Michael Liebreich is chairman and CEO of Liebreich Associates and co-managing partner of EcoPragma Capital. He is a member of the UK’s Taskforce on Energy Efficiency, chairing the subgroup on industry, a member of the UK Board of Trade, an honorary fellow of the Energy Institute, and a visiting professor at Imperial College London. He is a former advisor to the UN on Sustainable Energy for All, a member of the board of Transport for London, and a founder of BloombergNEF.

Michael undertakes speaking and writing engagements through Liebreich Associates. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and panelist on all matters relating to the net-zero transition. He has addressed many major energy and other conferences, the UN General Assembly, and governmental panels and committees around the world. He still contributes a quarterly column as a Senior Contributor to BloombergNEF.

In July 2020, Michael started a podcast and YouTube channel called Cleaning Up, where he hosts in-depth conversations with leaders and experts in climate change and its potential solutions. Guests have included Tony Blair, Christiana Figueres, Ernie Moniz, Alex Honnold, Bill McKibben, Fatih Birol, Yanis Varoufakis, Mariana Mazzucato, Tony Abbott, Lord Browne, Lord Stern, Baroness Worthington, Lord Turner, Dan Yergin, Mark Carney, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Wathuti, Johan Rockström and many more.

In 2021, together with fellow Cambridge Engineers and Harvard Business School alumnus Henry Lawson, Michael set up EcoPragma Capital. This is a specialist provider of advisory services to companies and investors committed to the net-zero transition. Through EcoPragma Capital Michael provides strategic advice and supports fund-raisings and capital investments. Plans include raising a fund to invest in companies experiencing or on the cusp of explosive growth.