Georg Kell is Chairman of Arabesque Group, a technology company that uses AI and big data to assess sustainability performance relevant for investment analysis and decision making. He also advises business executives worldwide on sustainability and transformation issues. Georg Kell is the ...more

Georg Kell is Chairman of Arabesque Group, a technology company that uses AI and big data to assess sustainability performance relevant for investment analysis and decision making. He also advises business executives worldwide on sustainability and transformation issues. Georg Kell is the founding Director of the United Nations Global Compact, the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative. During his career of almost three decades at the United Nations, he built the UN Global Compact and oversaw the conception and launch of its sister initiatives, including the Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), and the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE). Mr. Kell started his career as a research fellow in engineering at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Innovation in Berlin. He then worked as a financial analyst in various African and Asian countries before joining the United Nations in 1987. A native of Germany, Mr. Kell holds advanced degrees in economics and engineering from the Technical University of Berlin.less