Dr. Hans
Bellstedt
Founder and Managing Partner
At hbpa we are committed to shape the dialogue between business, politics and society. Together with our clients, we aim to achieve a policy environment that reflects the technological and societal changes of our time. In doing so, we are dedicated to act in an objective, fair and future-oriented manner.
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 books "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.
Account Manager
Account Manager
Christopher-Paul Radtke is Account Manager at hbpa. He consults clients from the industrial, energy, environmental and waste management sectors. For his clients, he produces monthly reports, political backround analyzes and position papers. In addition, he supports them with strategic and political positioning and initiates stakeholder exchanges.
Following his commercial apprenticeship, Christopher-Paul obtained a bachelor's degree in economics and politics from the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) in Berlin. Before joining hbpa, he gained experiences in Public Affairs and PR at the Berlin office of Weber Shandwick. As alumnus and member of the Network for Economics and Politics he continues his involvement at HTW Berlin for students and others interested in German politics.
Account Manager
Account Manager
Saskia Stedtfeld is Account Manager at hbpa. She is mainly responsible for clients from the financial and health sectors. For her clients, she monitors legislative processes, supports the initiation and preparation of stakeholder meetings, and produces thematic documentations. In addition, she develops and organizes event concepts and stakeholder dialogues.
Saskia also supervises the hbpa social media channels as well as the video-format hbpa-#Forecast. Prior to joining hbpa, she supported the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) in business development with companies and foundations.
Saskia completed her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in European Studies with a specialization in Public Policy and Administration at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. She spent her ERASMUS-Semster at the University of Aix-Marseille in France. As a former exchange student in the United States, Saskia enjoys supporting her exchange organisation in motivating young people to participate in intercultural experiences.
Account Manager
Account Manager
Paul Emtsev is Account Manager at hbpa. He is mainly responsible for clients from the energy sector. For his clients, he produces reports, environmental analyzes and monitorings. In addition, he advises them on issues of strategic and political positioning.
Paul Emtsev previously worked as a project consultant for political communications at APCO worldwide. Previously, he gained insights into the field of international cooperation through experiences at the German Embassy in Tbilisi, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Tashkent, at the Goethe Institute in Turin and the European Parliament Information Office in Luxembourg.
Paul studied Political Sciences and International Law at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich and the University of Montreal as well as International Relations at the University College London and the Higher School of Economics Moscow. In addition to German and English, he is fluent in French, Russian and Italian.
Account Manager
Account Manager
Stefan Ivanović is Account Manager at hbpa. He consults clients primarily on transport and climate-related topics. For his clients, he observes and comments on relevant political developments, compiles policy reports and produces stakeholder analyses. He also gives strategic and overall political advice to his clients.
Previously, Stefan studied Public Policy (MPP) at the Hertie School in Berlin and Università Bocconi in Milano, as well as European Politics and Business Administration at the American University in Bulgaria. His work experience includes the European Parliament in Brussels, DHL in Leipzig and the German development agency (GIZ) in Addis Ababa. He also supported the civil society in his native Bosnia.
Stefan is passionate about philosophy as well as cycling and mountain climbing.
Summer Intern
Summer Intern
Alina Derfler is summer intern at hbpa. She supports the hbpa team with monitoring and political backround analyzes in the areas of environment and energy.
She gained practical experiences in political communication during an internship in the political deparment of the German Embassy in Moscow.
Alina studied Interdisciplinary Russian Studies with a focus on politics, administration and economics at the University of Potsdam. During her studies, she completed a semester in Moscow. Besides German, Alina is fluent in Russian and English.
Public Affairs intern
Public Affairs intern
Lucas Volkmer is an intern at hbpa. He supports the hbpa team with monitoring and political background analyzes in the areas of E-Government, Digitization and Education as well as several operative tasks.
Lucas studied economics at the Hochschule Fresenius in Hamburg, Germany. During this time, he gained extensive knowledge on the topics of E-Governement, Platform-Economy and Blockchain-Technology.
As part of his Bachelor thesis, Lucas worked with a Start-Up from Bangladesh where he gained his first practical experiences in the field of blockchain-based solutions in a public context.
Lucas has his own news-blog on cryptocurrencies and is a passionate musician.
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.
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.
Sebastian Fischer-Jung began his career in 1995 as Legal Counsel at Berliner Zeitung (formerly part of Gruner+Jahr) and subsequently became Publishing and Managing Director of media companies at Hearst-Marquard, Siedler and buecher.de. From 2005 onwards, he led the public affairs units of international network agencies including Plato/ Scholz&Friends and Burson-Marsteller. While studying law and history in Bonn, Sebastian worked as staffer for a member of the Bundestag.
European Public Affairs
European Public Affairs
Peter Husen (political scientist) is hbpa’s expert partner for European Public Affairs.
As founder and managing partner of Peter Husen Political Solutions (https://www.political-solutions.de/), Peter consults his clients in the areas of digitization, energy, environment/climate and mobility. In the context of joint projects with hbpa, Peter brings in his extended knowledge on European political affairs as well as his experience in the above-mentioned industries.
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.
Life Sciences & Health Care
Life Sciences & Health Care
Dr. Tobias Weiler is hbpa’s expert partner for Life Sciences & Health Care.
Following his studies of political sciences in Tübingen and Hamburg and his dissertation on European science and technology policy, Tobias worked as a business representative for numerous associations within the high-tech industry, including ZVEI, vfa, VDI and SPECTARIS, both in Brussels and Berlin. Given his long-standing experience within associations, he specializes in consulting businesses in the pharmaceutical and med-tech industries on their M&A and sales strategies.
Within his public affairs activities, Dr. Tobias Weiler not only focusses on EU policy in the field of Life Sciences and Healthcare but also specializes in international cooperation in the health sector as well as e-health and digitization (including approvals for digital applications, interoperability and the digitization of nursing).
