Carola Kaps, Diplom-Volkswirtin (holding a master’s degree in economics), is a former Economic Correspondent of the national German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) with assignments in the USA, West Africa, South East Europe and Brussels. Today, she is in charge of the press and communication activities of AKTIVSENIOREN BAYERN e.V. (a Bavarian non-profit association supporting start-ups).