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
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- 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