About Dr. Christian Wältermann

Dr. Christian Wältermann is Managing Director at Fortlane Partners' Munich office and heads the Mobility & Infrastructure Practice.

 

Dr. Wältermann advises management teams and financial investors on issues regarding mobility and complex infrastructure. In addition to strategic and transaction-related topics, he focuses, e.g., on AI-based digitalization of operational processes and supports clients in successfully participating in large tenders.

 

Before joining Fortlane Partners, Dr. Wältermann was a researcher at Mannheim University, where he received his PhD at the Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences in the fields of economic policy and applied statistical methods. Besides graduating in economics at Mannheim University with stations at MIT and Harvard, he graduated in philosophy at the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg.

 

Dr. Christian Wältermann
Dr. Christian Wältermann
Managing Director
Strategy and Growth, Bid and Tender Management, Mobility, Transportation, and Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities, Public Sector
Munich, Germany
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