Chief Financial Officer - CFO
Christopher Langner
Mr. Langner is a storied Chief Financial Officer and finance executive with a wealth of experience in the energy sector, as well as in restructuring and capital markets in Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa. Aside from his achievements as a finance professional, Mr. Langner is working on a doctoral thesis focused on green bonds.
In a career that spans 25 years, four countries and two continents, first as a financial journalist then as a finance professional, Mr. Langner has worked closely with senior executives and politicians in almost all emerging markets and has a deep knowledge of the business drivers in these countries.
Mr. Langner’s expertise ranges from technical financial analyses of funding conditions to near-forensic accounting, as well as a thorough understanding of restructuring laws and procedures in many emerging markets, from China and Indonesia to South Africa and Brazil.
Before taking the position of Chief Financial Officer of EM Ventures Coal Trading in Dubai, Mr. Langner was the Head of Investment Strategy for the Personal Banking unit of First Abu Dhabi Bank, the largest financial institution in the UAE. He took that position after a stellar 20-year career as a financial journalist, during which he worked as a columnist for Bloomberg, and a reporter or editor for major international news outfits such as Thomson Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes.
