Eduard King Härtel

MSc Economics at Bocconi

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

About

Economics graduate student at Bocconi with a background in physics, public policy, and environmental economics from the University of Toronto. Working at the intersection of entrepreneurship, research, and governance for wellbeing and sustainability. Grew up in Berlin, graduated at 20 [email protected]

Experience

  • Business Analyst Intern - Strategic Decision Science at ION Management Science Lab @ SDA Bocconi
    Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    Developing agentic tools that embed decision theory to support strategy under uncertainty.

  • Co-Founder & COO at Secnd
    Jul 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

    AI Resale Inventory Management Start-up. Received $40k in grants and development services. Scaled to early revenue.

  • UofT Hatchery (1 yr 4 mos)
    • Founder - Go To Market Stage
      Sep 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr

    • Founder - Nest 2023 Cohort
      May 2023 - Sep 2023 · 5 mos

      Selected as one of the winning teams to advance to the Go-to-market stage with Secnd (previously ThreadLife).

  • President at Trinity College Environmental Society (TCES)
    Mar 2022 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Grew organization, secured funding for sustainable infrastructure.

  • Public Policy and Sustainability Intern at TIER Mobility
    Jul 2022 - Aug 2022 · 2 mos

    Climate policy and sustainability research for e-mobility.