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Dr. Oliver Heiland

 

Position

Dr. Oliver Heiland is Managing Director of Capital for Resilience Advisors, a boutique advisory firm based at Technology Park Heidelberg, operating at the intersection of climate, nature, and technology. The firm supports institutional investors as a strategic advisor in private markets—including private equity, private debt, infrastructure, and venture capital—with a focus on making investments more bankable, resilient, and aligned with long-term sustainability goals.

Vita

Dr. Heiland brings more than 20 years of experience in private markets. He held senior leadership roles in partnerships, product development, legal, and compliance at Finance in Motion, Allianz Global Investors, and Deka. Prior to founding Capital for Resilience Advisors, he served as Chief Investor Solutions Officer and executive board member at Finance in Motion, a leading global impact asset manager overseeing more than USD 4 billion in emerging markets strategies across private debt, private equity, and blended finance.

A qualified lawyer, Dr. Heiland began his career in 2001 at Allen & Overy. He combines legal and financial expertise with a strong track record in private markets, impact investing, and sustainable finance, with a particular focus on aligning development and climate goals with long-term value creation for institutional investors. He has been a lecturer at ILF since 2009 (Energy Project Finance until 2021; Sustainable Infrastructure Investments for Institutional Investors since 2022).

Publications

  • Wasser ist Leben – Verantwortung und Chancen der Deutschen Wasserwirtschaft in Entwicklungsländern, Konferenzbericht, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit, Berlin 2004
  • Das Recht auf Wasser als Verpflichtung für Staaten und nichtstaatliche Akteure, Hamburg 2005 (Promotion)
  • Projektfinanzierung im Markt für erneuerbare Energien – Herausforderungen im Bereich Offshore Wind, in: K. J. Thomè-Kozmiensky (Hrsg.), Erneuerbare Energien (Band 1), Perspektiven und Strategien: Rechtliche und wirtschaftliche Aspekte, Neuwied 2009
  • Aufstand in Arabien - Risikomanagement und Ausstiegsklauseln, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 23.02.2011, Nr. 45, S. 23 (gemeinsam mit Peter Stenz)
  • Transition to hard law: ESG integration and the EU framework on sustainable finance, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, Sep 2020

Course(s)

Sustainanable Infrastructure Investments for Institutional Investors (in LL.M. International Finance program)