Cornelius Pietzner is the CEO of Alterra Impact Finance GmbH, an impact investment and advisory firm in Switzerland that seeks to further a positive economy: where business can be a force of good - beyond merely doing no harm. Born in 1957, he grew up at Camphill - a network of intentional communities for children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities, co-founded by his father. He went on to serve as President of Camphill (life-sharing) Communities in North America. Until 2021, he served as Managing Director of Mind & Life Europe, founded by the Dalai Lama. He also served as Chief Financial Officer on the Executive Board at the Goetheanum, General Anthroposophical Society, Switzerland (2002-2011) with affiliates in 90 countries and approximately 10,000 related institutions in agriculture, medicine and therapy, (Waldorf) education, ethical banking and business, and the arts.