Johannes serves as the Executive Director of Good Energies, based in Switzerland; is a Board member of World Resources Institute Brazil, Instituto Arapyaú (Brazil) and solar enterprise SELCO (India). He studied development economics and theology at the PUC-Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and holds a Ph.D. in moral theology and business ethics from University of Louvain (Belgium). In prior incarnations, Johannes was the managing director of Porticus Latin America (2008-2013) and investment bank Bozano, Simonsen, based in Rio de Janeiro and New York.