17-18 November 2025

Speaker Biography

Christian Weber

Executive Director Representative Office Mexico, Bayern International

Christian Weber is the State of Bavaria Representative in Mexico and Central America and Executive Director of Bayern International’s representative office in Mexico. The representation promotes internationalization of Bavarian and Mexican companies and operates with their bilateral network at the interface of business, politics and science.

Christian Weber has worked for Bayern International since 2003, for many years he has held positions in location marketing and in investor support. He has many years of experience in operational and policy issues relating to business development and internationalization.

With Mexico, Christian Weber has been involved in projects about and with Mexico for the Technical University of Munich (TUM) since the 1990s. Since 2009 he has been the representative of the Free State of Bavaria in Mexico. The graduated geographer has studied geography, politics and law at TUM and LMU Munich.

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Dušan Radonjić

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

Anne Eberhardt

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

Vanessa Völkel

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

Theo Föllings

President, EURADA, Belgium

Natalia Bejan

Director, Invest Moldova Agency

Arnar Guðmundsson

Head of Foreign Direct Investment, Business Iceland, Iceland

Jens Manke

Director Germany and Central Europe

OCO Global

Matthias Beier

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

Aleksandra Božović

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

Rita Aloi

Director EMEA, ResearchFDI, Italy

H.E. Mothanna Gharaibeh

Minister of Investment, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Jürgen Schmitz

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

Daniela Schmitt

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

Dragoslav Pavlovic

Mayor City of Nis, Serbia

Patrick Breuer

General Manager DACH & Netherlands, HABYT, Germany

Andreas Kieb

Advisor to Global Head of Real Estate, DREES & SOMMER SE, Germany

Tigran Harutyunyan

Founder, Myler Mountain Resort, Armenia

Maryna Khlystun

Executive Director, UkraineInvest, Ukraine

Gökhan Yücel

Head of the Communications Department

Investment Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye

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. Eric Anthony Johnson

Assistant City Manager, City of Austin, Texas, USA

Besnik Vasolli

Managing Director of German - Kosovo Economic Chamber

Steffen Rietzschel

Head of Economic Development Office, City of Dresden, Germany

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

Councillor Ray McAdam

Lord Mayor, City of Dublin, Ireland

Jürgen Raizner

Director

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

Bogusława Kruczek-Gębczyńska

Head, Silesian Investor and Exporter Assistance Center

Dr.-Ing Georg Leuteritz

Senior Director Trends & Innovations, hannoverimpuls GmbH, Germany

Joana Aguia

Project Manager, Invest Madeira

Regional Government of Madeira (Portugal)

Dr. Chloë Voisin-Bormuth

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

Jan van Bilsen

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

Andreas Lippert

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

Christopher Williams

Professor, ESSCA School of Management, France

Maryna Khlystun

Executive Director, UkraineInvest, Ukraine

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

Dennis Schulmeyer

CEO and Founder

LADE GmbH

Jens Manke

Director Germany and Central Europe

OCO Global

Aminta Zettel

Strategic Country Manager Europe and the United Kingdom

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

Philipp Lemmerz

Partner

Government & Public Services practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers Middle East

Christoph Kannengießer

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

PROF. PETER PLATZER

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

Chigozie Nweke-Eze

CEO, Integrated Africa Power (IAP)

Board Member, Hydrogen-Africa

Theo Föllings

President

EURADA

Gordon Einstein

Founding Partner

CryptoLaw Partners – specializing in crypto and blockchain

Günther Fehlinger

Austrian Economist, Management and Development Consultant

Faraz Rojid

Director

Economic Development Board (EDB) of Mauritius

Carmelo Corral

Investment Promotion Manager

IPEX Spain

Ovidia Caba

Director of Regional Policies, Programs Unit

RDA Centru, Romania

Charles A. FitzGibbon

Vice President of Sales

Conway Data, Inc.

Holly Garforth

Business Development Head – Lead Generation

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

KOSTIANTYN LISNYCHYI

Strategic Advisor to UkraineInvest, Business Development

Ms. Simone Hartog

Representative for Abacus (Seychelles) Ltd.

Jürgen Raizner

Director

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

Rakan I. Algaraawi

Office Director - Central/Eastern Europe

Saudi Investment Promotion Authority

Honoré Achille Simo

Executive Director, Value and Risk Advisory, JLL

Mr. Rifat Hyseni

Director of Information Technology Department In Tax Administration of Kosovo

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Gül Ertuğ

Finance and Accounting Leader - CFO

Ford Otosan

FERNANDO BALLESTA

Director of Foreign Trade, Investments and Industrial Infrastructures

Murcia Regional Development Agency

Mohammed Juma'a Al Musharrakh

CEO

Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah)

Gordon Einstein

Founding Partner

CryptoLaw Partners – specializing in crypto and blockchain

Dr. Henrik Meincke

Chief Economist

German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)

Alexandra Dublanche

Chairwoman

Choose Paris Region

Ferruh Parmaksız

Country Advisor of Germany

Invest in Türkiye

Dr. Alexander Blass

Head of Operations

NEURA Robotics

Frank Beckmann

CEO / Investment Advisor

GVI Germany GmbH

Christian Kingombe

Co-Founding Managing Partner

4IP

PILAR MADRIGAL

Director Investment Advisory

CINDE – Invest in Costa Rica

Dr. Ahmed Bennis

Managing Director, Tanger Med Zones and

Secretary General, Africa Economic Zones Organization (AEZO)

Achim Hartig

Managing Director,
Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI)

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

Heike Freimuth

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

Mathias Fillon

COO

ANIMA Investment Network

Lionel Grotto

CEO

Choose Paris Region

Dr. Nurettin Tekin

Hydrogen Product Management

KAWASAKI Gas Turbine Europe GmbH

Reinhold von Ungern-Sternberg

Director International Markets

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

Gilbert Ewehmeh

Investment & Innovative Finance Expert

Chairman, Accelerate Africa

Jürgen Raizner

Director

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

COURTNEY FINGAR

Chairwoman of IME

Founder and Principal of Fingar Direct Investment

Emmanuel Rutagengwa

Head, Transport Policy & Planning

Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency

Georg Schattney

Group Head of ESG / Sustainability Officer

CORESTATE Capital Group

Jens Manke

Director Germany and Central Europe

OCO Global

Dr. Manuel Kallweit

Chief Economist

German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

Vahan Kerobyan

Minister of Economy

Government of the Republic of Armenia

Subhashini Chandran

Vice President Social Impact Asia Pacific

Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Sergiy Tsivkach

Executive Director

UkraineInvest

Günther Fehlinger

Austrian Economist, Management and Development Consultant

Svilen Rangelov

Co-Founder and CEO

Dronamics

PROF. PETER PLATZER

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

Levon Ohanesyan

CEO

Enterprise Armenia

Micheal Perschke

CEO

Quantron AG

Chigozie Nweke-Eze

CEO, Integrated Africa Power (IAP)

Board Member, Hydrogen-Africa

H.E. Dr. Sania A. Ansari

CEO

Ansari Group Ltd. and Strategic Partner for SGD Cities Initiative

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Professor Stefan Liebing

Chairman, German-African Business Association

Dr. Ahmed Zaid Al Hussain

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

Jon Whiteaker

Editor, Investment Monitor

JÜRGEN RAIZNER

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

Moshe Bar Zvi

Principal of Love Israel Venture Capital

DIPL. ING. HEIKO SCHNEIDER

CEO and Managing Partner GoGaS Goch GmbH & Co. KG

Jens Manke

Director Germany, OCO Global

Phina Jerome

Research and Planning Manager, Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC)

Johannes Jung

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

Magdalena A. Kolka

Deputy Director of Investors Assistance Department, Katowice City Hall

Mateusz Wachowski

Senior Inspector in the Investors Assistance Department, Katowice City Hall

MR. MARKUS LEHNER

Principal of LEHNER INVESTMENTS

Prof. Peter Platzer

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

Sarah Jaax

Senior Consultant, FDI Center

Alice Mashingaidze

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

Heike Freimuth

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

Marcin Woźniak

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

Douglas van den Berghe

Founder and CEO, NxT Zones

GUNTHER FEHLINGER

Secretary General CEE-BC

Fabio Righi

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

Guy Van der Beken

President of EUREKA

H.E. Mulu Solomon Bezuneh

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

ACADEMICIAN PROF. DR. MILAN KRAJNC

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

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Dipl. Ing. Heiko Schneider

CEO and Managing Partner GoGaS Goch GmbH & Co. KG

Yassir Ahmed

Advisor Sudan, UNIDO ITPO Germany

GUNTHER FEHLINGER

Secretary General CEE-BC

Reinhold von Ungern-Sternberg

Director International Markets

ROSE DOREE BOKELEALE EBETA

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

Carlos Andrés Alvarez

Senior Advisor Foreign Investment, PROCOLOMBIA

Dr. Maike Schäfer

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

Dr. Philipp Steinberg

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

Academician Prof. Dr. Milan Krajnc

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

Vanessa Völkel

Deputy Head, UNIDO ITPO Germany

Jens Deutschendorf

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

Jürgen Raizner

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

Ksenija Cipek

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

Markus Exenberger

German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart

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

Dr. Simone Burel

CEO of LUB GmbH

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. Rüdiger Meyer

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

Douglas van den Berghe

CEO of NxtZones and FDI

Aïssata Lam

Director General - Investment Promotion Agency of Mauritania (APIM)

Miguel Solis

Trade Counsellor, Embassy of Guatemala in Berlin

Professor Olga Mroz, Dame of Honour

Al-Khalifa Business School

Mr. Markus Lehner

Principal of LEHNER INVESTMENTS

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

Chairman at The Abrahamic Business Circle

André Steinau

Co-Chair Clean Energy Partnership

Adekunle Olusile

Advisor Nigeria, UNIDO ITPO Germany

Paul Soubry

President & Chief Executive Officer, NFI

H.E. Laila Rahhal El Atfani

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

Jessica Neumann

Investment and Technology Promotion Expert at UNIDO ITPO Germany

Prof. Heinz-Peter Platzer

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

Heiko Staubitz

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

ALBIN KURTI

Prime Minister of Republic Kosovo

Mr. Daouda Sangaré

Advisor Côte d'Ivoire, UNIDO ITPO Germany

Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert

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

Gustavo Weigel

Managing Director, WEIGEL Finanzas Corporativas, Uruguay

Nuno Maposse

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

H.E Denisa Gokovi

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

Her Excellency Lady Elizabeth Kelly

Businesswoman in Dubai (UAE)

Dr.-Ing. Nurettin Tekin

Hydrogen Product Management, KAWASAKI Gas Turbine Europe GmbH

Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann

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

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Yofi Grant

CEO, Ghana Investment Promotion Center

Mr.Eric Menges

CEO of FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH

Mr. Aleksejs Stecs

Vice Chairman of Rezekne city council on development and investment

Justus Vitinius

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

Arlind Zeqiri

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

Ms.Mariam Kuchuloria

Deputy CEO of EBA Georgia

Carolin Welzel

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

Mr.WANG Shunqing

Generalkonsul at Generalkonsulat of People

Courtney Fingar

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

Ms. Mariyana Nikolova

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Demographic Policies in Bulgaria

Georgi Petrov

Regional Manager – ECA PPP Transaction Advisory, IFC

Dr. Corinna Franke-Wöller

Director Agency for Economy and Development

Francisco Mackenney

Consul General of Chile in Frankfurt

Wolfgang Leidig

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

Hon. Dennis Waweru

Vorsitzender, Kenya Investment Authority

Mr.Flamur Kuçi

Ceo of ADVICE, Management Consulting Albania

Ms Božica Lapić

Director for Investments, Agency for Investments and Competitiveness of Croatia

Dr. Eyup Vural Aydin

Chairman – Istanbul PPPCoE

Mr. Norbert Barthle MdB

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

Fellanza Podrimja

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

Mr.Michael Voigt

Wirtschaftsförderer, Wirtschaft und Tourismus Villingen-Schwenningen GmbH

Mr.Mirsad Jašarspahić, dipl.ing.maš.

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

ARSHI AYUB MOHAMED ZAVERI

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

Mr.ERIC MENGES

President & CEO FrankfurtRheinMain Region

Paola Suárez Buhrmann

Manager at FDI Center

Sering Bamba Saho

Founder and CEO, M + S Piano-Express GmbH

Gunther Fehlinger

Secretary General CEE-BC

Ali Mehrez

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

Ms. Tessa Jacques

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

Mr.Nikola Jankovic

Senior Investment Advisor, Serbian Development Agency

Ms.Saida Kahouli

Deputy director in Foreign Investment Promotion Agency-FIPA TUNISIA

Hans-Joachim Hebgen

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

Miguel Solis

Commercial Advisor, Embassy of Guatemala

Dr. Martin J. Worms

State secretary at the Ministry of Finance of Hessen

Ms.Olga Mroz

Dama of Honour

Sarah Russis

Director, fDi Intelligence – Financial Times Group

Ikechukwu Okoli

Head of Advisory and Investment, Kiakia Gas Limited

Ángel D. Morales Castillo

President, German-Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Sarah Jaax

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

Jürgen Raizner

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

Mr.Alush Gashi

Minister and Functions in the Assembly of Kosovo

Ricardo Pedroza

Director Europe, PROCOLOMBIA Frankfurt

Albin Kurti

Former Prime Minister of Republic Kosovo

Mr.Sheku Lexmond N. Koroma

CEO at Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency

Franka Ismer

CEO – persönlich + gesellschaftlich + unternehmerisch

Mr.Stefan Günther

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

Kadio Fofana Diop

Investment Direcor for APIX SA

Mr.Jacopo Dettoni

Editor of fDi Magazine – Financial Times Group

Teodor Bate

Chief architect of the Dambovita county, Romania

Prof. Julien Chaisse

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

Christian Weber

Executive Director Representative Office Mexico, Bayern International

Gustavo Weigel

Managing Director , WEIGEL HALLER CORPORATE FINANCE (Uruguay)

Mirko Twardy

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

Andreas Stephan

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

Ms.Yeva Zeynalyan

Country Coordinator for PPD Network, Armenia