At hbpa, we are, first and foremost, a team. Together we give everything for our clients. Respect and a culture of open dialogue are key for us as we strive to act fact-oriented, fair and future-proof.
hbpa supports its clients with its staff as well as with a circle of independent expert partners.
Founder and Managing Partner
Founder and Managing Partner
Hans Bellstedt (Dr. phil.) is the founder and managing partner of Hans Bellstedt Public Affairs GmbH. He advises on strategic and political issues, coordinates the hbpa competence partners and represents hbpa in the global NEXTLAW Public Affairs Network.
Hans Bellstedt studied Modern History, Economics and Political Science in Göttingen, Bordeaux, Bonn and Paris. He was a staff member of Christian Democratic Foreign Affairs spokesman Karl Lamers MP (1990-1991), personal assistant to Chambers of Industry and Commerce-president Hans-Peter Stihl (1992-1995) as well as an editor of executive publications at ABB Asea Brown Boveri AG. From 1999 until the end of 2007, he headed the communications agency Plato GmbH which he founded together with Scholz & Friends.
Hans is a lecturer for Public Affairs at the TU Berlin and has published the anthology "Public Affairs. Strategies and instruments of advocacy for business, science and institutions" (2010) and "Der Raum in der Kunst. The Französische Straße Collection" (2015). He runs, plays the piano and engages as reading mentor at a primary school in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Member of the Management Team
Member of the Management Team
Tasha Schedler is a member of the Management Team at hbpa GmbH with special responsibility for Human Resources. She advises clients in the areas of financial services, e-government, digitization and health. To this end, she observes and analyzes the relevant political developments, prepares policy reports as well as stakeholder analyses and curates political dialogue platforms.
Previously, Tasha studied Political Science and Comparative and Middle East Politics and Societies at the University of Tübingen. She has multiple years of experience as a research assistant. Additionally, Tasha spent two semesters abroad at the University of Geneva in Switzerland and the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Prior to joining hbpa, Tasha gained experience in the field of Public Affairs at Ogilvy Social.Lab in Brussels and interned with a member of state parliament in Lower Saxony as well as with an NGO.
Account Manager and Team Lead
Account Manager and Team Lead
Gunnar Mokosch is an Account Manager at hbpa. He advises his clients on climate and energy policy by keeping them up to date on current developments and providing them with analyses of the relevant contexts and stakeholders.
Gunnar has degrees in Political Science and Public Policy from Brown University (United States), the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and the Free University Berlin. For further studies and research, he spent substantial periods at universities in Italy, Japan, and Australia. He acquired work experience as a trainee in the European Parliament in Brussels, the Federal Ministry of the Environment in Berlin, and the Australian House of Representatives.
Account Manager and Team Lead
Account Manager and Team Lead
Katharina Rock is an Account Manager at hbpa. For our clients, she primarily observes and analyzes energy and climate policy processes and prepares corresponding background papers.
Katharina studied political and environmental sciences at the University of Potsdam and the Humboldt University in Berlin. She spent semesters abroad in Brussels and Tanzania. Due to her extensive work experience in the German Bundestag, Katharina has a strong practical understanding of politics. She is also familiar with working with clients from the business world due to her previous assignment at a consulting firm.
Junior Associate and SocialMedia
Junior Associate and SocialMedia
Maria Rudenko is a Junior Associate at hbpa. She supports the team by monitoring current political developments and creating background analysis mainly in the field of energy policy, circular economy, and climate protection. In addition, Maria is in charge of hbpa’s presence on Social Media.
Previously, Maria studied Political Science at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow and at the University of Siegen, as well as Media and Digital Communications at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Prior to joining hbpa, Maria worked for the international broadcaster Deutsche Welle and interned at German Bundestag. She also worked as a freelance print and radio journalist.
Maria is a dedicated globetrotter and a language learner.
Junior Associate
Junior Associate
János Rosenberg is a Junior Associate at hbpa. For our clients, he monitors and analyses the policy fields Digital, eGovernment, Life Sciences, and Financial Services and delivers monitorings, background reports, and stakeholder briefings.
He studied Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at the University of London, Royal Holloway, United Kingdom (B.A.) and Political Science at Dalarna University, Sweden (M.Sc.). János gained work experience in Berlin through internships at two Public Affairs consultancies, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Commercial Service Germany, as well as the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Public Affairs Researcher
Public Affairs Researcher
Katharina Sophie Bellstedt supports hbpa as a Public Affairs researcher. She currently has a focus on digital and health policy creating a regular monitoring and carrying out further tasks in the team.
Katharina has been studying Communication and Political Science at the University of Mainz since autumn 2018. She has already completed internships at “funk”, the content network of public broadcasting stations ARD and ZDF, as well as ARD online where she subsequently worked on a part-time basis. In the fall of 2020, she spent an internship at the German TV broadcaster SAT1 in Berlin.
Public Affairs Researcher
Public Affairs Researcher
Marlène Kramer is a Public Affairs Researcher at hbpa. She works in the Climate, Energy and Logistics Team and supports the monitoring of current political events in the fields of Energy, Climate and Transport politics.
Marlène holds a BA degree in Political Sciences and International Relations (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) and a Master in European Studies & International Relations (Maastricht University, NL). She also spent an exchange semester at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong.
Marlène gained work experience in a public sector consultancy in Berlin and while volunteering for the Young European Federalists in Aberdeen.
Public Affairs Researcher
Public Affairs Researcher
Frank Hartmann is a Public Affairs Researcher at hbpa. He is part of our energy, climate and logistics team which he supports mainly with a monitoring of current political developments.
Frank holds a double master’s degree in Eastern European Studies and International Relations and Regional Studies of the Free University Berlin and the University of Tartu. Previously, he studied Political Science and Slavic Studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Frank gained relevant work experience in the office of the former president of the Bundestag Rita Süssmuth (CDU) in Berlin. He also worked as a freelance researcher and teacher for politics and history.
Public Affairs intern
Public Affairs intern
Aaron Forster is a Public Affairs intern at hbpa. He monitors current political events with focus on energy and environmental policy and supports us with further PA tasks.
Aaron studies politics and administration (BA) at the University of Konstanz. While still at school, he was a member of the youth parliament in the city of Ulm. A semester abroad led him to the Karls-University in Prague. Later on, he spent an internship in the field of Public Relations and Public Affairs at a german city council.
Public Affairs intern
Public Affairs intern
Jakob Arnold is a Public Affairs intern at hbpa. He supports the team in monitoring current political events with a focus on energy and environmental policy and other PA tasks.
Jakob is currently completing his Bachelor's degree in International Relations and Economics at the University of Erfurt. During his studies, he already gained his first professional experience in internships at Spacebase GmbH and in the online editorial department of Cicero Magazine.
Digital Public Affairs; Political Design Thinking
Digital Public Affairs; Political Design Thinking
Sebastian Fischer-Jung (lawyer) is hbpa's expert partner for Digital Public Affairs and Political Design Thinking. His industry focus is primarily on consumer goods, finance, energy and mobility.
As managing partner of Digital Public Affairs GmbH (www.digital-public-affairs.de), Sebastian specializes in the field of social media-driven political communication for businesses, associations and institutions. Together with his team, he conceptualizes and moderates Political Design Thinking workshops on the identity and societal responsibility of businesses and associations.
Transport Policy; Telecommunication & Digital
Transport Policy; Telecommunication & Digital
Peter Husen (political scientist) is hbpa´s expert partner for transport policy, telecommunications as well as European Public Affairs.
As founder and managing partner of Peter Husen Political Solutions, Peter brings in his extended knowledge in the areas of digitization, energy, environment/climate and mobility.
Peter Husen has been working as a consultant and business representative at the crossroads of politics and business for 15 years. During five of these years, Peter was located directly in Brussels, where he advocated his clients' interests vis-à-vis the EU institutions. EU legislation has been a focus of Peter's work ever since.
Peter Husen holds a diploma in political science (Otto-Suhr-Institut of Freie Universität Berlin). In the early 2000s, he published the first academic paper, in German language, on the public affairs sector in Germany and Europe. Peter Husen is a lecturer for "International Public Affairs" at the University for Technology and Economics in Berlin. He carries out workshops and lectures on future-oriented topics including digitization and industry 4.0 on a regular basis.
Climate & Energy; Circular Economy
Climate & Energy; Circular Economy
Johannes Näumann supports hbpa as Senior Advisor with a special focus on energy policy, the circular economy and building. In these fields, he analyses legislation, edits policy reports and organizes the stakeholder outreach.
Johannes was born in Heidelberg and grew up in southern Germany. After studying history and political science in Tübingen, Salamanca and Berlin, he learned the trade of communication and press work as a freelancer for DeutschlandRadio. Afterwards he worked as an assistant to the member of the German Bundestag Ernst Burgbacher where he discovered his passion for parliamentary procedures.In 2001 Johannes Näumann took over the department of press and public relations at the Association of Technical Supervisory Organizations (TÜV) e.V. as press spokesman. There he accompanied the organization’s change process into a modern association. From 2008 he was in charge of the association's entire communication. Since 2017, Johannes has been advising companies and associations on the challenges they face with complex issues at the interface between technology, government and society.
In his spare time, the lover of classical music and art plays the cello passionately.
Life Sciences & Health Care
Life Sciences & Health Care
Dr. Tobias Weiler is hbpa’s expert partner for Life Sciences & Health Care.
Within the scope of his public affairs activities, Dr. Tobias Weiler focuses not only on EU policies in the field of Life Sciences / Healthcare, but also on international cooperation in health care as well as e-health and digitization (including approvals for digital applications, interoperability, digitization and care). He advises companies in the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries on M&A and strategic sales orientation.
Prior to joining the consultancy Tobias Weiler represented the interests of various associations of the high-tech industry such as ZVEI, vfa, VDI and SPECTARIS in Brussels and Berlin.
Tobias Weiler studied political science at the universities of Tübingen and Hamburg from 1983 to 1989. In 1994, he was awarded a scholarship from the German Research Foundation (DFG) to study European research and technology policy at the Graduate College "European Integration" at the University of Tübingen. From 1994 to 1995 he was Coordinator Parliamentary Relations in the European Commission (Directorate General Research) in Brussels.
Managing Partner:
Dr. Hans Bellstedt
Französische Straße 14 · D-10117 Berlin
tel +49 30 83 21 680 - 50
fax +49 30 83 21 680 - 88
mail@hbpa.eu
