Freya Lemcke
Vice President
Representative of German Industry and Trade (RGIT)
Freya will be starting as Vice President at RGIT in February 2017. Before that, she worked as Director International Trade Policy, EU Customs and Transatlantic Relations at DIHK, The Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry, in their Brussels’ office and at EUROCHAMBRES, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry, carrying out trade policy activities and managing EU-financed projects supporting the internationalisation of EU companies, especially in the Arab world and in Asia. She is a fellow of “Zukunftsbrücke - Chinese-German Young Professional Campus” and has studied International Business Administration at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and the University of Chile, Santiago de Chile.
Recent Events and Presentations
Workforce Retraining: What America Can Learn From the World’s Leaders
Join ITIF for the first event in its @Work series to discuss insights from leading countries’ workforce retraining programs, plus leading efforts in the United States, such as the innovative efforts at LIFT, Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow, one of America’s new Institutes of Manufacturing Innovation. Panelists will discuss how lessons from these leading programs can translate into policies and actions bolstering America’s approach to workforce retraining.
