Katrin Riegger

Katrin leads the Communications Department of the ECF in Germany. In this role, she gives strategic and hands-on communications advice to the ECF Germany Initiative as well as to ECF grantees and projects in Germany to ensure their work is effectively communicated.

Prior to joining the ECF, Katrin worked as a communications officer for the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) in Berlin where she was in charge press relations and strategic media work of the organisation. She also worked as an intern in the office of Mr Reinhard Bütikofer, chairman of the Green Party, and as a journalist. Katrin studied at the University of Cologne and at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris, and she holds a Masters’ degree in Political Science.