Speaker:
Matthias Belitz is a senior executive at the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI). Since spring 2024 he is responsible for Sustainability, Energy and Climate Policy. He is also heading Germany’s energy intensive industries network. Besides working on respective policies, Belitz also holds a leadership position in Chemie³. This initiative supports companies within the chemical-pharmaceutical industry on sustainability matters and engages with various stakeholders outside the industry. Matthias Belitz previously held various positions in finance and controlling at BASF, including international assignments in China and Belgium.
Kristina Jeromin (Made in Germany 2030) is an expert in transformation finance. She works at the intersection of the financial sector, the real economy, and politics, focusing on their efficient interlinkage to successfully shape and reliably finance industrial structural change. Among various other roles and mandates, she has served as Head of Group Sustainability at Deutsche Börse Group (2015 – 2020), Managing Director of the Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany (2018 – 2024), a member of the German Federal Government’s Sustainable Finance Advisory Council (2019 – 2025), including as Deputy Chair (2019 – 2021), and, since May 2024, Co-Lead of the Stiftung Mercator-funded initiative Made in Germany 2030.
