Christian Hanelt

Christian-P. Hanelt works as Senior Expert in the project "Strategies for the EU Neighbourhood". During the refugee crisis, he was involved in concepts on how the EU can address the causes of flight and migration.

Dr. Dominik Hierlemann

Dominik Hierlemann, born in 1976, began working for the Bertelsmann Stiftung in 2004 and is currently in charge of the "Democracy and Participation in Europe" project.

Frank Eich

Dr Frank Eich studied economics at the University of Constance and the London School of Economics. Frank has over 20 years of experience as an economist, working in the public and private sectors in Europe and the United States.

Jake Benford

Jake Benford works on Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Europe programme. Before this he developed the foundation’s work on impact investing. He previously lived in the U.K. where he gained professional experience with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Chatham House, and in the UK Civil Service (Education). He holds degrees in European Social and Political Studies as well as in International Relations from University College London (UCL), Sciences Po Paris and the University of Cambridge.

Joachim Fritz-Vannahme

Jahrgang 1955, arbeitet seit 2007 bei der Bertelsmann Stiftung. Dort leitete er bis 2018 das Programm Europas Zukunft, seither ist er Senior Advisor für Europafragen.

Markus Overdiek

Markus joined the Bertelsmann Stiftung as a project manager in the project “Megatrends” in 2019. His interdisciplinary undergraduate studies at the University of Leipzig had a focus on business and economics (Thesis: Austerity – The Case of Ireland). Markus holds a master’s degree in “Public Policy” with a specialization in economics from the University of Münster.

Martin Erdmann

Brief vita: Most recently, former ambassador Martin Erdmann (*1955) was the German Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey (2015-2020). Previously, he represented Germany as Permanent Representative with the rank of Ambassador to the North Atlantic Council (NATO 2010-2015). From 1995 to 1999, he was Spokesman of the Foreign Office during the terms of Foreign Ministers Klaus Kinkel (F.D.P. – Free Democratic Party) and Joseph Fischer (Alliance 90/The Greens). Photo: © Martin Erdmann

Miriam Kosmehl

Natascha Hainbach

Philipp Schulz

Philipp is currently in his last phase of an economics master program in Berlin. He recently started working on questions about the European economy at Bertelsmann Foundation.

Rüdiger von Fritsch

Brief vita: Rüdiger von Fritsch was ambassador to Moscow from 2014 to 2019. His book "Russlands Weg. Als Botschafter in Moskau” (“Russia's Path. As Ambassador in Moscow", in German only) deals with this. From 2010 to 2014 he was ambassador to Warsaw. Today he is a partner of the political and management consultancy "Berlin Global Advisors". CC by Photographer Nikita Markov

Stefani Weiss

Theresa Küspert

Theresa Küspert holds a bachelor’s degree in “Philosophy and Economics” from the University of Bayreuth. During her bachelor studies, Theresa worked as an intern at the DIW in the Energy, Transportation and Environment Department and at the economics consultancy DIW Econ in Berlin.

Thomas Rausch

Thomas is senior project manager at Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Global Economic Dynamics (GED) project. His research interests include the political economy of globalization and global governance.

Thomas Reichart