Our Team
Management

Fatma Dirkes
Head of International Advisory Services
Fatma Dirkes
Head of International Advisory Services
Ms. Fatma Dirkes is the Head of the International Advisory Services, of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management with overall responsibility for all of Frankfurt School’s international consultancy projects and department staff worldwide. As Member of the Management Committee of Frankfurt School, Mrs Dirkes is involved in the School’s executive decision-making process and is charged with developing the School, defining strategic objectives, risk management and ensuring the institution is moving towards fulfilling its goals and mission.
Ms. Dirkes has hands on proven experience in the design of institutional building programs and training concepts, development and implementation of new lending products and has developed TA concepts, led inception missions and carried out due diligences and diagnostic studies for a broad range of institutions worldwide. Ms. Dirkes responsibilities include the design and implementation of a variety of projects focusing on Climate and Energy Efficiency Finance funded by international donor organisations e.g. ADB, EU, EIB, EBRD, KfW, IFC and Worldbank. Mrs. Dirkes is the Project Director of the on-going EBRD Initiative “Tajikistan: Green Economy Financing Facility” (https://ebrdgeff.com/tajikistan/) and is member of the Technical Committee of the KFW financed Grant Facility “InsuResilienceSolution Fund” (https://www.insuresilience-solutions-fund.org/).
Ms. Dirkes can rely upon outstanding in-depth knowledge of the banking education sector globally. She is the current president of the “European Banking & Financial Services Training Association (EBTN)” (https://www.ebtn-association.eu/).
Ms. Dirkes holds a university degree in Business Administration. Prior to joining Frankfurt School in 2003, Ms. Dirkes worked as auditor and consultant for PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Banco de Brasil and KPMG.

Karsten Löffler
Head of FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre
Karsten Löffler
Head of FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre
Karsten Löffler is Head of Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. In this role, he has worked extensively on advisory projects with international clients, in particular on sustainable finance. From June 2019 until October 2021, Mr. Löffler chaired the Sustainable Finance Committee of the Federal Government.
Mr. Löffler is also Managing Director of the Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany (GSFCG). He also represented the GSFCG in the EU Commission’s Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, where he actively shaped the EU Taxonomy by applying his extensive experience in renewable energy finance. In October 2020 he became a member of the Commission’s newly established Platform on Sustainable Finance.
Before joining the Centre Mr. Löffler worked for Allianz Group for 28 years, including Dresdner Bank, Allianz Global Investors and Allianz Climate Solutions (ACS). At ACS, his focus was on integrating climate change considerations into the Group’s DNA, in particular working with the investment and asset management arms to include climate risks into investment decision making. In insurance, he worked on increasing Allianz’s role in providing natural catastrophe cover in developing countries.

Prof. Dr. Ulf Moslener
Head of Centre Research
Prof. Dr. Ulf Moslener
Head of Research
Prof. Dr. Ulf Moslener researches, teaches and provides advice on sustainable energy finance as part of the faculty of Frankfurt School and as Head of Research of the FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance. His research focuses on the economics of climate change, financing sustainable energy systems and climate finance. In his interdisciplinary work he covers international climate policy, carbon regulation, carbon emissions trading, and promotion of renewable energy. Prof. Moslener can look back at a long history of practical experience from working with KfW Development Bank, dealing with financing renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries, notably Asia.
Prof. Moslener provides his knowledge at Ministries, the European Commission and financial institutions. He represented Germany in the UN Standing Committee on Climate Finance and currently serves as Vice Chair of the Advisory Group to the Clean Investment Funds (CIFs) at World Bank and as Vice Chair of the Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany (GSFCG).
Climate Topic Leaders
Area of Expertise
- Sustainable Finance
- Renewable Energy and Cleantech Finance
- Crowdinvesting
- Decentralized energy
- Project Finance and Risk Transfer
Area of Expertise
- Sustainable Development and Climate Finance
- Organisational Development and capacity building (addressing strategies, procedures, products and services) to align with market needs and changes (global commitments, regulatory requirements, fiduciary standards and social & environmental safeguards)
Area of Expertise
- Renewable Energy financing
- Crowdinvesting
- Financial Modelling
- Electric Mobility
Area of Expertise
- Climate Finance
- International Climate Policy
- Green Climate Fund
- Education
- Global Trends in Renewable Energy Report
Research Areas
- Environmental and Energy Economics
- Climate Policy
- Climate Finance
- Applied Econometrics
Area of Expertise
- Sustainable Finance Strategy Development
- Professional experience in International Development Cooperation
- Sustainable Energy
- Private Sector Development and Aid Effectiveness