FOSTER Team

Petra Riedel – managing partner

  • Founder of the FOSTER Institut
  • Manger in the credit business for the private banking unit of Citicorp in Frankfurt and London (4 years), executive assistant for the AKA Ausfuhrkreditgesellschaft, responsible for the consortium- and advisor meetings of the bank with international banks (4 years) 
  • Leading positions in marketing departments of international banks (Credit Suisse and Citicorp), private banking and family office segments (12 years)
  • Founder and managing director of Carte Blanche Communications in Germany, an international marketing and communication consultant

 

  Michael Staab - managing partner
  • Founder and managing partner of Staab & Partner in Frankfurt/Main
  • Between 1989 and 2003 leading positions in the chemical industry (BASF AG) and consultant companies, i.e. Abels & Grey Strategy Consultants in Dusseldorf and Berlin, and Charles Barker financial communications in Frankfurt/Main
  • Member of different associations such as Die Familienunternehmer – ASU, Stresemanngesellschaft, and Academie Kloster Eberbach

 

Christine Schmidhuber – project manager

  • Founder of CS Fine Communications (2009)
  • YC: Die Office Profiler – human resources consultant for office and administration
  • Managing director of a wealth manager
  • Family office services                                              
  • Editor of the online magazine NO 1, OFFICE AVENUE für Women ATWork (www.no1-officeavenue.com)
  • Speaker of the jury PBS Produkte des Jahres
  • Many years of professional experience in international companies as management assistant, last at a prestigious international private bank

 

 Axel Heck - research and analysis

  • Since 2007 partner of Staab & Partner, prior to that freelancer for the Staab- Kommunikationsberatung
  • Fall 2008 until spring 2009 visiting fellow at the Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), Washington D.C.
  • Since 2006 lecturer at the Johannes Gutenberg -University Mainz and the Goethe-University Frankfurt
  • Dissertation project, publications and numerous conference contributions in International Relations