Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

Geoffrey Berlin

Entrepreneur in the energy and environmental fields

Geoffrey Berlin is an entrepreneur who has led business ventures in energy and the environment. He is the founder and chief executive of Retrofit America, Inc., an early-stage business venture that retrofits homes in the United States to make them energy efficient.

Mr. Berlin was previously the managing director for Central and Eastern Europe of AMB International Finance, LLC, a business advisory firm based in Washington, D.C. From his base in Kiev, he led the development of projects in the energy, industrial and financial sectors.

He is also the founder of the Hertz car rental franchise in Ukraine, which he launched in 1998. From 2001 to 2003, he was the chief executive of First Tuesday Ltd., a global business forum company in the areas of technology and entrepreneurship. From 1988 to 1992, he worked with Corporate Value Associates, a French-based management-consulting firm.

Mr. Berlin received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1988, and an AB degree with honors from Dartmouth College in 1984.