Lars Schernikau

Energy Economist, Entrepreneur, Commodity Trader, Author, Investor & Strategic Advisor (trade finance, sustainability, tech) - ex BCG / INSEAD, Member Int’l Assoc. for Energy Econ. IAEE, NCEA ​>​> opinions are my own

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

About

Specialties: #energy #economics, energy policy, leadership, strategic advisory, physical raw material marketing and trading, M&A, entrepreneurship My focus: bulk & energy raw materials, #mining & energy investments, trade finance, climate change Employment/education: entrepreneur and investor, macro-economist, author, self-employed, major shareholder of publicly listed Berlin, Germany based global commodity trading firm www.hms-ag.com - ex BCG, TU Berlin, INSEAD, NYU I am advocating for a sustainable, affordable, and reliable future of energy. Views are my own not that of any of the companies I am associated with.

Experience

  • Visiting Fellow at National Center for Energy Analytics
    2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Shareholder, Advisory Board, and other Positions at HMS Bergbau AG
    2003 - Present · 23 yrs 7 mos

    International commodity marketing and mining Investment Focus on Asian, African, American and European sourcing & marketing listed in Frankfurt www.hms-ag.com

  • Co-Founder, Supervisory Board at IchorCoal NV
    2011 - 2013 · 2 yrs

    South African Coal Mining and Marketing listed in Frankfurt www.ichorcoal.com

  • Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) at Windpark Schrepkow
    Jan 2003 - Jun 2006 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Running all commercial and technical aspects of a small 10 wind turbine wind park. Successfully sold the entire wind park at a profit.

  • Project Manager at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
    1997 - 2003 · 6 yrs