Speaker Biography
Achim Hartig
Managing Director,
Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI)
Chair of OECD Network of Investment Promotion Agencies,
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Achim Hartig is Managing Director with Germany Trade & Invest. He is heading the “Invest” segment being responsible for attracting foreign direct investments to Germany. Germany Trade & Invest identifies and consults companies of all industries across the world that in-tend to set up business in Europe and support German companies to expand internationally. Since 2021 he is chair of the OECD Network of Investment Promotion Agencies. Before he worked as executive partner with a strategy consulting company of an international mer-chants bank. Achim was responsible for an international project portfolio in Retail Banking, Wealth Management and Investment Banking covering Europe and Asia. Prior to this he worked as executive partner of Bloom Lensington, an international management and strate-gy consulting company. As head of investment controlling for the Senate of the Federal State of Berlin, Achim was responsible for the financial and strategic governance of selected Berlin public companies. Before, he worked as Senior Manager with an international strate-gy consulting company where he was responsible for projects in strategy development mer-gers & acquisitions and restructuring a.o. for major European players in the Telecommunica-tions, Retail and Financial Services Industry. Achim studied music, musicology and culture and media management in Berlin and economics and business adminstration in London where he received his MBA in European Management.
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