1. Michael Liebreich was born on 11 August 1963 and is a businessman in the field of clean energy.
23 Facts About Michael Liebreich
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Michael Liebreich is the chairman of Liebreich Associates, through which he provides advisory services and speaks on clean energy and transportation, smart infrastructure, technology, climate finance and sustainable development.
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Michael Liebreich is a senior contributor at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a company he founded in 2004 that was acquired by Bloomberg in 2009.
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In March 2021, Michael became a co-founding partner of EcoPragma Capital.
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In November 2022, Michael Liebreich was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the Energy Institute.
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Michael Liebreich was born in 1963 in Northolt, West London.
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Michael Liebreich graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, with first class honours in 1984, specialising in mechanics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and nuclear engineering.
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Michael Liebreich is co-author of The Complete Skier.
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Michael Liebreich is an avid cross-country skier and has been a regular participant in the Engadin Skimarathon which he has completed in under 3 hours.
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Michael Liebreich was the Chairman of St Marks Hospital Foundation, the charity arm of St Mark's Hospital, a centre of clinical excellence which specialises in research and teaching on colorectal medicine.
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Michael Liebreich worked as a venture capitalist with Groupe Arnault, and was commercial director of Associated Press Television, and founding director of Sports News Television.
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Michael Liebreich created New Energy Finance in 2004 as a specialist provider of information on clean energy and resources for the finance and energy industries, manufacturers and policymakers.
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Michael Liebreich reportedly started the company with "the help of interns and a Polish programmer he found on Rent A Coder".
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Michael Liebreich is a member of numerous energy-focused industry groups, including the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the New Energy Architecture and the UN Secretary General's High Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All.
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Michael Liebreich is a former member of the advisory board of the Clinton Global Initiative's Energy and Climate Change working group, the selection panel for the Zayed Future Energy Prize, Accenture's Global Energy Board and the UN Secretary General's High Level Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change.
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Michael Liebreich is a visiting professor at London's Imperial College Energy Futures Lab, a board member for Transport for London, a member of the Advisory Panel of the INSEAD Energy Club, and an organiser of the annual ecovillage event at Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
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In January 2014, Michael Liebreich stepped down as CEO of BNEF and is Chairman of the Advisory Board.
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In 2014 rumours began to circulate that Michael Liebreich was a potential Conservative candidate for Mayor of London.
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Michael Liebreich graduated with first class honours from Cambridge University in 1984, winning the Ricardo Prize for Thermodynamics and the Christ's College Wyatt Prize for Engineering.
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In 2003 Michael Liebreich was awarded a Testimonial on Vellum by the Royal Humane Society, which is a charity that grants awards for acts of bravery in the saving of human life.
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In 2014, Michael Liebreich won a Clean Air City Award for his personal contribution to improving London's air quality.
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In 2010, Michael Liebreich set up the Michael Liebreich Foundation, a family charity which applies funds to charitable causes at the discretion of the trustees.
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In 2018, Michael Liebreich launched a charitable campaign named Project Bo which raised money to support a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the city of Bo, Sierra Leone.