working group. Dirk has a back-ground in applied economics and environmental- and risk management. Prior to joining GERLING, Dirk held political functions in Germany and was member of the NATO “future leaders of the alliance” program.