Stefan Mair

Member of the Executive Board, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e. V. (BDI, Federation of German Industries) since 2010. He was a member of the management of the SWP (2002-2010) and director of research (2007-2009). In 2010, he moved from the Foundation for Science and Politics (SWP) to the Federation of German Industries (BDI). From May to October he was head of the Department of International Markets. He also worked as an advisor on Africa at the SWP, becoming head of the research group Africa and Middle East in 1997. He holds a doctorate in Political Sciences from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.