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Bernd Edgar Jorkisch (* August 6, 1957 in Bad Segeberg) is a German entrepreneur. He is managing partner of the timber importer Jorkisch GmbH & Co. KG in Daldorf, Schleswig-Holstein and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Finland.

Life and career
After completing secondary school in 1975, Jorkisch trained as a technician, which he completed in 1978. He went on to join his parents' timber trading business and acquired a small sawmill in Daldorf in 1978. In 1986 he became the sole owner of this company. In 1995, he acquired a second location in Fehrenboetel, Schleswig-Holstein. From 1993 to 2003, he operated a "joint venture sawmill" in the Republic of Latvia. In 1997, company growth necessitated the transformation to Jorkisch GmbH & Co. KG. In 1998, the third company location was established in the form of a sister company as a production site in Friedland, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Activities
Jorkisch is Honorary Consul of the Republic of Finland and a commercial judge at Luebeck District Court.

Social commitment, honorary post

 * Chairman of the board of Tafelstiftung Schleswig-Holstein/ Hamburg
 * Chairman of the Board of the German-Danish Chamber of Commerce
 * Member of the Supervisory Board of Sparkasse zu Luebeck
 * Member of the Enquete Commission "North German Cooperation" of the Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament (2012-2014)
 * Member of the Federal Committee on Finance, Economics and Energy of the CDU Germany

Awards

 * 2006: "Promoter of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses of the Year 2006," award of the Lübeck District Association of Businesses and Medium-Sized Businesses
 * 2006: "Recognition Award Sustainability in Schleswig-Holstein" Award of the association "Zukunftsfähiges Schleswig-Holstein" - Förderverein der Umweltakademie e.V.
 * 2010: Chamber medal of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
 * 2010: Silver Badge of Honor of the District Chamber of Crafts Mittelholstein
 * 2013: Melvin Jones Fellow - Lions Club International
 * 2015: Badge of Merit in Gold from the German Lifesaving Society, DLRG
 * 2016: Gold Medal of Honor from the Lübeck Chamber of Industry and Commerce, IHK
 * 2016: Golden pin of honor of the SV Todesfelde
 * 2018: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
 * 2019: Golden pin of honor of the boarding school Schloss Rohlstorf