Management

The Management Team of the Investment Advisor Mountain Cleantech AG consists of:

Jürgen F. Habichler, Founder and Managing Partner

Jürgen Habichler has been a company founder, entrepreneur and financier for over 12 years. In 1995 he founded the “Ooe Datenhighway Entwicklungs GmbH” as one of the first alternative telecommunication and internet service providers in Austria.

Alongside expert engagement with the European Commission in Brussels, Jürgen worked in the investment department of Morgan Stanley. After receiving his MBA in 2001 from Wharton Business School in Pennsylvania, Jürgen joined Siebel Systems in their Silicon Valley office where he was ultimately selected as a recipient of the "Siebel Product Marketing Star Award" and the “Siebel CEO Award”.

From 2004 Jürgen worked for Atlas Venture's Technology team, where he spearheaded the establishment of Atlas' Cleantech division.

In January of 2009 Juergen Habichler was awarded as one of thirty „Green Hero 2009“ by the renowned magazine CNBC European Business

Alexander von Hutten, Managing Partner

Alexander von Hutten has a total of more than 15 years operative industry experiences in various managerial positions in the Cleantech sector. Most recently, he was CEO and president of the RWE-Environment Group in Spain as well as a successful private investor in this area. From 2003 to 2005 Alexander was active as a partner for CatCap Corporate Finance GmbH in Hamburg, where he was successful in carrying out multiple major finance transactions.

Before his finance and venture capital activities, he managed the installation and operation of diverse recycling facilities for the RWE-Environment Group. Previously to this, he was Project Director at Lurgi Umwelt AG in Frankfurt for several years.

Since November 2007, Alexander von Hutten has been a managing partner at Mountain Cleantech AG.

Felix Janßen, Investment Manager

Felix Janssen joined Mountain Cleantech AG in 2007 where he is working in different fields such as Deal Flow, Due Diligence, Investment Management and Fundraising.

Prior to this he assisted the CFO of a German FTSE500 company’s Start-up subsidiary in China. Before this, Felix gained valuable experience in the finance department of the German utility corporation E.ON as well as in Business Development, Management Consulting and Technical Consulting positions in Germany, Finland and UK.

Felix completed his degree in Business Administration and Informatics at the University of Göttingen, Germany where he graduated as best in his class. During his studies, he was a scholar of the Foundation of German Business.

Daniel Koppelkamm, CFA, Investment Manager

Daniel has been working in venture capital / private equity more than 5 years. He joined Mountain Cleantech AG in March 2009 coming from Man Investments, one of the leading London- based alternative asset management firms. At Man he initially focused on corporate level investments and on seeding of its hedge fund businesses in Europe and Asia. From early 2008, he was instrumental in building up Man's environmental private equity division focusing on the evaluation of corporate and project equity financing investment opportunities in a variety of Cleantech sectors such as Biofuels, Solar, Geothermal, Biomass to Energy, Energy Efficiency, Water and Carbon. Before joining Man Investments in 2003, Daniel gained valuable experience in the Asset Management divisions of Credit Suisse (UK / Spain) and in the Finance division of Intel Corporation (UK). Daniel holds a degree in Business Studies and a Masters in European Business from Cass Business School, London and Universidad Complutense, Madrid. Daniel also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Daniel is a member of the UK Society of Investment Professionals and the Geothermal Resources Council (GRC).