Young-jin is leading the impact and ESG practice at Vidia Equity, a newly established purpose-driven Private Equity climate impact investor. Prior to joining Vidia, Young-jin served as the impact investing advisory team’s Head of Research at PHINEO gAG, a leading think-and-do-tank in the German speaking area with a focus on impact measurement and management. Young-jin’s previous roles include investment management at 3M’s corporate venture capital unit and strategy consulting in a variety of industries and regions with Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte). Young-jin holds three master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering (RWTH Aachen), International Business Studies (University of Maastricht) and Politics, Philosophy and Economics (LMU Munich).