Unsere Vision – el puente

Our vision

With you we build the bridge to Cuba!

A strong network is indispensable for a successful business venture and is also enjoyable! We want to connect all those who are or would like to become entrepreneurially active in Cuba.

Our strategy

Perhaps you have developed an idea? Would you like to link and implement it together with partners? We support and accompany you in all these projects.

With our professional network, we use all the advantages of close, trusting cooperation. According to your request, we will find network partners or recommend you to others. This ensures positive synergies, short distances and high quality.

Our Board

We support you:

Christine Zapodeanu

Senior Business Consultant

is civil engineer, senior project manager and consultant in the field of renewable energies. After completing her MBA, she held management positions in plant construction projects in India, Africa and the USA. She discovered her enthusiasm for Cuba a few years ago and for the last 2 years she has been accompanying German companies in their business entry there.

Joachim Bruns

Lawyer and CEO Bruns Holding

is senior partner of the law firm BSHS in Cologne and partner of Bruns Holding GmbH. Since 2015 he has been supporting various projects in Cuba.

Michael Diegmann

Managing Director of MD Group

is known for its restoration work on several historical buildings in Cuba, including the Catedral de la Habana, work on various tombs in the Cementerio Santa Ifigenia in Santiago de Cuba, the restoration of the Mausoleum of Che Guevara in Santa Clara, the Palacio de Capitanes Generales in Havana and the monument to José Martí in the Parque Central in Havana. He was awarded the Bernhard Remmers Prize in 2016 for the restoration of the Capitol on the occasion of Havana's 500th anniversary. He has been living mainly in Cuba for about 8 years and is also involved in various social projects.

Uwe Paulsen

Senior Projektmanager & Geschäftsführer von ELPUENTE@CUBA

As a member of the board of Humanitarian Cuba Aid e.V., he has more than 15 years of experience in monitoring various projects in Cuba. As managing director and owner, he has managed retail outlets for almost two decades. As Project and Sales Manager with a background in mechanical engineering, he successfully developed and placed technical serial products in the area of shop fitting and exhibition stand construction.

Johannes Werner

has been associated with Cuba as a journalist since 1998. Since 2010 he is Managing Partner and Editor-in-Chief of Cuba Standard, the business information service for Cuba based in Florida. Werner was born in Freiburg and graduated from the Free University of Berlin.

Leyanis Isabel Zorrilla Romero

I consider ELPUENTE@CUBA e.V. to be the appropriate vehicle to mediate and bring together the interests of European companies and the Cuban market. All guided by the common interest of contributing to the approach, understanding and protection of trade and investment relations between Europe and Cuba.