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Mr Benedikt Pollmeier is Managing Director and co-founder of Luvent Consulting GmbH. Mr Pollmeier has extensive experience managing, implementing and evaluating international development projects.

He worked for numerous donors including ADB, AfDB, EBRD, EIB, EuropeAid, GIZ, KFW, and the World Bank. He obtained global experience advising private and public sector clients as Senior Economist with a focus on private sector development (entrepreneurship and start-ups) and digitalisation (blockchain, e-governance and cybersecurity).

Prior, Mr Pollmeier has worked in leading development consulting companies in Germany, the Geneva Offices of the United Nations and in the Government Affairs department of a large corporation in the Health Care Sector in Brussels.

Education

• M.A International Relations (Distinction) Geneva (HEI), London (LSE), Cairo (AUC)
• M.Sc. Ecological Economics (Distinction) University of Edinburgh