Stefan Flueckiger is a former Swiss senior diplomat with special expertise in international finance, sustainable finance and green fintech. He advises on various start-ups and is the Honorary President of the Swiss Green Fintech Network. He entered the Swiss diplomatic service in 1989 and served at the Swiss Embassy in Harare, worked as World Bank Staff in Washington and Haiti, headed the Economic and Finance Team at the Swiss Embassy in Berlin, and was the Swiss Ambassador to the OECD in Paris. Stefan Flückiger served as member of the board of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), and headed the Special Foreign Economic Services, directing negotiation teams for bilateral and multilateral trade and investment agreements. From 2020-2023 he was the Deputy State Secretary for International Finance (SIF) and acted as Switzerland’s G20 Finance Deputy, leading bilateral financial dialogues with China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Russia and the UK. During his time at SIF he oversaw the government’s strategy on financial markets, with a focus on digital finance and sustainable finance. Stefan Flueckiger holds degrees from Zurich University and Yale University.