DGMK is pleased to announce that the General Assembly of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry has elected Berlin digital entrepreneur Daniel-Jan Girl as its new president. The managing director of DGMK thus succeeds Beatrice Kramm. In addition to Girl, Vice President and entrepreneur Tobias Weber also applied for the presidency. In the secret ballot, Daniel-Jan Girl received 46 votes, while Tobias Weber received 21 votes. There were three abstentions.
Daniel-Jan Girl founded his first company at the age of 21, a bonus system for clubs, parties, and leisure activities. In 2005, he then established the Deutsche Gesellschaft für multimediale Kundenbindungssysteme mbH, which today has 17 employees. Daniel-Jan Girl is the Managing Partner there and has also developed a whole range of digital applications in recent years. The Berlin native has been a member of the General Assembly of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 2004, and since 2017 he has been a member of the Executive Board as well as Chairman of the Digital Economy Committee.
Daniel-Jan Girl, President of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry:
“I am delighted by the trust placed in me by the General Assembly, and it is a great honor for me to hold this office. After 17 years in the General Assembly and four years as a member of the Executive Board, this candidacy was the logical step. I want to further develop the strengths of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and bring it closer to its members. This also involves the meaningful networking of different competencies from old and new, in order to jointly take a strong position towards the House of Representatives. I thank the former Vice President Tobias Weber for a fair election campaign.”
