The Economic Development Council of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region

The business developers of Germany’s north have a long tradition of co-operating. 25 years ago, the WAS Wirtschafts- und Aufbaugesellschaft Stormarn and Hamburg Invest (ex-HWF Hamburg Business Development Corporation) signed a co-operation agreement.  In 1998, collaboration between the business developers of the federal states of Hamburg and Schleswig- Holstein began. Co-operation between Hamburg Invest and Süderelbe AG is based on an agreement updated in 2012. Since 1998, Hamburg Invest has been promoting the entire Hamburg Metropolitan Region in its international activities on location marketing by showcasing the area’s assets and strengths.

Moreover, the business developers of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region joined forces by forming the Business Development Council of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region in 2006. The council co-ordinates the activities of the business development companies, and particularly in cluster management and location marketing. Previously, the Economic Development Council of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region comprised a representative from each of the region’s business development companies, divisions, or departments, along with a representative of the federal state of Lower Saxony, the Business Development and Technology Transfer Corporation of Schleswig-Holstein (WTSH), Hamburg Invest, and Süderelbe AG. When the Hamburg Metropolitan Region was expanded in 2012, Invest in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH also joined the council along with the business developers of Luebeck, Neumuenster, and the districts of East Holstein, Southwest Mecklenburg, and Northwest Mecklenburg.

Andreas Köpke from Hamburg Invest was appointed as managing director (wirtschaftsfoerderungsrat@hamburg-invest.com); Dr. Rolf Strittmatter (Hamburg Invest) is the council’s official spokesperson.

Members of the Economic Development Council of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region

Dr. Rolf Strittmatter
Chief Executive Officer
HIW Hamburg Invest Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH
www.hamburg-invest.com

Michael Sturm
Chief Executive Officer
Invest in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH
www.invest-in-mv.de

Dr. Bernd Bösche
Chief Executive Officer
WTSH - Business Development and Technology Transfer Corporation of Schleswig-Holstein
www.wtsh.de

Dr. Christian Rogge
Regional co-operations, location marketing
Economic Development Agency of Cuxhaven County and the City of Cuxhaven
www.afw-cuxhaven.de

Martina Hummel-Manzau
Chief Executive Officer
Business Development Corporation Brunsbuettel
www.egeb.de

Claus-Peter Matthiensen
Chief Executive Officer
Business Development Corporation East Holstein mbH EGOH
www.egoh.de

Dirk Gerdes
Chief Executive Officer
LUEBECK Business Development Corp.
www.kwl-luebeck.de

Hans-Jürgen Stegen
Department of Economic Development
Rural district of Heidekreis
www.heidekreis.de

Heiko Boje
Chief Executive Officer
Rural district of Northwest Mecklenburg
www.nordwestmecklenburg.de

Gesa Weiss
Head of the department of business development of the rural district of Rotenburg (Wümme)
www.lk-row.de

Dr. Harald Schroers
Chief Executive Officer
WEP Business Development Corporation for the district of Pinneberg
www.wep.de

Iris Meyer
Chief Executive Officer
Business Development Agency Neumünster GmbH
www.wa-nms.de

Maike Moser
Chief Executive Officer
Business Development Corporation of the district of Segeberg
www.wks-se.de

Ulf Hahn
Chief Executive Officer
Economic Development Corporation in the Duchy of Lauenburg County
www.wfl.de

Wilfried Seyer
Chief Executive Officer
Economic Development Agency of Harburg District (WLH)
www.wlh.eu

Jürgen Enkelmann
Chief Executive Officer
Business Development Corporation for the rural district and city of Lueneburg
www.lueneburg.de/wirtschaft

Michael Seggewiß
Chief Executive Officer
Business Development Corporation of the rural district of Stade
www.wf-stade.de

Business Development Corporation of Luechow-Dannenberg
by Süderelbe AG
www.wf-dan.de

Berit Steinberg
Chief Executive Officer
Southwest Mecklenburg Business Development Corporation
www.invest-swm.de

Marlies Kämpfer
Head of the department of business development "Uelzen aktiv"
www.uelzen.de

Detlev Hinselmann
Chief Executive Officer
Wirtschafts- und Aufbaugesellschaft Stormarn mbH
www.was-stormarn.de

Marc-Mario Bertermann
Chief Executive Officer
EGNO - Business Development Corporation of Norderstedt
www.egno.de

Dr. Olaf Krüger
Chief Executive Officer
Süderelbe AG                           
www.suederelbe.de

The initiative “pro Metropolregion Hamburg e. V.” set up a technology database. Called TechSearch, it allows science and industry to find suitable co-operation partners.