The American Council on Germany will host a Breakfast Briefing with Christian Rickerts, Berlin State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Energy, and Public Enterprises.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
There is no charge for members to attend this event. RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212-826-3636 or events@acgusa.org.
Christian Rickerts has served as Berlin State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Energy, and Public Enterprises since December 2016. With a background in media, he has served as the Managing Director of Wikimedia Deutschland (2015-2016), Vice President of Corporate Communications of the Bertelsmann Stiftung (2012-2015), and Managing Director of Reporters Without Borders Germany (2009-2012). From 2007 to 2009, he served as a strategy consultant for Capgemini. In 2006, he was a recipient of a Reinhard Mohn Fellowship through Bertelsmann AG and spent time in New York, Buenos Aires, and London. He holds a degree in Political Science from the Freie Universität Berlin.