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Felix Neugart

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Felix Neugart is Chief Executive Director of the NRW.Global Business GmbH, the foreign trade promotion agency of the state of NRW. The political scientist has many years of expertise in the field of foreign trade and has already held various management and consulting positions in Germany and abroad. 

Felix Neugart began his career in political consulting at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. From 2006 to 2016, he held several positions at the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce in Berlin, where he headed the Foreign Trade Policy and Law Department, among other things. From 2014 to 2016, he was also a member of the EU Commission's advisory board on the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement in Brussels. Felix Neugart then moved to the German-Emirati Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Dubai. In addition to his role as Managing Director, he was the German Delegate for Economic Affairs in Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Iraq. 

Back in Germany, Felix Neugart became Managing Director International at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Düsseldorf.

NRW.Global Business offers foreign trade promotion from a single source: from investor and location advertising to market development and export promotion. With our global team and strong network, we are the right contact for every type of investment project and together we promote North Rhine-Westphalia as a location for business and innovation.

Felix Neugart

Chief Executive Officer

Anja Kühlkamp

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Anja Kühlkamp is Deputy CEO of NRW.Global Business GmbH, the foreign trade promotion agency of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia. A graduate in business administration, she has many years of experience in economic development, investment and export promotion. 

After studying business administration in Bielefeld, Anja Kühlkamp began her career at the former Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung (Economic Development Corporation) NRW. She managed economic and development policy projects in the Middle East and South Africa. She was also CEO of the then German Water e.V., an association of German water management companies, for several years.

From 2001, she held management positions in various areas of the company, including investment and export promotion in Western Europe, marketing, press/public relations and economic development services. As an authorized signatory from 2018, she was also responsible for human resources, finance and controlling at the company's international offices. 

NRW.Global Business is involved in economic development at the municipal, regional and national level in a broad network of partners and associations. The regular exchange of information in the various committees significantly supports the work of NRW.Global Business and contributes to the continuous development of NRW's competitiveness as a business location.

Anja Kühlkamp

Deputy CEO

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