Martin Hecker

Speaker at the St. Gallen Symposium

Martin Hecker is the Founder of AmaliTech, an innovative, social business that connects highly skilled African digital experts with European companies to address the skills shortage and create sustainable employment opportunities for Africa’s youth. Additionally, with Mark Maass and Urich Busch, Mr. Hecker founded the Digital Skills Accelerator Africa (DSAA) e.V. at the end of 2019 to build an extensive business network with companies that create training programmes and long-term jobs in the digital sector in Africa. Before founding AmaliTech in 2019, he was a Partner at BCG from 2004 to 2020, and CEO of NEORIS, a global innovation consulting company, from 2000 to 2004. He holds a Master's degree from the University of Cologne and a degree from RWTH Aachen University.