Barbara Mittelhammer is an international policy professional focusing on human security, the women, peace & security agenda and feminist foreign policy. She complements her policy expertise with management and organizational development skills, gained from several years performing in leading positions in the private sector. In addition, she is a certified mediator.

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As director with the Agora Strategy Group, a political consultancy, she built up and managed the Agora Strategy Institute, the consultancy’s think tank unit with a far-reaching global network of experts, and led international client projects. Barbara Mittelhammer headed Agora Strategy’s Berlin office, was head of HR and team lead. Prior to that, she was press officer and project manager with the Munich Security Conference, one of the world’s leading platforms for debating international security policy. Barbara Mittelhammer studied political science, international law and cultural anthropology in Munich and Paris. She is fluent in English, Spanish, French and German and speaks Italian.