Dr. Christoph Birkholz

Christoph is co-founder of the Impact Hub Zürich, the largest entrepreneurial and innovation community in Switzerland. He leads the Kickstart Accelerator and co-founded and internationalised the Impact Hub Fellowship, a support program for founders in the field of sustainability. Christoph is also a Director of Panter AG and a member of Sandbox and Alumnus of the Global Shapers Community of the World Economic Forum. Christoph holds a doctorate in Impact Investing and Entrepreneurship from the Universität St. Gallen and teaches Social Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship at the Business School Lausanne and University of St.Gallen. Christoph is a passionate surfer.