Bernhard Kowatsch

Bernhard Kowatsch

Bernhard is the Director Global Accelerator and Ventures at the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP). Since he created the Global Accelerator in 2015, it has become one of the Worlds biggest impact startup accelerators, offering 18 annual programmes.

Prior to starting the Accelerator, Bernhard co-founded the award-winning ShareTheMeal app that crowdsources funding for WFP and has delivered over 294 million meals for hungry children worldwide. His previous experience includes creating WFPs Business Innovation Unit and working as a Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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  • Organization
    United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
  • Profession
    Head of Innovation Accelerator
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