Erik Walkling

Head of Strategic Development

"Being able to find common ground and accept a fair compromise are essential skills required to keep a representative democracy vivid, responsive and productive. They must be shared, learned, and lived."

Erik has studied business administration in Mannheim, Jönköping (Sweden) and San Diego (USA). He is a European at heart and lead on of Germany’s biggest student conferences, the Mannheim Forum, to still his hunger for political involvement. The Forum packs over 50 speakers into a program of panels and workshops over three days to engage 500+ participants on topics ranging from global politics, society, and entrepreneurship. Erik has since worked in the Startup and Venture Capital environment.