References from the world of politics, economics and culture

References

Paris is always Paris and Berlin is never Berlin!

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All roads lead to Berlin – during our 25 years in the interpreting business, we have witnessed the coming together of a plethora of personalities from politics, the economy, society, TV and radio, and to whom we have lent a voice on various occasions.

Our references

Politics

Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor

Lars Klingbeil, Minister of Finance

Johann Wadephul, Foreign Minister

Bärbel Bas, Minister of Labour

Reem Alabali-Radovan, Minister of Development

Karin Prien, Minister of Education

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor ret.

Angela Merkel, German Chancellor ret.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal President

Annalena Baerbock, Foreign Minister ret.

Robert Habeck, Minister for Economic Affairs ret.

Christian Lindner, Minister of Finance ret.

Karl Lauterbach, Minister of Health ret.

Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Minister of Education ret.

Marco Buschmann, Minister of Justice ret.

Kai Wegner, Governing Mayor of Berlin

Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission President, Defence Minister ret.

Kaja Kallas, High-Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Maia Sandu, President of Moldova

Bill Clinton, President of the United States ret.

Klaus Wowereit, Governing Mayor of Berlin ret.

Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General ret.

Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator

Culture & Society

Christian Drosten, Virologist, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Simon Rattle, Conductor

Daniel Barenboim, Pianist and Conductor

Ai Wei Wei, Artist

Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International (2010-2018)

Sophia, Humanoid Robot

Yuval Harari, Author

Richard David Precht, Author

Adam Szymczyk, Artistic Director of Documenta 14

Melinda Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Mina Guli, ultramarathon runner and CEO of the Thirst Foundation

Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Prof. Maike Sander, Scientific Director of Max Delbrück Center

Dr. Beate von Miquel, Chair of the National Council of German Women’s Organisations

Prof. Norbert Lammer, Chair of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Cornelia Seibeld, President of the Berlin House of Representatives

Media & Film

Johnny Depp

Angelina Jolie

Natalie Portman

Tilda Swinton

Tina Fey

Ben Affleck

Thomas Gottschalk

Dieter Kosslick

Barbara Schöneberger

Linda Zervakis

Tim Bendzko

Til Schweiger

Kai Pflaume

Elyas M’barek

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Robbie Williams

Eddie Redmayne

David Alaba

Kate Moss

Diane Kruger

Emma Thompson

Sophie Rois

Economy

Matthias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer SE

Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Richard Lutz, CEO of Deutsche Bahn

Michael Otto, Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Otto Group

Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO of Alstom

Reed Hastings, Founder and CEO of Netflix Inc

Mark Branson, President of Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)

Anna Borg, CEO and President of Vattenfall

Nikita Fahrenholz, Co-Founder of Delivery Hero

GmbH Maximiliam Tayenthal, Founder and Co-CEO of N26

Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, CEO of BNP Paribas

Leonhard Birnbaum, CEO of E.ON

Georg Kofler, Serial Entrepreneur (ProSieben, Premiere, Die Höhle der Löwen)

Kerstin Andreae, Managing Director of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW)

Dr. Annette Niederfranke, Director ILO, Representation for Germany

Jörg Rocholl, President of ESMT Berlin

Verena Pausder, Founder, Chair of the German Startup Association

Peter Adrian, President of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce

Jörg Dittrich, President of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts

“Its cities are the crown jewels of Germany. Berlin is neither the oldest nor the most beautiful. But no other can rival its vibrancy.”

Richard von Weizsäcker