David Haukaas

David has over 17 years in senior leadership roles in both the sustainable startup and investment industry with firms such as Ameriprise, Columbia Threadneedle, and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, amongst others.

While at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, David was Deputy Head of Finance, where he developed new productivity and financial KPI frameworks to serve as backbone for organizational and portfolio restructurings and led the holistic review of the global operating and investment structures delivering billions of ongoing, increased profits per year.

During this time, he has led contract negotiations, business development, mergers & acquisition and enterprise-wide corporate restructuring. Additionally, he has presented at global conferences discussing how to successfully blend financial and non-financial metrics into clear, concise and actionable insights for executive leadership and boards of directors.