Lightrock
Dr. Katharina Sommerrock currently serves as a Board Member at the Swiss Platform for Impact Investing since December 2024 and as the Head of Investor Relations at Lightrock, a global private equity platform focused on impactful investments since August 2018. Previously, Dr. Sommerrock held positions as Group Impact Coordinator at LGT – Private Banking und Asset Management from February 2017 to July 2018 and as Head of Client Relations at LGT Venture Philanthropy Foundation from May 2013 to January 2017. Earlier in the career, Dr. Sommerrock worked as a Case Team Leader at Bain & Company Switzerland from April 2005 to April 2013. Dr. Sommerrock obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Social Entrepreneurship from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, where studies were completed from 2007 to 2010, and also attended the American University in 2002.
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Lightrock
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Lightrock is a global private equity platform that backs purpose-driven entrepreneurs tackling the world’s biggest challenges. Since 2007, Lightrock has invested in companies that pursue scalable and tech-driven business models around the key impact themes of people, planet, and productivity/tech for good. Lightrock’s portfolio includes more than 70 high-growth companies, supported by over 70 professionals based in 5 offices across Europe, Latin America, India and Africa. Lightrock is backed by the Princely House of Liechtenstein and LGT, the international private banking and asset management group. https://www.lightrock.com