Diana Hollmann, studied Business Administration at the Nordakademie Graduate School in Elmshorn and the Maxwell School in Syracuse, NY (USA). During her Mercator year she focused on the current efforts of actors in development aid to support innovative business models for a sustainable development. Based on her experience in the corporate sector and the cooperation with social entrepreneurs in Germany and abroad she expanded her expertise in developing and implementing corresponding projects. Diana Hollmann now works for the GIZ in Berlin.