Dr. Matthias Ballweg

MCube:

• What fascinates you about the innovation landscape of mobility in the region?
  • All the prerequisites are there. Munich is home to Europe's largest start-up and innovation center and Europe's best university.
• What key challenge do you see for the future of mobility?
  • Mobility needs are diverse. We need to think about leisure and commuter traffic together.
• What perspective or expertise do you bring to the MCube Supervisory Board?
  • For most Munich residents, the mountains are a regular excursion destination and a core reason for owning a car. The Alpine Association has a main field of activity in tourism management. In addition, I bring the perspective of the circular economy, among other things through years of leading the "Circular Cars Initiative" of the World Economic Forum.
• For me, MCube means...
  • Focus on people - how can we all contribute to making Munich an even better place to live in the field of mobility?

Curriculum vitae: Dr. Matthias Ballweg is Chairman of the Alpenverein Oberland, one of the largest sports clubs in the world. There, he launched the Munich mountain bus as a major pilot project for sustainable mountain mobility, as well as the car-sharing benches and other initiatives for sustainable mobility. In his main job, Matthias Ballweg is co-founder of CIRCULAR REPUBLIC at UnternehmerTUM. His work focuses on cross-company projects to close the loop in certain value streams such as batteries and vehicles, electronics and ICT, textiles or packaging and to reduce the consumption of raw materials. Matthias is familiar with the commercial vehicle industry from his time as Vice President Strategy at MAN Truck & Bus. The father of 4 children has a doctorate in behavioral psychology and is a member of the advisory board at the Institute for Mobility at the University of St. Gallen.