17-18 November 2025

Speaker Biography

Honoré Achille Simo

Executive Director, Value and Risk Advisory, JLL

Achille is Executive Director at JLL, a global real estate services company with offices in 80 countries. Operating from the Frankfurt office, he oversees the global client care program for the Value and Risk Advisory division (VRA) and the business development team. With more than 2000 experts conducting valuations exceeding $3.2 trillion annually, VRA is a one of the leading providers of valuation and risk analyses across all stages of the real estate life cycle, including acquisition, accounting, financing, and internal decision-making.

Prior to joining JLL in 2007, Achille served as Project Controller at Drees & Sommer, a leading building consultancy firm in Europe. He kickstarted his career in 2002 as a Business Development Manager at Bildau & Bussmann, a Berlin based windows manufacturing company.
Achille graduated from the Technical University of Berlin with a degree in architecture, with focus on property development. He is Chartered Surveyor member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA). He serves as co-chair of ULI’s European Product Council “Office and Mixed-Use” and co-chair of the ULI’s Germany Product Council “Sustainable Cities”. He sits on EPRA’s PropTech and Innovation Committee.

He is co-author of a book on Alternative Real Estates (Spezialimmobilien von A bis Z) and of many publications covering diverse topics such as Office Highrises, Corporate Real Estates, M&A in the Real Estate Market, Leasehold, ESG and Impact on Value and AI. Achille frequently shares his knowledge and insights at conferences and as a guest lecturer in advanced education programs at universities, including IREBS in Germany, ESSEC Business School in France and the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV).

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Jens Manke

Director Germany and Central Europe

OCO Global

Dr. Eric Anthony Johnson

Assistant City Manager, City of Austin, Texas, USA

Jan van Bilsen

Country Manager for Germany, the Nordics and Switzerland, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Germany

Bogusława Kruczek-Gębczyńska

Head, Silesian Investor and Exporter Assistance Center

Patrick Breuer

General Manager DACH & Netherlands, HABYT, Germany

Matthias Beier

President & CEO, Transatlantic Business & Investment Council (TBIC)

Christopher Williams

Professor, ESSCA School of Management, France

Besnik Vasolli

Managing Director of German - Kosovo Economic Chamber

Anne Eberhardt

Project Manager Commercial Sites, Rheinisches Revier, NRW.Global Business, Germany

Councillor Ray McAdam

Lord Mayor, City of Dublin, Ireland

Andreas Lippert

COO, Investor Services at Saxony Trade & Invest Corp., Germany

Natalia Bejan

Director, Invest Moldova Agency

Vanessa Völkel

Deputy Director, UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO), Germany

Tigran Harutyunyan

Founder, Myler Mountain Resort, Armenia

Spyros Kouvelis

Chairman, Verimpact/ Team Leader EU-GCC Cooperation on Climate Change and Energy/Senior Associate of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership/former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs/former MP

Dr. Tobias Traupel

Director General, European, Legal  and Foreign Trade Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia

Rita Aloi

Director EMEA, ResearchFDI, Italy

Dr.-Ing Georg Leuteritz

Senior Director Trends & Innovations, hannoverimpuls GmbH, Germany

Theo Föllings

President, EURADA, Belgium

Dragoslav Pavlovic

Mayor City of Nis, Serbia

H.E. Mothanna Gharaibeh

Minister of Investment, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Gökhan Yücel

Head of the Communications Department

Investment Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye

Arnar Guðmundsson

Head of Foreign Direct Investment, Business Iceland, Iceland

Dr. Chloë Voisin-Bormuth

Managing Director, Paris-Île de France Capitale Économique (PCE), France

Jürgen Schmitz

Office for Investment support, Business settlement projects and Cluster management, City of Mainz, Germany

Maryna Khlystun

Executive Director, UkraineInvest, Ukraine

Joana Aguia

Project Manager, Invest Madeira

Regional Government of Madeira (Portugal)

Dušan Radonjić

Director of the International Cooperation Department, Chamber of Economy of Montenegro, Montenegro

Daniela Schmitt

Minister, Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture

Steffen Rietzschel

Head of Economic Development Office, City of Dresden, Germany

Maryna Khlystun

Executive Director, UkraineInvest, Ukraine

Aleksandra Božović

Head of the Department for International Cooperation and Investment Environment Development, Montenegro Investment Agency (MIA), Montenegro

Jürgen Raizner

Director

Steinbeis Enterprises in Stuttgart (DE), Baku (AZ), Bucharest (RO), Uzhhorod (UA) and Vienna (AT)

Dr. Kai Bindseil

Head of Division Healthcare | Industry | Infrastructure, Berlin Partner for Business and Technology

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Jürgen Barke

Minister of Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy and Deputy Prime Minister of Saarland, Germany

Honoré Achille Simo

Executive Director, Value and Risk Advisory, JLL

Jens Manke

Director Germany and Central Europe

OCO Global

Chigozie Nweke-Eze

CEO, Integrated Africa Power (IAP)

Board Member, Hydrogen-Africa

Holly Garforth

Business Development Head – Lead Generation

Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) - Government of Ras Al Khaimah

Charles A. FitzGibbon

Vice President of Sales

Conway Data, Inc.

Faraz Rojid

Director

Economic Development Board (EDB) of Mauritius

Dennis Schulmeyer

CEO and Founder

LADE GmbH

Gordon Einstein

Founding Partner

CryptoLaw Partners – specializing in crypto and blockchain

KOSTIANTYN LISNYCHYI

Strategic Advisor to UkraineInvest, Business Development

PROF. PETER PLATZER

Secretary General of EUREKA, Co-Founder of 3rd School of Austrian Macroeconomics

Rakan I. Algaraawi

Office Director - Central/Eastern Europe

Saudi Investment Promotion Authority

Aminta Zettel

Strategic Country Manager Europe and the United Kingdom

Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) - Government of Ras Al Khaimah

Mr. Rifat Hyseni

Director of Information Technology Department In Tax Administration of Kosovo

Theo Föllings

President

EURADA

Christoph Kannengießer

CEO, Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft e.V. (German-African Business Association)

Günther Fehlinger

Austrian Economist, Management and Development Consultant

Philipp Lemmerz

Partner

Government & Public Services practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers Middle East

Ms. Simone Hartog

Representative for Abacus (Seychelles) Ltd.

Carmelo Corral

Investment Promotion Manager

IPEX Spain

Jürgen Raizner

Director

Steinbeis Enterprises in Stuttgart (DE), Baku (AZ), Bucharest (RO), Uzhhorod (UA) and Vienna (AT)

Ovidia Caba

Director of Regional Policies, Programs Unit

RDA Centru, Romania

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Lionel Grotto

CEO

Choose Paris Region

Svilen Rangelov

Co-Founder and CEO

Dronamics

PILAR MADRIGAL

Director Investment Advisory

CINDE – Invest in Costa Rica

Günther Fehlinger

Austrian Economist, Management and Development Consultant

Jens Manke

Director Germany and Central Europe

OCO Global

Gordon Einstein

Founding Partner

CryptoLaw Partners – specializing in crypto and blockchain

Gilbert Ewehmeh

Investment & Innovative Finance Expert

Chairman, Accelerate Africa

Chigozie Nweke-Eze

CEO, Integrated Africa Power (IAP)

Board Member, Hydrogen-Africa

Christian Kingombe

Co-Founding Managing Partner

4IP

Micheal Perschke

CEO

Quantron AG

Dr. Manuel Kallweit

Chief Economist

German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

Dr. Alexander Blass

Head of Operations

NEURA Robotics

Frank Beckmann

CEO / Investment Advisor

GVI Germany GmbH

Reinhold von Ungern-Sternberg

Director International Markets

German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW)

H.E. Dr. Sania A. Ansari

CEO

Ansari Group Ltd. and Strategic Partner for SGD Cities Initiative

COURTNEY FINGAR

Chairwoman of IME

Founder and Principal of Fingar Direct Investment

Dr. Ahmed Bennis

Managing Director, Tanger Med Zones and

Secretary General, Africa Economic Zones Organization (AEZO)

Mathias Fillon

COO

ANIMA Investment Network

Emmanuel Rutagengwa

Head, Transport Policy & Planning

Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency

FERNANDO BALLESTA

Director of Foreign Trade, Investments and Industrial Infrastructures

Murcia Regional Development Agency

Georg Schattney

Group Head of ESG / Sustainability Officer

CORESTATE Capital Group

Dr. Nurettin Tekin

Hydrogen Product Management

KAWASAKI Gas Turbine Europe GmbH

Levon Ohanesyan

CEO

Enterprise Armenia

Ferruh Parmaksız

Country Advisor of Germany

Invest in Türkiye

Heike Freimuth

Head of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group Office in Germany

Achim Hartig

Managing Director,
Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI)

Chair of OECD Network of Investment Promotion Agencies,
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Dr. Henrik Meincke

Chief Economist

German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)

Sergiy Tsivkach

Executive Director

UkraineInvest

Subhashini Chandran

Vice President Social Impact Asia Pacific

Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Jürgen Raizner

Director

Steinbeis Enterprises in Stuttgart (De), Baku (AZ), Bucharest (Ro), Uzhhorod (UA) and Vienna (AT)

Gül Ertuğ

Finance and Accounting Leader - CFO

Ford Otosan

Mohammed Juma'a Al Musharrakh

CEO

Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah)

Alexandra Dublanche

Chairwoman

Choose Paris Region

Vahan Kerobyan

Minister of Economy

Government of the Republic of Armenia

PROF. PETER PLATZER

Secretary General of EUREKA, Co-Founder of 3rd School of Austrian Macroeconomics

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Moshe Bar Zvi

Principal of Love Israel Venture Capital

JÜRGEN RAIZNER

CEO | Administrator / Steinbeis-Transferzentrum Ost-West-Kooperationen

Alice Mashingaidze

Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe in Berlin, Germany

Phina Jerome

Research and Planning Manager, Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC)

Fabio Righi

Minister of State for Industry, Handicraft and Trade, Technological Research and Regulatory Simplification of the Republic of San Marino

ACADEMICIAN PROF. DR. MILAN KRAJNC

Psychotherapist, Nobel Prize nominee and Author of the Dynamic Leadership Model

H.E. Mulu Solomon Bezuneh

Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of F.D. R. of Ethiopia to F. R. of Germany

MR. MARKUS LEHNER

Principal of LEHNER INVESTMENTS

Heike Freimuth

Head of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group Office in Germany

Prof. Peter Platzer

Secretary General of EUREKA, Co-Founder of 3rd School of Austrian Macroeconomics

Johannes Jung

Head of Department 5 Strategy, Law, Foreign Trade and European Affairs Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism, State of Baden-Württemberg

Guy Van der Beken

President of EUREKA

Jon Whiteaker

Editor, Investment Monitor

GUNTHER FEHLINGER

Secretary General CEE-BC

Sarah Jaax

Senior Consultant, FDI Center

Dr. Ahmed Zaid Al Hussain

CEO of the Royal Commission Jubail within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)

Magdalena A. Kolka

Deputy Director of Investors Assistance Department, Katowice City Hall

DIPL. ING. HEIKO SCHNEIDER

CEO and Managing Partner GoGaS Goch GmbH & Co. KG

Mateusz Wachowski

Senior Inspector in the Investors Assistance Department, Katowice City Hall

Professor Stefan Liebing

Chairman, German-African Business Association

Jens Manke

Director Germany, OCO Global

Marcin Woźniak

CEO at Swarmcheck | President of the board at Optimum Pareto Foundation.

Douglas van den Berghe

Founder and CEO, NxT Zones

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Carlos Andrés Alvarez

Senior Advisor Foreign Investment, PROCOLOMBIA

Markus Exenberger

German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

Adekunle Olusile

Advisor Nigeria, UNIDO ITPO Germany

H.E. Laila Rahhal El Atfani

Founder & President at Business Gate / Global President CEC-UK

Dr. Simone Burel

CEO of LUB GmbH

Douglas van den Berghe

CEO of NxtZones and FDI

Dr. Rüdiger Meyer

Application Expert Energy Storage, Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG

ROSE DOREE BOKELEALE EBETA

Deputy Managing Director of the National Investment Promotion Agency (ANAPI DRC) of the DR Congo

Paul Soubry

President & Chief Executive Officer, NFI

Jürgen Raizner

CEO | Administrator / Steinbeis-Transferzentrum Ost-West-Kooperationen

Yassir Ahmed

Advisor Sudan, UNIDO ITPO Germany

Ms. Zoë Harries

Senior FDI & Economic Zones Advisor I Partner & Director, EZDA I Founder & CEO, Impact Zones & Impact Advisory Middle East I Project Director, World FZO I Lecturer & Public Speaker

Dr. Philipp Steinberg

Head of Economic Policy Department, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

H.E Denisa Gokovi

Founder & CEO at Hoinser Magazine | Speaker| Philosopher| Writer| Musician| | Award - winning| Sovereign Ambassador.

Professor Olga Mroz, Dame of Honour

Al-Khalifa Business School

Nuno Maposse

Senior Investment Expert, Mozambique Investment and Export Promotion Agency (APIEX)

Prof. Heinz-Peter Platzer

Co-Founder at the 3rd Austrian School of Macroeconomics and Secretary General of Eureka.

Her Excellency Lady Elizabeth Kelly

Businesswoman in Dubai (UAE)

Reinhold von Ungern-Sternberg

Director International Markets

GUNTHER FEHLINGER

Secretary General CEE-BC

Dr. Maike Schäfer

Minister for Climate Protection, the Environment, Mobility, Urban and Housing Development for the city-state of Bremen, Germany

Dipl. Ing. Heiko Schneider

CEO and Managing Partner GoGaS Goch GmbH & Co. KG

H.E. Dr.Dr.h.c. Raphael Nagel

Chairman at The Abrahamic Business Circle

Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann

Minister for Economy, Science and Digitalization of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Ksenija Cipek

Ministry of Finance, Tax Administration of the Republic of Croatia.

Miguel Solis

Trade Counsellor, Embassy of Guatemala in Berlin

Mr. Daouda Sangaré

Advisor Côte d'Ivoire, UNIDO ITPO Germany

Jessica Neumann

Investment and Technology Promotion Expert at UNIDO ITPO Germany

Academician Prof. Dr. Milan Krajnc

Psychotherapist, Nobel Prize nominee and Author of the Dynamic Leadership Model

Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart

Minister of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

André Steinau

Co-Chair Clean Energy Partnership

Jens Deutschendorf

State Secretary, Hessian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Housing

Heiko Staubitz

Senior Manager Investor Consulting Hydrogen & Energy Infrastructure, Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI)

ALBIN KURTI

Prime Minister of Republic Kosovo

Gustavo Weigel

Managing Director, WEIGEL Finanzas Corporativas, Uruguay

Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert

Minister for the Environment, Agriculture and Energy of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Vanessa Völkel

Deputy Head, UNIDO ITPO Germany

Aïssata Lam

Director General - Investment Promotion Agency of Mauritania (APIM)

Mr. Markus Lehner

Principal of LEHNER INVESTMENTS

Dr.-Ing. Nurettin Tekin

Hydrogen Product Management, KAWASAKI Gas Turbine Europe GmbH

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Sering Bamba Saho

Founder and CEO, M + S Piano-Express GmbH

Mr.Eric Menges

CEO of FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH

Gunther Fehlinger

Secretary General CEE-BC

Mr.WANG Shunqing

Generalkonsul at Generalkonsulat of People

Dr. Martin J. Worms

State secretary at the Ministry of Finance of Hessen

Paola Suárez Buhrmann

Manager at FDI Center

Mr. Aleksejs Stecs

Vice Chairman of Rezekne city council on development and investment

Ms Božica Lapić

Director for Investments, Agency for Investments and Competitiveness of Croatia

Kadio Fofana Diop

Investment Direcor for APIX SA

Francisco Mackenney

Consul General of Chile in Frankfurt

Ms.Saida Kahouli

Deputy director in Foreign Investment Promotion Agency-FIPA TUNISIA

Christian Weber

Executive Director Representative Office Mexico, Bayern International

Ms. Mariyana Nikolova

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Demographic Policies in Bulgaria

Dr. Corinna Franke-Wöller

Director Agency for Economy and Development

Wolfgang Leidig

Director and Project Manager of the Innovation and Training Park ITP in Prizren Kosovo

Sarah Russis

Director, fDi Intelligence – Financial Times Group

Mr.ERIC MENGES

President & CEO FrankfurtRheinMain Region

Mr.Stefan Günther

Manager regionale, Projekte Invest in Bavaria – Die Ansiedlungsagentur des Freistaates Bayern

Mr.Mirsad Jašarspahić, dipl.ing.maš.

President, Chamber of Economy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ms. Tessa Jacques

President of the Caribbean Association for Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA)

Mirko Twardy

Head of Business Development Finance and Promotion – Dr. Kakuschke & Partner AG, Berlin

Mr.Michael Voigt

Wirtschaftsförderer, Wirtschaft und Tourismus Villingen-Schwenningen GmbH

Dr. Eyup Vural Aydin

Chairman – Istanbul PPPCoE

Franka Ismer

CEO – persönlich + gesellschaftlich + unternehmerisch

Carolin Welzel

Senior Consultant International Organizations, Agency for Economy & Development (AWE), Berlin

Ms.Olga Mroz

Dama of Honour

Hon. Dennis Waweru

Vorsitzender, Kenya Investment Authority

Ricardo Pedroza

Director Europe, PROCOLOMBIA Frankfurt

Mr.Nikola Jankovic

Senior Investment Advisor, Serbian Development Agency

ARSHI AYUB MOHAMED ZAVERI

CEO – TrustWithTrade Group | Senior Advisor Royal Family Office, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

Jürgen Raizner

CEO | Administrator / Steinbeis-Transferzentrum Ost-West-Kooperationen

Ángel D. Morales Castillo

President, German-Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Yofi Grant

CEO, Ghana Investment Promotion Center

Miguel Solis

Commercial Advisor, Embassy of Guatemala

Gustavo Weigel

Managing Director , WEIGEL HALLER CORPORATE FINANCE (Uruguay)

Albin Kurti

Former Prime Minister of Republic Kosovo

Arlind Zeqiri

Head of International Office Bern, Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion of the Republic of Macedonia

Prof. Julien Chaisse

School of Law | City University of Hong Kong – Hong Kong SAR

Ms.Mariam Kuchuloria

Deputy CEO of EBA Georgia

Ikechukwu Okoli

Head of Advisory and Investment, Kiakia Gas Limited

Ali Mehrez

Director in charge of Industrial sectors at AMDIE – Moroccan Investment and Export Development Agency (AMDIE)

Courtney Fingar

Editor-in-chief, FDI, at New Statesman Media Group

Mr.Flamur Kuçi

Ceo of ADVICE, Management Consulting Albania

Mr.Alush Gashi

Minister and Functions in the Assembly of Kosovo

Mr.Jacopo Dettoni

Editor of fDi Magazine – Financial Times Group

Fellanza Podrimja

Public relations, economic and educational advisor to the Mayor of Prizren Municipality

Ms.Yeva Zeynalyan

Country Coordinator for PPD Network, Armenia

Mr. Norbert Barthle MdB

Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Hans-Joachim Hebgen

Senior Consultant for financing, policy issues develoPPP.de and textile industry

Sarah Jaax

Location marketing, Ministry of Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture Rhineland-Palatinate

Mr.Sheku Lexmond N. Koroma

CEO at Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency

Teodor Bate

Chief architect of the Dambovita county, Romania

Georgi Petrov

Regional Manager – ECA PPP Transaction Advisory, IFC

Andreas Stephan

Dipl. -Geophys., MBA SPRINT! Energy Consulting GmbH

Justus Vitinius

Director Corporates Latin America, German Investment and Development Corporation (DEG)