Edwin Weesie (1978) has worked for various (inter) national companies on mergers& acquisitions, sales & marketing as well as corporate governance. He is a research fellow at Financial Economic Advice at Innovation since 2011.He obtained his doctorate from the Twente University, the Netherlands specializing in psychological barriers, coping strategies and emotional pricing in the business transfer process of SMEs. On a daily basis, he works with entrepreneurs, students, teachers, branch organizations as well as policymakers to improve the European business transfer ecosystem.