Speakers and experts for negotiation, crisis management, deal-making, conflict resolution, communication, mediation, & persuasion

Matthias Schranner

Negotiation expert Matthias Schranner has been trained by German police and the FBI for the most difficult...

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Anders was the negotiator for Denmark on the Maastricht Treaty. As Denmark's Prime Minister he subsequently negotiated...

Zabeen Mirza

Zabeen Mirza, is Head of the North American division of the Schranner Negotiation Institute and brings...

Claus Weselsky

Claus Weselsky is the federal Chairman of the Society of German Locomotive Drivers (GDL). In the media he is described...

Prof. Brooke Gazdag

After completing her Doctorate in the US, Brooke Gazdag moved to Germany – sight unseen. Armed with her research...

Stephan Klement

Stephan Klement led one of the most difficult negotiations of recent years: the negotiations with Iran to resolve the...

Prof. Dr. Kasia Jagodzinska

Prof. Dr. Kasia Jagodzinska brings a wealth of international managerial experience from the EU, US, and the Middle East,...

Gerd Kerkhoff

Gerd Kerkhoff is the pioneer of purchasing consulting in Germany. He is Chairman of the Management...

Felix Finkbeiner

Felix Finkbeiner launched the "Plant-for-the-Planet" initiative at the age of 9 to fight for climate protection with his...

Dr. Klaus Lassert

Dr. Klaus Lassert is the Schranner Institute's Chief Psychologist. He supports managers in challenging negotiations and...

Andreas Gossen

As Senior Vice President of the Schranner Negotiation Institute, Andreas Goßen leads the global consultancy...

Fränzi Kühne

Fränzi Kühne was elected Germany's youngest supervisory board member in a listed company....

Jens Corssen

Jens Corssen is a psychologist who is known for saying that the imagination, i.e. the expectation we have of our negotiation...

Dr. Hubertus Porschen

Dr. Hubertus Porschen has founded several companies and is currently a managing partner. He has shared his know-how in...

Xiaoqun Clever

Xiaoqun Clever has over 20 years of experience as a technology manager. Born in China, she has held various senior management...

David Petraeus

David Petraeus was the Director of the CIA and Commander of the U.S. Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. He selected, led,...

Turan Sahin

Dr. Turan Sahin is the head of "Global Delivery Network" of the Allianz Technology. He leads international...

Helga Hengge

Helga Hengge is a keynote speaker, author, and extreme mountaineer. She was the first German woman to successfully summit...

Peter Morgan

Peter Morgan served as a Commander in the Hong Kong Police for over 33 years in a variety of operational, strategic and...

René Borbonus

René Borbonus counts among the leading specialists for professional communication. Entertaining...

Leo Martin

Leo Martin has a degree in criminal sciences and worked for a large German intelligence service in the field for ten years....

Jens Weidner

Professor Dr. Jens Weidner is professor for educational sciences and criminology at the Hamburg University for Applied...

Stefan Spies

Stefan Spies makes the tools used by actors and stage directors usable for lay people, and demonstrates how to apply them...

Stefan Schneider

Stefan Schneider became an international HR leader at Mercedes Benz passenger automobiles after serving on the Daimler...

Thomas Hey

Thomas Hey - Bird&Bird - is regarded as one of the most renowned & creative lawyers within...

Marc Strittmatter

Professor Marc Strittmatter is a professor for business law at the Constance HTWG and focuses...

Gary Noesner

Gary Noesner was Chief Negotiator for the FBI and head of their elite hostage negotiation unit where he was...

George Kohlrieser

Prof. George Kohlrieser negotiated in more than 100 Kidnappings and hostage-takings worldwide. He is consultant to a number...

Ingemar Dierickx

Prof. Ingemar Dierickx has supported global companies in difficult negotiations for 30 years. He taught at INSEAD and...

John Kornblum

John Kornblum is one of the most successful negotiators worldwide. The former diplomat, ambassador, and top manager...

Wolfgang Salewski

Professor Wolfgang Salewski was a a police psychologist in Munich and worked as psychologist for the German GSG 9...

Wolfgang Ischinger

Wolfgang Ischinger is mainly known as the director of the Munich Security Conference. On behalf of the Organization for...

Christoph Bornschein

Christoph Bornschein is the high priest of the use of new media. He advises global corporations on their path to digitalization. “Keep...

Raymond Saner

Prof. Raymond Saner is a negotiation consultant of international renown. A best-selling author, he advises governments...

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg served as Minister of Economics and Technology, later as Minister of Defence...

Scott Tillema

Scott Tillema is a rising thought leader in crisis and hostage negotiations. He is invited to speak at many hostage negotiation...

Felix Haas

Felix Haas is a serial entrepreneur, active business angel and seed investor in 50+ German startups, and serves on the...

Santiago Calatrava

Dr. Santiago Calatrava is one of the world’s most influential architects. Currently working on building the world’s...

Tawfik Jelassi

Professor Tawfik Jelassi was Minister of higher education, scientific research and information and communication...

Joschka Fischer

The former Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany (1998-2005) led...

Ming Huang

Ming Huang has been working for the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs since 1993, including...

Dr. Nancy Zarse

Dr Nancy Zarse is a forensic psychologist and full professor in the Forensic Department at The Chicago School of Professional...

Jack Cambria

Jack Cambria is a recently retired member of the New York City Police Department who has contributed...

Nicole Schindelar

Nicole Schindelar studied communication design in the UK and Spain and set up her own agency. After...

Dr. Beth Fisher-Yoshida

Dr. Beth Fisher-Yoshida is a facilitator, educator, mediator and executive coach, who partners with...

Julien Pelabere

Ph.D. in complex negotiation and founder of Negotiation & Applied Research Institut (Institut NERA) in France, a consulting firm...

Dr. Paul Seger

Dr. Paul Seeger has been Switzerland’s Ambassador to Germany since 2018. After studying Law at Basel University,...

Volker Struth

Volker Struth is one of the most successful players’ agents in the world (GQ, Feb 2019). His agency “Sports...

Rajka Koncarevic

Rajka Koncarevic has been working in Business Management, Sales Management and Strategic Business Development since 2002....

Christoph Leicher

Christoph Leicher is president of the Leicher Engineering GmbH since 1983. The family-owned company, founded 1870 in Munich,...

Nicholas Thompson

Nicholas Thompson is the editor-in-chief of WIRED, a position he has held since January 2017. He’s also a contributor...

David Burke

Blurring the lines between chef, artist, entrepreneur and inventor, world-renowned chef David Burke is one of the leading...

Dr. Ursula Schütze-Kreilkamp

As Head of Human Resources for KFK, OFK 1 Group Executives in the strategy division of Deutsche Bahn,...

Baroness Catherine Ashton

Baroness Catherine Ashton was the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and...

Hany Hussein

Hany Hussein is the former President of DAMAC International in the Middle East, a real estate goliath spanning the MENA...

Nadja Schildknecht

In 2005 Nadja Schildknecht founded the Zurich Film Festival together with two business partners, which has developed into...

Ralf Borgwardt

As Director of Enterprise and Cloud Software Sales he has responsibility for the Software business with IBM's top Software...

Alicia García Herrero

Alicia García Herrero is the Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis. She also serves as Senior Fellow at European...

Heidi Hauer

As a Health & Life Coach Ms. Hauer helps people to achieve better health, mental strength and...

Andreas Riedle

Andreas Riedle is a negotiation expert at the Robert Bosch GmbH. He is active as a trainer and consultant...

Béla Seebach

Béla-Claudius Seebach is co-founder of the Dusseldorf spice manufacturer Just Spices. During his studies of International...

Crystal Khalil

Crystal Khalil is a corporate executive, motivational speaker and philanthropist. She currently serves as Director, Procurement,...

Tasmiya Khan

Tasmiya Khan, Pharm.D. is a clinical pharmacist and a pharmacy benefit consultant at AJ Gallagher...

Jordan March

Jordan March is a 12-year veteran in the real estate industry and is regarded as a pioneer in the digital media era of...

John Robbinson

In 2018, John Robinson presented with the Chamber Champion Award in recognition of actions that have advanced the mission...

Sergio Paneque

Sergio Paneque founded NewGov Strategies after a distinguished career leading the procurement organizations of some of...

Sean McPeak

Sean has nearly a decade of experience selling real estate in Manhattan and Brooklyn, he has cemented his reputation as...

Ellen Rothschild

Ellen Rothschild, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Digiscribe International and Digiscribe New England, is a...

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