Private Sector Strategies for Diplomatic Success with Dr. Bernd Fischer

Dr. Bernd Fischer, German Consul General in Los Angeles, discussed an innovative program, spearheaded by the German government, that provides American youth from low-income backgrounds with training, associate degrees, and jobs for life in the U.S.-based German manufacturing plants. It offered an illustrative case of what the business community can do to enhance international understanding while improving the bottom line.

About Dr. Bernd Fischer
Bernd Fischer has been head of the German Consulate General in Los Angeles since July 2012. Fischer’s distinguished career began in the 1970s, when he was a Fulbright fellow at the University of Arizona and a German Academic Exchange (DAAD) fellow at the London School of Economics. Since earning his Ph.D in Philosophy from the University of Heidelberg, Fischer has served as German Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia and at the embassies in Washington, Tokyo, and New York. As Consul General in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah, he seeks to foster and deepen German-American relations.