Meike Borchers

I am an business leader, ESG and climate-risk specialist with more than 20 years of international experience in the real-asset sector, combining engineering, sustainability strategy and business leadership. I am Board Company trained.

My career spans senior leadership roles at EVORA Global and WSP, where I built and led international teams, scaled consulting and product businesses, and supported investors and developers in aligning asset performance with financial, regulatory and climate objectives.

What makes me particularly effective as an advisor or board member is the combination of technical depth, operational leadership and strategic perspective.

I started my career as a structural engineer and progressed into executive and C-suite roles responsible for building business units, leading teams of up to 50 people and delivering ESG and climate-risk strategies for some of the world’s largest real-asset investors. This background allows me to contribute at board level in three key ways:
• Strategic clarity in complex transitions – helping organisations navigate regulatory change, climate risk and sustainability expectations while maintaining commercial performance.
• Bridging strategy and execution – ensuring that high-level ESG or innovation strategies translate into practical operational programmes and measurable results.
• Scaling organisations and new capabilities – drawing on experience building teams, launching services and aligning technology with consulting or operational delivery.

I believe that companies that benefit most from my expertise are typically:
• Real estate, infrastructure or energy-adjacent businesses facing climate-transition and regulatory pressures
• Investment platforms, asset managers and developers integrating ESG and climate risk into portfolio strategy
• PropTech, climate-tech or data platforms working at the intersection of technology and the built environment
• Growth-stage companies that require both sector expertise and experience scaling teams and services internationally

In essence, I help organisations translate current and emerging challenges into resilient, financially sound business strategies, particularly in sectors where the built environment, capital markets and regulation intersect.