Factory Berlin’s Former CRO Joins Sovereign Nature Initiative: Seeks To Revolutionize Envirotech Sector

Sovereign Nature Initiative (SNI), a non-profit envirotech foundation headquartered in Amsterdam, has appointed Catherine Bischoff as its first CEO.

With more than 24 years of experience in leadership positions, the Berlin-based leader previously held the Chief Relationship Officer position at factory Berlin. She will now take all of her previous experience in the tech, corporate, and innovation world to the non-profit to help it in its mission to rebalance the relationship between humans and nature.

The objectives that Bischoff has established for SNI are reflective of her tremendous experience and drive to make a change, as she is looking to completely change how organizations think about environmental issues. She said in this regard:

“As CEO of Sovereign Nature Initiative, I want to radicalize the environmental tech sector further. We in tech already have big ideas and sophisticated tools — can we parlay our resources into massive change? Can the futurist vision of an autonomous and profitable nature become a reality in our lifetimes? I believe it can.”

This is not the first time that the newly-appointed CEO has undertaken a task with an immense social impact, having founded the “stealth mode” program during her time at Factory Berlin. Under the program, female and other underrepresented founders received assistance to lift their projects off the ground and bring more diversity to the entrepreneurship space.

Now, this networking experience will be applied to incentivize innovation and collaboration to have a positive environmental impact at a time when it is most needed. Ewald Hesse, Founder at SNI and CEO at Grid Singularity, referred to what he believes Bischoff appointment means for the foundation by stating:

“Catherine is an incredible catch for us. She brings curiosity, passion, and a strong set of values, as well as an extensive global network and reach. We are thrilled to have her at the helm of the Sovereign Nature Initiative.

With environmental concerns continuing to raise, the drive and appetite for change of this new leader will allow Sovereign Nature Initiative to boost its mission to solve nonhuman economics, which is currently focused on developing and incentivizing a different understanding of nature as a provider of resources for economic gain.