Dr. Michael Schwall is a strategist and CEO of Dr. Michael Schwall Social Innovation & Strategy and Senior Consultant of Bayer Foundation. Currently he is dealing with building, funding and supporting social enterprise ecosystems in the health and agriculture sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.For a number of years, he has been active with in Bayer in developing business strategies for Africa. He started his carrier as a plant physiologist and a plant biotechnologist at the University of Freiburg, Germany and the University of Adelaide, South Australia.

After managing several startup companies in plant biotechnology and vegetable seeds Michael worked for a German company as a biotechnologist and a breeder in maize, vegetable and canola. When joining Bayer he worked in chemical research, global regulatory affairs and marketing in Germany and the USA.