Rainer Agster

Rainer Agster has supported SEED since 2006. He is responsible for the overall management of all SEED operations within Adelphi and provides input to the strategic development of SEED. Rainer joined Adelphi in 2002 and is now adelphi’s Director of Private Sector Cooperation. His focus is on eco-inclusive entrepreneurship, energy efficiency, green finance and adaptation to climate change.

Rainer has experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of sustainable development projects for national and international clients (EuropeAID, DG Energy and Transport, DG Education and Culture, UNFCCC, UNEP as well as Austrian, Chinese, German and Indian ministries, GIZ and KfW).

Rainer graduated from the University of Applied Science Bremen in an International Study Programme for Environmental Engineering and has a Masters degree in Business Administration with a focus on sustainability management from the University of Leuphana in Lueneburg. He also studied one year at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.