Promoting art and culture has been important to me for many years. As a business man, I stand for the combination of entrepreneurship and the promotion of open access to art and cultural diversity. Art trains empathy, broadens horizons, promotes diversity and shapes attitudes. For me, art and culture are of outstanding importance for society. They reflect social debates, they offer areas of friction for dealing with reality and point beyond everyday events.

I firmly believe in the mission of the Friends of the National Gallery to make art and culture accessible to as many people as possible and  to enable participation, perspectives and opportunities. With my commitment, I would like to contribute to making the different perspectives and social trends in art and the cultural diversity in Berlin's civil society even more visible. In addition, I would like to use my network from business, the start-up scene and culture to promote the Berlin art scene and promote the importance of Berlin as an exhibition metropolis. There is no better place for these concerns than the Association of Friends of the National Gallery. I would like to commit myself wholeheartedly to these goals.