Maria Mähl is a technology executive, sustainable finance strategist, and capital markets innovator specializing in the convergence of digital assets, market infrastructure, and the low-carbon economy. She is Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at GIX, a U.S. national securities exchange operator, where she leads product strategy and development across core market infrastructure and new financial products. Her work includes developing regulated structures for carbon markets, tokenized securities infrastructure, digital settlement mechanisms, and new approaches to liquidity and price discovery, with a focus on expanding public market access to emerging asset classes.
Maria is a five-time technology builder who has developed and scaled companies across fintech, climate technology, asset management, and medtech, spanning software, SaaS, hardware, AI, and data-driven platforms. Previously, she was Partner and Head of U.S. ESG Solutions at ESG Book, where she worked on sustainability data and technology for investors and companies, and Partner and Head of Nordics at Arabesque Asset Management, combining AI-driven investment technology with ESG data. She has also held advisory and board roles across sustainable finance, climate technology, and impact investing, including at Demia and the International Institute for Environment and Development. Earlier, she served as Senior Manager of Program Management at the Clinton Global Initiative, working across impact investing, climate change, corporate sustainability, food systems, oceans, and gender equity. Her career combines technology development, capital markets, sustainable finance, and impact investing.