Mr.Michael Philipp

Mr.Michael Philipp is the Chairman of the Bhutan for Life’s (BFL) Board of Trustees from 1st January, 2021 till date. Prior to his chairmanship, he was the Vice Chair to the BFL Board of Trustees from 2019-2020. He is representing International Private Donors through WWF US on the BFL Board of Trustees. 

He is also the Chairman of Reykjavik Geothermal, Ltd., a geothermal power development company based in Iceland and managing partner of Ambata Capital Partners, an international advisory and investment firm based in New York, Atlanta and San Francisco. He was also chairman of the Environmental Business Group. He was CEO of Deutsche Asset Management from 2000 to 2002, and was a member of the board of managing directors. He joined Deutsche Bank in 1995 and helped create their global investment bank. 

He holds a B.A. in Fine Arts, an M.B.A. in Finance, and an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts.