Reto Ringger

Mr. Reto Ringger is a Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Globalance Bank AG.
He is a member of the Club of Rome.
Already in 1995, he founded SAM Group, which focuses its efforts on impact-oriented investments.
The great success of SAM vouched for his pioneering spirit.
In 2008, Mr. Ringger sold this prospering, the asset management company, to the Robeco Group.
While SAM Group works only with institutional investors, Globalance Bank under his leadership also enables private clients to invest in forward-looking companies and related financial products.
With Mr. Ringger at the helm, SAM rose to become a globally leading provider of sustainable investments.
It launched in 1997 the world’s first investment fund devoted solely to sustainability.
Later, in cooperation with Dow Jones & Company, SAM introduced the very first stock index for sustainable investments and, in 2001, the Group introduced the first private equity fund in cleantech.
He knows all the ins and outs of the investment banking world by having worked in this field already at various renowned financial institutions such as Swiss Re, UBS, and Bank Vontobel.
From 2012 to 2018 he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Club of Rome.
Moreover, he was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of WWF Switzerland.
Mr. Ringger holds a degree in economics (lic.
oec.
publ.) from the University of Zurich.