The Footprint Firm

Christian Sparrevohn brings McKinsey-trained, boardroom-focused strategy to early-stage climate investing, pairing Harvard and Copenhagen public policy expertise with a resilience-oriented, short-term strategic approach and insistence on commercial viability.

Jakob Wichmann, a co-founding partner who built an integrated climate advisory and investment house as an ecosystem architect for climate solutions, writes in Danish Finans opposing rollbacks to sustainability.

Christian Engkrog Boyles left bonus-based consulting to join an equal-pay, purpose-driven setup, chairs its boards, and connects climate-tech founders, corporates, and policymakers across Nordic and European energy and climate innovation.

Henriette Karlsen rose from the fifth hire to CEO through a two-year leadership rotation and blends hands-on operational leadership with EU sustainability regulatory expertise (CSDDD), reframing compliance as competitive advantage.

Phil Doolan combines chemical engineering training and co-founder experience at Nordic Salt Cycle/SemperCycle with a focus on chemicals and minerals, serving as his firm's life-cycle assessment and technical systems-analysis expert.

Rene K. Andersen, trained at Arthur Andersen and Copenhagen Business School, pairs international CFO experience and a SteelSeries turnaround/sale with rare hands-on operational finance and board mentorship for impact firms.

Sofie Käll, CIO and Partner, has rare LP and GP experience across venture, growth and buyout; ex‑SEB Private Equity, she focuses on enabling digital infrastructure like grid balancing and storage.

Emil Skals melds technical engineering training and circular-construction expertise from his CSO role with 15+ years leading a 175+ person analytics operation, offering a data-heavy, culture-focused, platform-building approach.

Jonas Ahm-Lundgren built Novo Holdings' private equity arm, led impact strategy at the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and champions a VC-advisory hybrid combining sustainability consulting with deep support to prove additionality.

Miguel Vargas is Point72's Head of Strategy, where he assesses new business opportunities and oversees the firm's data partnerships and strategic initiatives; since 2023 he has also served as Chief of Staff to Executive Vice President Gavin O'Connor. He joined the firm in 2016 in its Market Intelligence research group and rose through several roles, including MI Business Unit Manager. Before Point72 he was a Managing Consultant at IBM, and he holds a bachelor's degree in politics from Princeton University.

Asger Kongstad is a Manager at The Footprint Firm, where he advises startups and businesses on sustainability and impact investments. His work focuses on applying data and circularity within business, drawing on a background in management, innovation, and sustainability.

Ditte Tange Rasmussen is an Analyst at The Footprint Firm, where she supports sustainability advisory and investment-related projects. She is pursuing an MSc in Geography & Geoinformatics at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in sustainability, climate change, and value chain analysis, and holds a BSc in the same field, with a thesis on the global value chain of Brazilian bioethanol using the SEI-PCS method. She also serves as Head of Student Academy at FLA Leadership, where she leads a team of eight volunteers and coordinates a biannual academy program for students.

Kaisa Virolainen is a Senior Associate at The Footprint Firm, working in sustainability advisory and impact venture capital, and previously worked at McKinsey. She holds a master's degree in international security from Sciences Po Paris, with concentrations in sustainability and environment and global risks, along with an advanced certificate in gender studies (2022). She co-authored Growing Up in a Brace, a book about living with a chronic disease as a family, written with her mother and published in Finnish in 2014 and in English in 2022.

Louise Villadsen is a Manager at The Footprint Firm with nine years of experience in consulting, policy development and delivery across the private and public sectors. Before joining the firm, she led the BEIS Implementation Unit, an in-house consultancy handling strategic projects including the establishment of a new Implementation & Delivery Directorate, and has worked on policy areas such as Net Zero, public health, adult skills and criminal justice reform. Based in Copenhagen and having previously worked in the UK and Australia, she holds a first class honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University.

Beth Gillies is a Senior Associate at The Footprint Firm, where she works at the intersection of sustainability strategy and investment. She serves on the firm's Board of Directors as an Employee Representative and is a certified Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) expert. Gillies has worked for five years advising organizations and early-stage startups on sustainability goals.

Frederik Søgaard Sørensen is a manager at The Footprint Firm, where he works on sustainability strategy, ESG due diligence, and early-stage impact investing through the firm's Article 9 venture fund, with a focus on sustainable energy start-ups. He has four years of management-consulting experience at Bain & Company and The Footprint Firm centered on energy-transition themes, and serves as a board observer at TetraxAI and an employee representative board member at The Footprint Firm Holding since 2025. He holds an M.Sc. in Advanced Economics & Finance and a B.Sc. in Business Administration & Project Management from Copenhagen Business School, and previously worked as a capital-markets analyst at Nasdaq and a teaching assistant at Copenhagen Business School.

Signe Marie Sveinbjørnsson is Partner and COO at Heartcore Capital and serves as a Non Executive Board Member at Nalik Ventures. She has a background in corporate and commercial law combined with operational experience managing multi-disciplinary teams across Europe, Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Her expertise encompasses contract negotiations, M&A, business development, stakeholder engagement, and risk management in complex organizational structures.

Partner with over 25 years in tech company operations and venture financing; joined AQC Capital in August 2021 and previously worked at BDR Capital, Investissement Québec and Groupe Lune Rouge. He is a CPA and helped sell wrnch to Hinge Health as CFO.