Sebastian Gallehr is a graduate engineer in energy and process engineering (TU Braunschweig) and managing partner of the ^{GALLEHR+PARTNER®} company Gallehr Sustainable Risk Management GmbH.

Voluntary activities

In 2008, Sebastian Gallehr was one of the founders of the DESERTEC Foundation and was appointed to the Supervisory Board in 2023.

Sebastian Gallehr has been a member of the board of the Global Climate Forum since 2020.

As now Vice- and until 2015 Chairman of the e5-European Business Council for Sustainable Energy and Materials, he is regularly involved in international committees and studies on the topic of international climate protection.

In addition to his regular participation in international climate negotiations since 2005, he chaired the Eco Innovation Panel of the EuropeINNOVA Program of DG Industries and was responsible for the area of Smart Grids in the ICT Lead Study of DG INFSO.