Jürgen Raizner
Director, Steinbeis Enterprises, Germany

Jürgen Raizner (1967) studied business administration and logistics at University of Applied Sciences Nürtingen-Geislingen (Stuttgart region) and graduated 1993. His professional experience in doing international business goes back to 1991. Working sessions as long-term and short-term expert took place in almost every country of Central and Eastern Europe. Jürgen Raizner has proven experiences in managing multi-national consortia in EU funded projects and managed major consultancy projects that included reporting to international board level and government secretary state level. Jürgen Raizner is entrepreneur since 1994 and founder of Steinbeis enterprises (STC) in Germany, Austria, Romania and Ukraine. Jürgen Raizner holds a lectureship at University Nürtingen-Geislingen and was awarded 2013 with its Medal of Honor.

STCs of Jürgen Raizner support enterprises in finding the right place for foreign direct investment and for outsourcing. Other key competencies are to contribute to a business-friendly environment in Central and Eastern Europe, to foster innovation by elaborating solutions for effective university-industry collaboration and to promote entrepreneurship which is based more on knowledge and science than on low-cost manufacturing. Jürgen Raizner uses his many years of international experience and his extensive networks to build new international supply chains that take tackle the challenges of the new geopolitical situation.