Michael Wedler

Managing Partner

With B.A.U.M. since 2008

Education and experience

• German diploma in Forestry at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen
• Since 1995 active in regional development (partially LEADER II)
• 1995 – 2000 managing director of Expo2000 – Projekt WeltForum Wald (regional pilot scheme for the world exposition 2000 in Hannover)
• 2000 – 2003 EU-consultant for the county of Lower Saxony (district government of Lüneburg in the area of promotion of the economy, European funding projects)
• 2003 – 2008 Niedersächsische Landgesellschaft mbH (director for regional development, regional management and urban development). Regional manager for the region Wendland – Elbetal; additionally management of the LEADER- working group farming, energy, environmental protection, diverse evaluation reports for the BMELV, speaker of the bioenergy competence regions within the region

Tasks at B.A.U.M.

• Head of Division Energy and Mobility
• Head of Division Policy and Strategy
• Political consulting and coordination of research projects for the Federal Government in the area of energy transition, accompanying research and preparation of case studies, moderation of workshops in Germany and Austria
• Strategic consulting with expertise in projects on energy industry (renewable energies supply market, smart grids, climate protection concepts)
• Project development and project management: cluster and value chain management in the regional energy supply, national research and demonstration projects
• Creation of urban and regional development concepts, regional marketing and establishment of business cooperations (value chain and cluster management) with focus on renewable energies, evaluation and monitoring of programs, processes and projects
• Mobility shift, municipal mobility concepts, corporate mobility management