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.
Junior Associate and Social Media
Junior Associate and Social Media
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
Fabian Appel is a junior associate at hbpa. He supports the team in the areas of energy, environment/climate and infrastructure policy, i.a., by monitoring current political developments.
Fabian is a graduate of Political Science and General Rhetoric at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. During his studies, he gained relevant practical experience at agencies, consultancies, and through internships in the political arena in Berlin. A year abroad in Mexico was among his most formative experiences.
Apart from dealing with energy policy, Fabian gains his personal energy from drinking coffee, playing soccer, and traveling.
Junior Associate
Junior Associate
Tine Feddersen is a junior associate at hbpa. She supports the team i.a. by monitoring current political developments in the areas of energy, climate and environment and editing political information formats.
Tine studied law at Humboldt University of Berlin with main focus on criminal law. Besides her studies, she gained several years of work experience at the office of a member of the German parliament. Moreover Tine interned at the energy policy department of the German Wind Energy Association, at a law firm with a focus on renewable energy and at various courts.
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. Later on, she spent internships at the German TV broadcaster SAT 1, at SPIEGEL TV as well as at the regional studios of the Second German TV (ZDF) in Hannover/Lower Saxony.
Public Affairs intern
Public Affairs intern
Leoni Schulz is working at hbpa as part of an internship, in which she supports the team with monitorings of the current political activity, focusing on the digital and health policy sector, as well as other research projects.
Leoni completed her International Baccalaureate at the International School of Zug and Luzern in Switzerland in 2021. Afterward, she spent the last months traveling across Europe and working in the childcare sector in a swiss ski resort. She is excited to start her law degree in Berlin this year.
Public Affairs Advisor
Public Affairs Advisor
Katharina Rock has been employed with hbpa until March 31st, 2022. She started her Ph. D. project on April 1st, 2022. Notwithstanding, in special situations (and on a limited scale), she may assist hbpa and her clients as PA Advisor especially in the field of energy and climate policy.
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.
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.
What is it like to spend an internship at hbpa? What would be your tasks, which issues would you be dealing with? And what could be your benefits? One of our recent interns (July till Dec 2021), Aaron Forster, is happy to share his experiences with you:
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Managing Partner:
Dr. Hans Bellstedt
Französische Straße 14 · D-10117 Berlin
tel +49 30 83 21 680 - 50
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