Jürg Grütter, is a Swiss national and has lived in multiple European, African and Latin American countries. He is economist and works since 1991 on linking climate finance with the transport sector having structured more than 500 projects in some 70 countries including mass transit, rail, shipping, alternate fuels and multibillion electric vehicle investment projects.

His company realized one of the first climate offset financed projects 1993 in Central America, the first registered CDM transport project as well as the 1st approved GCF transport project. Jurg is owner and investor of various companies ranging from satellite based CO2 monitoring, renewable energy and low carbon transport firms to a cattle ranch in Bolivia. His next target is Ojos del Salado.