Executive Director

Andrea Arcais
Executive Director

Andrea Arcais was born in 1960 in Sardinia, Italy. After immigrating to Germany with his parents and brothers in 1965, completing an apprenticeship as a bookseller and graduating from high school, he studied German and art education in Münster. His main focus is on European, climate and energy policy. He was the managing director of the discourse network "KlimaDiskurs.NRW", in which companies, trade unions and civil society organizations work together. Most recently, as head of department at the DGB North Rhine-Westphalia, he was responsible for energy and climate policy and was also personal advisor to the chairwoman. Arcais has been a union member since 1979 and a member of the IGBCE for 20 years. Since May 2022, Andrea Arcais has been managing director of the IGBCE's Foundation for Work and the Environment.

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