Germany & United States: An Economic and Business Update

The past year has marked a period of significant transformation in the economic and business relations in the United States and Germany. The evening will feature business and economic updates followed by a panel discussion with business leaders who will provide valuable on the ground perspectives on navigating the opportunities and challenges of transatlantic business operations in 2026.

• 5PM to 6PM Registration & Networking
• 6PM to 8PM Program/Panel Discussion
• 8PM to 9PM Networking

US economic and market update

• , Chief U.S. Economist, J.P. Morgan

• , Managing Partner International Business, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Panel Discussion with Executives

• , President, Dräger Medical Systems Inc.
• , J.P. Morgan

• , Managing Director, Head of Mid-Cap Banking, DACH, J.P. Morgan SE (Moderator)

Michael Feroli, Chief U.S. Economist at J. P. Morgan
Michael Feroli is Chief U.S. Economist at J. P. Morgan. Before coming to J. P. Morgan in early 2006, Mr. Feroli was an economist at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. where he served from 2002-2006 in the Macroeconomic Analysis section. In that role he helped formulate the Federal Reserve’s staff economic forecast and briefed the Board on economic developments. Mr. Feroli has published in several scholarly journals, and has consulted the U.S. Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. Michael has served as a member of the Economic Advisory Panel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and of the University of Chicago’s U.S. Monetary Policy Forum. He earned a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University.

Andreas Glunz, Managing Partner International Business, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Andreas Glunz is employed at KPMG since 1991. He holds a German CPA (Wirtschaftsprüfer) and German Tax Advisor (Steuerberater) and audits mainly Japanese, US, UK and Scandinavian groups since 2000 as an Audit Partner. From 2008-2010 he headed the Turkish Desk and from 2009-2015 the Global Japanese Practice of KPMG in Germany. Since 2015 he is in charge as Managing Partner of KPMG Germany´s entire International Business and all country corridors/country practices.

He is advising international groups in all phases of their life cycle from foundation to closure and in all newly developing challenges and chances. He also supports German groups with their international activities in close collaboration with the local KPMG member firms and the seconded employees from KPMG Germany in those countries. Within the global KPMG network he promotes international collaboration. Andreas Glunz regularly publishes thought leadership and is a speaker at international business related events with a connection to the business location Germany, often in cooperation with the foreign German chambers and international organizations.”

, Managing Director, Head of Mid-Cap Banking, DACH, J.P. Morgan SE

Bernhard Brinker joined J.P. Morgan in January 2019. Prior to that, Bernhard spent eleven years at Unicredit / HypoVereinsbank, where he started in 2007 in Investment Banking - first covering international corporates, then as Co-Head of Investment Banking and Head of Financial Institutions Group. For the last five years, Bernhard was, as a Divisional Board Member, responsible for HypoVereinsbank’s Private Banking business in Germany.

Before his time at Unicredit / Hypovereinsbank, Bernhard started his career at McKinsey & Company, Inc. in Munich, Frankfurt and New York, where he was spending most of his 13 years (the last six as a Partner) with financial services / banking clients, and where he was for his last four years also responsible for the Firm’s Corporate Finance & Strategy Practice in Germany.

Bernhard has graduated with a PhD and an MBA from European Business School, Schloss Reichartshausen in Germany.

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