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Bernd Fesel

Bernd Fesel

Business Development

Biography

In my career, I have been supporting, building or transforming organisations, markets and ecosystems supporting the cultural and creative sectors and industries – e.g. from the European Capital of Culture RUHR2010 to the EIT Culture & Creativity 2025.

To do so, I leverage Creativity to break silos, disciplines and if needed traditions to open up new opportunities beyond the horizon of the expected: Creativity Breaking Borders!

Working in the arts, in business and in politics looks like working in different worlds or even opposite systems, f.e. the commercial vs the non-commercial ? But still everyone lives and flips between these realities and their values several times a day – from reading the book to doing business at work. Is it a challenge ? Maybe ?! but for me it is more an inspiration to learn from all these worlds, transfer methods, ideas and innovations, combine forces and opportunities. In this profil I will try to give insights in all my worlds and tell stories from art, business and politics – stories which help me to make the new really happen – and I hope they inspire you too !