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Dr. Alexander Frech (President)
Dr. Alexander Frech has a strong track record in environmental activities: As President of the Energy Globe Organization or also as EU Climate Pact Ambassador of Austria.
He has successfully accompanied traditional business ventures in a process from old to new and has found new revenue streams and economic success models. At the core of his belief are two things: a deeply rooted belief in the need for transformation, and a belief in finding sustainable ways lthat protect people, the economy, and our planet. Alexander has lived and worked in Austria, Germany, Italy, Romania, Switzerland, Canada, and the United States and offers a global perspective to today’s business challenges and opportunities. He has held university teaching positions in the past and has served as Vice President of the Austrian Retail Association and Board Member of the German Retail Lab as well as the ECR Board (GS1). Alexander has a deep interest in different cultures and languages. He holds a Ph. D. in Economics from Slovak University in Nitra.
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Dieter Härthe (Chairman)
Dieter Härthe is the founder, initiator, and chairman of well-known business organizations as well as non-profit organizations. He has more than 40 years of experience in political work for small and medium-sized enterprises, business, and science. Dieter Härthe is Chairman of the Board of the Senate of Economy International, Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Senegal and a member of the Executive Committee of the German Africa Foundation. For more than 20 years, he has been Consul General of the Republic of Senegal for the federal states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. He is co-author of the BMZ's Marshall Plan with Africa study and advocates for investments by German companies from Germany and Europe in Africa. He is therefore convinced of the need to tackle decarbonization globally and has founded the European Economic Institute for Sustainable Industrialization and Energy Security – EUWINA – also out of this motivation.
d.haerthe@senate-international.org
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Dr. Jens Andersen
The initiator and founder of the Strategy Expert Group can look back on a career spanning almost 28 years in top management positions in the German automotive industry. His core competencies include international project, process, and cost management as well as strategic product planning for vehicle drives. One of his passions is sustainable mobility based on biogenic and synthetic fuels. In his view, the European Green Deal is the right answer in times of climate change and technological upheaval. "The more we make use of Europe's numerous technological competences, the faster we will take action against climate change and position ourselves more broadly and thus more resiliently in terms of drive technology," is one of his core statements. Accordingly, Dr. Andersen categorically rejects a one-sided technological orientation in the mobility sector. Dr. Andersen is a self-confessed Hanseatic and a member of the Lübeck merchants' team.
jens@strategyexpertgroup.com
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Georg Berssenbrügge
Georg Berssenbrügge is a Hamburg-based lawyer and tax consultant and partner of Goessler + Partner GmbH. One of his main areas of expertise is the establishment and financing of start-ups and their tax structuring. Sustainability, with its three dimensions of environmental, social, and economic issues, is of great importance to Georg Berssenbrügge, especially since the media often only deal with the environmental aspect, but not sufficiently with economic sustainability.
For example, listed companies must explain how their business activities affect society and how sustainable development will affect their future viability. To ensure that all stakeholders know that such reports are not greenwashing , tax consultants such as Georg Berssenbrügge are in demand.
georg@berssenbruegge.de
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Heiko Hecht
Heiko Hecht, a lawyer and specialist lawyer for employment law, studied law at the University of Hamburg. Parallel to his studies, Mr. Hecht worked from 2000 to 2004 as a research assistant for the Citizens' Chancellery in Hamburg City Hall. In 2004, Mr. Hecht was elected as one of the youngest members of the Hamburg parliament. In 2008, Mr. Hecht founded the law firm Heiko Hecht & Colleagues. In addition to his work as a lawyer, Mr. Hecht has successfully performed various interim management functions (management and board activities) for a wide variety of companies. In 2011, Mr. Hecht completed the specialist lawyer course for employment law at the German Lawyers' Academy.
h.hecht@kanzlei-hecht.de