Until December 2023, Meike was Senior Manager, Trend & Innovation Scouting at Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) in charge of all international affairs of the de:hub Initiative by the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action. She is an expert in International Relations and Internationalization with an affinity for GreenTech and ClimateTech.
From 2020 to 2022, she was a Digital Ambassador with the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), based in Namibia to support the local Startup ecosystem and build bridges between Europe and Africa.
Until 2020, Meike ran her own consulting firm focusing on communications and business development for Startups, amongst other clients working closely with the TV format “Die Höhle der Löwen”. Meike has begun her career as Country Director for the Emerging Markets Research and Consulting Firm Oxford Business Group (OBG), living and working in Turkey, Indonesia, Tunisia, Thailand and Algeria.
She studied International Relations at TU Dresden und Boston College and holds a Masters Degree in Political Communications from Goldsmiths College, University of London.
