Ralph Thurm

Background

About Ralph Thurm

Ralph Thurm is a leading professional in sustainable & regenerative innovation and strategy, operational sustainability and management, sustainability reporting, transformation and bioregionalism. With more than 35 years of experience having worked for major corporates, industry federations, governments, NGOs and in advisory services globally, Ralph adds value as an advisor, trainer, facilitator, moderator and writer on a huge variety of sustainability topics. He is the Founder & Managing Director of A|HEAD|ahead, a management advisory focused on sustainable transformation and strategic positioning. Ralph has started 'The Lighthouse Keeper' Newsletter on Linkedin in April 2021 and 'A Sunday Thought' in 2022. He published ‘The Corona Chronicles - Envisioning a New Normal for Regeneration and Thriving’ in May 2021. In 2012 Ralph co-founded Reporting 3.0, a non-profit that instigates change towards a decision-useful new reporting impetus for a green, inclusive & open economy. In 2019 this platform changed its name to just r3.0 for redesign, resilience and regeneration, to reflect the much broader and systemic work ecosystem approach for transformation. The r3.0 knowledge commons is available at Since 2022 r3.0 is deeply involved in bioregionalism, focusing on collapse resilience strategies. r3.0 often blogs on Medium and communicates via Facebook and Linkedin. Ralph was also appointed as the first Managing Director of OnCommons gGmbH, the not-for profit legal home of r3.0. Earlier, Ralph accepted roles as Director Engagement at GISR (2014-2017) and as senior advisor and Board member at various organizations and networks. Ralph was a co-founder of the ThriveAbility Foundation (2013 - 2016) and co-authored 'A Leader's Guide to ThriveAbility'. Before that he was the Head of the Sustainability Strategy Council at Siemens, CFO/COO of GRI and Director Sustainability and Innovation at Deloitte. Working in teams and networks with people who take on the challenge to make this world a better place and ensure a bright future for the next generations is an enriching experience for Ralph.