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Bogomil Gospodinov

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Bogomil Gospodinov – Author at Spotlight Europe

Bogomil (21) participated in our workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2012. He currently studies Computer Science at the University of Southampton in England. He loves poetry and playing football.

 

 

 

For me, the “My Europe” Initiative is…

…an organization which I hope will inspire new branches of organizations related to it in many of the European countries.

If you could, what would be the first thing you would change in Europe?

I would immediately defend the citizens of the European Union from discrimination and lies in other EU countries, e.g. the complete fallacy of the immigration waves of Bulgarians and Romanians in the UK.

You can find all his contributions to Spotlight Europe here

Dr. Hariolf Kottmann

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Hariolf Kottmann – CEO of Clariant

Hariolf Kottmann was born in 1955 in Göppingen/Germany. He earned his PhD in organic chemistry in 1984 at the University of Stuttgart. The following year he launched his career at the former Hoechst AG in Frankfurt holding several key management positions. In 1998, he joined Celanese Ltd in New Jersey (USA) as a member of the Executive Committee and Head of the Organic Chemicals business.  From 2001 on, as a member of the Executive Committee of SGL Carbon AG, he was responsible for the Advanced Materials Division and the Eastern Europe and Asia regions. Hariolf Kottmann became CEO of Clariant Ltd on October 1, 2008.

Under his leadership Clariant was transformed of into a leading specialty chemicals company focussing on profitable growth and sustainable value creation. As a core element of this transformation he introduced and established Clariant Excellence, a comprehensive program for continuous improvement and a driver for cultural change. Hariolf Kottman is member of the EC and Board at the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) since 2012. Besides, he supports various social and cultural projects like a UNICEF education program. He is also board member at the ETH Zurich foundation as well as the Aventis foundation.

You can find all his contributions to Spotlight Europe here

Benedict Winkler

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Benedict (19) participated in our workshop in Vienna, Austria in 2013. He studies History of Art at University College London (UCL). In the future, he would like to work in the field of arts management and curation.

For me, Europe is…
Cosmopolitanism in the age of populism.

If you could, what would be the first thing you would change in Europe?
I would push for a stronger sense of community in EU ideals of freedom, equality and respect.

Activities for the Youth Council:
Member of the Working Group on Diversity (since 2015)
Member of the Working Group on Immigration (2013-2015)

You can find all of his contributions here