Susanne Straetmans is Director Communications and Cluster Lead EU BIG 5 at Pfizer. She is responsible for the pharmaceutical company’s internal and external communications at its Berlin site. Straetmans joined Pfizer in 2010. Prior to that, she worked for the PR agency fischerAppelt for almost six years in client consulting. Straetmans has been a member […]

Since September 2020, Anke Schmidt has served as the Head of Corporate Communications & Government Relations at Beiersdorf, the company behind renowned brands such as NIVEA, EUCERIN, HANSAPLAST, Labello, and tesa. Prior to her current role, she dedicated 24 years to BASF, where she held various leadership roles in communications and human resources both in […]

Professor Christof Ehrhart serves as Executive Vice President Corporate Communications & Government Relations at the engineering and technology company Robert Bosch GmbH. Previously, he was Head of Global Corporate Communications at Deutsche Post DHL Group, a prominent mail and logistics organization. He has been an Adjunct Professor of International Corporate Communications at Leipzig University since […]

Professor Ansgar Zerfaß is Professor of Strategic Communication at the Institute of Communication and Media Studies at Leipzig University. He is also Professor of Communication and Leadership at the BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, and Plank Scholar at the Plank Center for Leadership and Public Relations at the University of Alabama, USA. In addition to […]

Professor Stefan Stieglitz holds the SAP Endowed Chair in Information Systems and Digital Transformation at the University of Potsdam. He is also the Director of the Competence Center Connected Organization, which is dedicated to enhancing the exchange of knowledge and innovation between academia and the business sector. Prior to his current role, Professor Stieglitz conducted […]

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Röttger is Professor of Public Relations Research at the Institute of Communication Science at the University of Münster. After completing her studies in journalism at the University of Dortmund, she was awarded a doctorate at the University of Zurich. She also trained as a systemic organizational consultant at the Scientific Institute for […]

Professor Sabine Einwiller is Professor of Public Relations Research at the Department of Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna, where she also heads the Corporate Communication Research Group. Before that, she was a professor at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, where she set up and headed the Master’s program in Corporate Communications/PR. With […]

Karen Berger is Managing Director and Head of Communications of the Academic Society for Management & Communications. Karen Berger studied communication and media, business administration and sociology at the Leipzig University and the University of Valencia, specializing in public relations and marketing. From 2007 to 2014 she worked for Siemens Corporate Communications in Munich and […]

Dr. Christine Viertmann is executive director for the Günter Thiele Foundation and project manager for the Academic Society for Management & Communication. She studied Communication and Media Studies and French Literature at the Universities of Leipzig and Paris IV-Sorbonne. She was a research assistant and post-doc at the Chair of Strategic Communication as well as […]