Profile
Dr Niels Oelgart has been responsible for press relations at the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research since 15 March 2025. He holds a doctorate in economics and has many years of experience in corporate and political communication as well as strategic positioning.
Before joining RWI, he worked as a speechwriter for the CEO of the Lufthansa Group and was head of communications for the Lowell Group in the DACH region. Further professional positions took him to the communications consultancy H/Advisors Deekeling Arndt, Infineon Technologies AG, the DIHK and the Office of the Federal President of Germany.
He completed his degree in economics at the University of Münster, supplemented by a degree in economics and political science at the Università degli Studi di Messina in Italy.
Before joining RWI, he worked as a speechwriter for the CEO of the Lufthansa Group and was head of communications for the Lowell Group in the DACH region. Further professional positions took him to the communications consultancy H/Advisors Deekeling Arndt, Infineon Technologies AG, the DIHK and the Office of the Federal President of Germany.
He completed his degree in economics at the University of Münster, supplemented by a degree in economics and political science at the Università degli Studi di Messina in Italy.