Rasmus C. Beck is an expert in innovative business development at local and regional level in Germany. He has worked in Dortmund, Hanover and Essen, most recently as Chairman of the Management Board of Business Metropole Ruhr GmbH, where he was responsible for business development in the Ruhr region. He has been CEO of Duisburg Business & Innovation GmbH since 2021.
He studied political science at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, where he graduated with a master's degree and later obtained his doctorate. As the author of numerous scientific publications, he specialises in regional cluster policy and economic development. He is an honorary professor at the EBZ Business School Bochum and a lecturer at the University of Witten/Herdecke.