Bernd Fesel, CEO of EIT Culture & Creativity
Mr. Fesel has over 30 years of experience in CCSI and is currently the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the newly founded EIT Culture & Creativity, a new Innovation Community supported by the European Innovation and Technology Centre that brings together 50 partners from 20 countries to create new innovation opportunities for Europe's creatives.
Prior to this role, Bernd has been the director of the European Creative Business Network (ECBN), a not-for-profit organization with over 170 members from 44 countries that supports and develops the cultural and creative industries in Europe. Before that, he was a serial entrepreneur within the CCSI sector, held the role of vice director of the European Capital of Culture in the Ruhr Region, and was a senior advisor to the legacy institute of RUHR.2010 til 2018: the European Centre for Creative Economy in Dortmund. He played a key role in EU initiatives such as the JRC-Creative City Monitor, Voices for Culture program, and ENTACT, and set up a European Research Alliance on Spillover-Effects of Culture and Creativity.
Since 1990, Bernd has been a founder of startups, an architect of novel public organizations, an inspirator for programs and policies for CCSI, a friend and connector of acclaimed artists, as well as an influencer and publisher. He was also appointed as an adjunct professor at the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut in Greifswald.
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