Anna Katharina Lau

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ABOUT ANNA KATHARINA LAU

Anna Katharina Lau is a change maker, management consultant and coach who works with heart and passion. She likes to challenge, inspire and drive transformation.Katharina supports organizations across industries in organizational development, leadership development and the management of complex change projects. Besides consulting she coaches and trains C-level leaders.Supporting transformation in large corporates as Deutsche Bahn and DHL Express, she brings in a combination of a broad consulting background, many years of line and leadership experience and the joy of \"connecting the dots\" for holistic and sustainable change. As a program director for Common Purpose (Leipzig-Halle) she ran leadership development programs. She was partner at the management consultancy Ramboll Putz & Partner where she has been active in the field of project management, strategy, process and organizational development since 2011. She began her career at Hamburg Airport in where she worked on infrastructure development, several launches of initial (terminal) operation and later had responsibility for business organization in the logistic unit.Katharina holds a B.A. and a diploma in Airport Economics, an MBA in Business Management and Logistics, an M.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economy and is a certified coaching professional. As part of her studies she spent semesters abroad in Finland, Greece, USA and Argentina.In addition to her role as consultant and coach Katharina has gained experience as guest lecturer at different universities. In her spare time she volunteers in several social projects in Germany and abroad, mainly consulting and coaching social entrepreneurs.She is elected Responsible Leader of the BMW Foundation and member of the Global Diplomacy Lab, Alumna of Junior Chamber International, Wirtschaftsjunioren Hamburg and Common Purpose. Katharina is sports-minded, willing to learn and likes to make a difference.