Inrate - Managing Director
http://www.inrate.ch

Switzerland (Zurich)

CV of Dr. Rolf ItenDate of birth 9 February 1959Civil Status married, two childrenNationality SwissPosition Managing DirecctorHIgher education University of Zurich, Ph.D. in Economics. Dissertationon "The microeconomic valuation of environmental quality"Professional ExperienceSince 2001 Board of Directors of INRATE AG, ZurichINrate is a Swiss-based rating agency, founded in 2001 by the Nestpension fund and INFRAS, a Research and Consulting Group.Since 1998 Member of INFRAS management and of Board of Directors.Responsible for the areas of energy, environment, social- and generaleconomic policy, sustainable asset managementINFRAS is a research and consulting group, providing specialistservices in the fields of societal, economic and environmetal policyand implementation1991-1998 Project manager of various national and internationalresearch and policy studies at INFRAS1989-1991 Research associate at INFRAS1986-1989 Research assistant at the Socioeconomic Institute of theUniversity of Zurich, Prof. G. Hauser.Doctoral dissertation on "economic valuation of environmentalqualities."Lecturer at the University of Zurich in the area of micro-economics.1985 Internship at the cantonal service for economics and policy(Aargau, Switzerland).1982-1985 Teacher at the Commercial School of Baden (Switzerland)Key qualifications Analysis of ethical sound investmentsEconomic model analysis, cost-benefit-analyses and feasibility studiesof infrastructure investmentsIndustrial economics, environmental and energy economicsEvaluation and controlling of public and private action programmesStrategic development for public and private enterprisesINrate AG (www.inrate.ch)INrate is a Swiss-based rating agency, founded in 2001 by the Nestpension fund and INFRAS, a Research and Consulting Group.INrate prepares sustainability ratings for the group of funds "Futura"offered by Swiss Raiffeisen Banks. The stock fund Raiffeisen FuturaSwiss Stock was rated best performing fund in its category over thelast three years.