Speaker Biography

Dr. Martin J. Worms
State secretary at the Ministry of Finance of Hessen
Other Speakers

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

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

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

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

Jens Manke
Director Germany and Central Europe
OCO Global

Tigran Harutyunyan
Founder, Myler Mountain Resort, Armenia

H.E. Mothanna Gharaibeh
Minister of Investment, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Natalia Bejan
Director, Invest Moldova Agency

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

Theo Föllings
President, EURADA, Belgium

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

Christopher Williams
Professor, ESSCA School of Management, France

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

Besnik Vasolli
Managing Director of German - Kosovo Economic Chamber

Dr. Eric Anthony Johnson
Assistant City Manager, City of Austin, Texas, USA

Dr. Kai Bindseil
Head of Division Healthcare | Industry | Infrastructure, Berlin Partner for Business and Technology

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

Dr.-Ing Georg Leuteritz
Senior Director Trends & Innovations, hannoverimpuls GmbH, Germany

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

Dragoslav Pavlovic
Mayor City of Nis, Serbia

Bogusława Kruczek-Gębczyńska
Head, Silesian Investor and Exporter Assistance Center

Steffen Rietzschel
Head of Economic Development Office, City of Dresden, Germany

Dr. Chloë Voisin-Bormuth
Managing Director, Paris-Île de France Capitale Économique (PCE), France

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

Councillor Ray McAdam
Lord Mayor, City of Dublin, Ireland

Rita Aloi
Director EMEA, ResearchFDI, Italy

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

Faraz Rojid
Director
Economic Development Board (EDB) of Mauritius

Jens Manke
Director Germany and Central Europe
OCO Global

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

Aminta Zettel
Strategic Country Manager Europe and the United Kingdom
Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) - Government of Ras Al Khaimah

Ovidia Caba
Director of Regional Policies, Programs Unit
RDA Centru, Romania

Rakan I. Algaraawi
Office Director - Central/Eastern Europe
Saudi Investment Promotion Authority

Chigozie Nweke-Eze
CEO, Integrated Africa Power (IAP)
Board Member, Hydrogen-Africa

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

Honoré Achille Simo
Executive Director, Value and Risk Advisory, JLL

Gordon Einstein
Founding Partner
CryptoLaw Partners – specializing in crypto and blockchain

PROF. PETER PLATZER
Secretary General of EUREKA, Co-Founder of 3rd School of Austrian Macroeconomics

KOSTIANTYN LISNYCHYI
Strategic Advisor to UkraineInvest, Business Development

Ms. Simone Hartog
Representative for Abacus (Seychelles) Ltd.

Mr. Rifat Hyseni
Director of Information Technology Department In Tax Administration of Kosovo

Carmelo Corral
Investment Promotion Manager
IPEX Spain

Günther Fehlinger
Austrian Economist, Management and Development Consultant

Dennis Schulmeyer
CEO and Founder
LADE GmbH

Philipp Lemmerz
Partner
Government & Public Services practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers Middle East

Charles A. FitzGibbon
Vice President of Sales
Conway Data, Inc.

Theo Föllings
President
EURADA

Holly Garforth
Business Development Head – Lead Generation
Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) - Government of Ras Al Khaimah

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

Günther Fehlinger
Austrian Economist, Management and Development Consultant

FERNANDO BALLESTA
Director of Foreign Trade, Investments and Industrial Infrastructures
Murcia Regional Development Agency

Jens Manke
Director Germany and Central Europe
OCO Global

Dr. Alexander Blass
Head of Operations
NEURA Robotics

Christian Kingombe
Co-Founding Managing Partner
4IP

Micheal Perschke
CEO
Quantron AG

Dr. Nurettin Tekin
Hydrogen Product Management
KAWASAKI Gas Turbine Europe GmbH

Levon Ohanesyan
CEO
Enterprise Armenia

Sergiy Tsivkach
Executive Director
UkraineInvest

PILAR MADRIGAL
Director Investment Advisory
CINDE – Invest in Costa Rica

Gordon Einstein
Founding Partner
CryptoLaw Partners – specializing in crypto and blockchain

H.E. Dr. Sania A. Ansari
CEO
Ansari Group Ltd. and Strategic Partner for SGD Cities Initiative

Georg Schattney
Group Head of ESG / Sustainability Officer
CORESTATE Capital Group

Dr. Henrik Meincke
Chief Economist
German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)

COURTNEY FINGAR
Chairwoman of IME
Founder and Principal of Fingar Direct Investment

Subhashini Chandran
Vice President Social Impact Asia Pacific
Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Mathias Fillon
COO
ANIMA Investment Network

PROF. PETER PLATZER
Secretary General of EUREKA, Co-Founder of 3rd School of Austrian Macroeconomics

Dr. Manuel Kallweit
Chief Economist
German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

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)

Vahan Kerobyan
Minister of Economy
Government of the Republic of Armenia

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

Reinhold von Ungern-Sternberg
Director International Markets
German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW)

Alexandra Dublanche
Chairwoman
Choose Paris Region

Gilbert Ewehmeh
Investment & Innovative Finance Expert
Chairman, Accelerate Africa

Ferruh Parmaksız
Country Advisor of Germany
Invest in Türkiye

Chigozie Nweke-Eze
CEO, Integrated Africa Power (IAP)
Board Member, Hydrogen-Africa

Svilen Rangelov
Co-Founder and CEO
Dronamics

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

Mohammed Juma'a Al Musharrakh
CEO
Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah)

Lionel Grotto
CEO
Choose Paris Region

Emmanuel Rutagengwa
Head, Transport Policy & Planning
Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency

Frank Beckmann
CEO / Investment Advisor
GVI Germany GmbH

Gül Ertuğ
Finance and Accounting Leader - CFO
Ford Otosan

Professor Stefan Liebing
Chairman, German-African Business Association

Jens Manke
Director Germany, OCO Global

Prof. Peter Platzer
Secretary General of EUREKA, Co-Founder of 3rd School of Austrian Macroeconomics

DIPL. ING. HEIKO SCHNEIDER
CEO and Managing Partner GoGaS Goch GmbH & Co. KG

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

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.

Mateusz Wachowski
Senior Inspector in the Investors Assistance Department, Katowice City Hall

Douglas van den Berghe
Founder and CEO, NxT Zones

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

Dr. Ahmed Zaid Al Hussain
CEO of the Royal Commission Jubail within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)

Jon Whiteaker
Editor, Investment Monitor

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

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

Phina Jerome
Research and Planning Manager, Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC)

MR. MARKUS LEHNER
Principal of LEHNER INVESTMENTS

Moshe Bar Zvi
Principal of Love Israel Venture Capital

Sarah Jaax
Senior Consultant, FDI Center

GUNTHER FEHLINGER
Secretary General CEE-BC

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

Markus Exenberger
German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

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

ROSE DOREE BOKELEALE EBETA
Deputy Managing Director of the National Investment Promotion Agency (ANAPI DRC) of the DR Congo

GUNTHER FEHLINGER
Secretary General CEE-BC

Jessica Neumann
Investment and Technology Promotion Expert at UNIDO ITPO Germany

Carlos Andrés Alvarez
Senior Advisor Foreign Investment, PROCOLOMBIA

Vanessa Völkel
Deputy Head, UNIDO ITPO Germany

André Steinau
Co-Chair Clean Energy Partnership

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

ALBIN KURTI
Prime Minister of Republic Kosovo

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

Dipl. Ing. Heiko Schneider
CEO and Managing Partner GoGaS Goch GmbH & Co. KG

H.E. Laila Rahhal El Atfani
Founder & President at Business Gate / Global President CEC-UK

Dr. Philipp Steinberg
Head of Economic Policy Department, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Gustavo Weigel
Managing Director, WEIGEL Finanzas Corporativas, Uruguay

Mr. Daouda Sangaré
Advisor Côte d'Ivoire, UNIDO ITPO Germany

Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart
Minister of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Miguel Solis
Trade Counsellor, Embassy of Guatemala in Berlin

Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann
Minister for Economy, Science and Digitalization of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Douglas van den Berghe
CEO of NxtZones and FDI

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

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

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

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

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

Aïssata Lam
Director General - Investment Promotion Agency of Mauritania (APIM)

Adekunle Olusile
Advisor Nigeria, UNIDO ITPO Germany

Paul Soubry
President & Chief Executive Officer, NFI

H.E. Dr.Dr.h.c. Raphael Nagel
Chairman at The Abrahamic Business Circle

Reinhold von Ungern-Sternberg
Director International Markets

Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert
Minister for the Environment, Agriculture and Energy of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Professor Olga Mroz, Dame of Honour
Al-Khalifa Business School

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

Yassir Ahmed
Advisor Sudan, UNIDO ITPO Germany

Mr. Markus Lehner
Principal of LEHNER INVESTMENTS

Her Excellency Lady Elizabeth Kelly
Businesswoman in Dubai (UAE)

Dr.-Ing. Nurettin Tekin
Hydrogen Product Management, KAWASAKI Gas Turbine Europe GmbH

Dr. Simone Burel
CEO of LUB GmbH

Academician Prof. Dr. Milan Krajnc
Psychotherapist, Nobel Prize nominee and Author of the Dynamic Leadership Model

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

Mr. Norbert Barthle MdB
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Ms.Mariam Kuchuloria
Deputy CEO of EBA Georgia

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

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

Mr.Flamur Kuçi
Ceo of ADVICE, Management Consulting Albania

Ms.Olga Mroz
Dama of Honour

Teodor Bate
Chief architect of the Dambovita county, Romania

Mr.Stefan Günther
Manager regionale, Projekte Invest in Bavaria – Die Ansiedlungsagentur des Freistaates Bayern

Ángel D. Morales Castillo
President, German-Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Miguel Solis
Commercial Advisor, Embassy of Guatemala

Ms.Yeva Zeynalyan
Country Coordinator for PPD Network, Armenia

Dr. Martin J. Worms
State secretary at the Ministry of Finance of Hessen

Mr.Nikola Jankovic
Senior Investment Advisor, Serbian Development Agency

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

Paola Suárez Buhrmann
Manager at FDI Center

Ms.Saida Kahouli
Deputy director in Foreign Investment Promotion Agency-FIPA TUNISIA

Mr.ERIC MENGES
President & CEO FrankfurtRheinMain Region

ARSHI AYUB MOHAMED ZAVERI
CEO – TrustWithTrade Group | Senior Advisor Royal Family Office, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

Mr.WANG Shunqing
Generalkonsul at Generalkonsulat of People

Albin Kurti
Former Prime Minister of Republic Kosovo

Hans-Joachim Hebgen
Senior Consultant for financing, policy issues develoPPP.de and textile industry

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

Franka Ismer
CEO – persönlich + gesellschaftlich + unternehmerisch

Kadio Fofana Diop
Investment Direcor for APIX SA

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

Dr. Eyup Vural Aydin
Chairman – Istanbul PPPCoE

Ricardo Pedroza
Director Europe, PROCOLOMBIA Frankfurt

Mr.Eric Menges
CEO of FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH

Georgi Petrov
Regional Manager – ECA PPP Transaction Advisory, IFC

Mr.Michael Voigt
Wirtschaftsförderer, Wirtschaft und Tourismus Villingen-Schwenningen GmbH

Ms Božica Lapić
Director for Investments, Agency for Investments and Competitiveness of Croatia

Francisco Mackenney
Consul General of Chile in Frankfurt

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)

Gustavo Weigel
Managing Director , WEIGEL HALLER CORPORATE FINANCE (Uruguay)

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

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

Mr.Mirsad Jašarspahić, dipl.ing.maš.
President, Chamber of Economy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mr.Jacopo Dettoni
Editor of fDi Magazine – Financial Times Group

Sarah Russis
Director, fDi Intelligence – Financial Times Group

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

Christian Weber
Executive Director Representative Office Mexico, Bayern International

Prof. Julien Chaisse
School of Law | City University of Hong Kong – Hong Kong SAR

Mr.Alush Gashi
Minister and Functions in the Assembly of Kosovo

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

Gunther Fehlinger
Secretary General CEE-BC

Ms. Tessa Jacques
President of the Caribbean Association for Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA)

Yofi Grant
CEO, Ghana Investment Promotion Center

Hon. Dennis Waweru
Vorsitzender, Kenya Investment Authority

Sering Bamba Saho
Founder and CEO, M + S Piano-Express GmbH

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

Ms. Mariyana Nikolova
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Demographic Policies in Bulgaria

Dr. Corinna Franke-Wöller
Director Agency for Economy and Development

Mr. Aleksejs Stecs
Vice Chairman of Rezekne city council on development and investment

Mr.Sheku Lexmond N. Koroma
CEO at Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency