MARKUS JERGER
is a Swiss-German entrepreneur and member of the board of companies, associations, think tanks, private/public alliances, academic institutions and is a counsellor to family businesses and increasingly to younger heirs.


The Jerger family’s history in business dates back to 1866 and includes the invention and industrial manufacturing of alarm clocks and time measure instruments.

Later the businesses expanded towards the development and licensing of patents, trademarks and exclusive distribution rights. In 1980 a new pillar was added to the Jerger Groups business activities with the reconstruction of properties of historic significance, some dating back to the 10th Century. Today, the family’s activities includes the strategic management and supervision of global business alliances and B2B and B2Gov cooperations.



EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
The German Federal Association of Small and Medium Enterprises BVMW
Bundesverband Der Mittelstand.BVMW e.V.

The German Mittelstand.BVMW is the largest voluntarily organised and cross-sectoral economic interest group for the German small and medium enterprises (‘Mittelstand’)

As the highest ranking executive Markus Jerger operates the global network of all BVMW activities and its foundation – a network of over 960.000 associated members in Germany of 37 national alliances in Germany and 11 partner associations in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, GCC and New Zealand. The BVMW organisation operates some 400 offices word-wide covering 120 individual markets globally.



CO-PRESIDENT
Confédération Européenne des Associations de Petites et Moyennes Entreprises
European Entrepreneurs (CEA-PME)

EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS (CEA-PME), the European Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in Brussels. CEA-PME Confédération Européenne des Associations de Petites et Moyennes Entreprises is the largest confederation of voluntarily associated small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The business federation counts 25 European associations among its members, with more than 2.4 million enterprises, employing over 16 million people.



VICE-PRESIDENT
International SME Network Association
(INSME)

Small and Medium Enterprises – INSME, INTERNATIONAL SME NETWORK is a legally recognized not-for-profit association working under the auspices of the OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The Association gathers innovation and technology transfer stakeholders including governmental bodies, international organizations, NGOs, business support organizations, chambers of commerce on an international scale. INSME can count on the support of 64 Members from 34 different countries. The Network is a facilitator for the creation of public-private partnership, a gateway to innovation good practices for the support of SMEs and entrepreneurship and a catalyst of information on opportunities, latest trends and insights on innovation, SMEs, technology transfer and entrepreneurship.


Other board positions :

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
THE GERMAN MITTELSTAND FOUNDATION

STIFTUNG DEUTSCHER MITTELSTAND


MEMBER
ACATECH GESELLSCHAFTSPOLITISCHER BEIRAT
Advisory think tank of DEUTSCHE AKADEMIE DER TECHNIKWISSENSCHAFTEN.


CHAIRMAN
FEDERAL ECONOMIC SENATE OF THE GERMAN MITTELSTAND
BUNDESWIRTSCHAFTSSENAT


DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL
MEMBER OF THE BOARD
ALLIANCE for AFRICA


SPEAKER OF THE BOARD
MITTELSTANDSALLIANZ


MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD
DPFA AKADEMIEGRUPPE


EX-OFFICIO CURATOR
STIFTERVERBAND DEUTSCHLAND


MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
DEUTSCHER VERBAND JOB & WOHNEN e.V.




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