Katrin Suder

Suder was appointed by German chancellor Angela Merkel and her cabinet to chair the German Digital Council in 2018. Prior to this, she was State Secretary in the German Ministry of Defense, responsible for Equipment, Technology/Cyber, and In-Service Support. Suder also has been an Industrial Advisor to EQT Advisors since 2018 and a partner at Macro Advisory Partners since January 2019. Previously, she worked for McKinsey & Company, where she was in charge of both the Berlin office and the German Public Sector Practice. Suder earned a PhD in Physics from Ruhr University Bochum and a Bachelor’s degree in German Literature and Theater.