Dr. Katrin Suder

Current/ previous positions: Board Director, Deutsche Post/DHL and former Chair, German Digital Council

 

 

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BIOGRAPHY

At the heart of Dr. Katrin Suder’s career is the understanding of technologies and their impact on companies, societies and individuals. In 2000 she received her doctorate in theoretical physics. Afterwards, she worked for McKinsey & Company from 2000 to 2014 with a focus on the telecommunications, IT and public sectors. From 2014 to 2018, she was the Permanent State Secretary for Planning, Armaments, IT & Cyber at the German Federal Ministry of Defense. She took over the Chairmanship of the Digital Council of the German Federal Government under Angela Merkel in 2018. Since 2019, she has served as Senior Advisor and acts as a supervisory board member for public and private companies, including Deutsche Post, LEG Immobilien, and Cloudflare.