Annalena Baerbock has been where the world’s most consequential decisions are made – in G7 meetings, at NATO summits, and on the podium of the United Nations General Assembly. Drawing on firsthand experience and an extensive international network, she helps business leaders and decision-makers navigate an increasingly fragmented world with confidence and strategic clarity.
- Professor of Professional Practice & Co-Director MPA Program in Global Leadership, Columbia University, New York (2026 onwards)
- President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Germany (2021-2025)
„Plenty of voices can describe the crisis. I refuse to admire it. If you lose the willingness to look for the constructive path forward, you have no business leading — whether in diplomacy or in business. Even when progress stalls, the task remains the same: to find a way through.“
– Annalena Baerbock
Leadership at the Intersection of Diplomacy and Global Challenges
In an era of geopolitical uncertainty, Annalena Baerbock brings firsthand leadership experience from some of the defining challenges of our time. As Germany’s Foreign Minister, she led a G7 foreign ministry through war in Europe and an unprecedented energy crisis.
As President of the United Nations General Assembly, she presided over the international community at a pivotal moment when global principles for governing artificial intelligence (AI) began to take shape.
Annalena Baerbock has been a first in many rooms: She made history as Germany’s first female Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs. Annalena Baerbock is the first woman from the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) to serve as President of the United Nations General Assembly and only the fifth woman to hold this office in the organization’s 80-year history. The first European minister at the frontline of many current crisis.