Katharina Beck

Katharina Beck (born 1982) is a German Green Party politician and management consultant who was elected member of the German Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election.[1][2] She was a list candidate for the Green Party in Hamburg and nominally represents the Hamburg Nord electoral district.[2][3]

Katharina Beck in the German Bundestag building

Early life and education

Beck was born to a family of bakers in Düsseldorf in 1982 and grew up in Duisburg.[1] While her parents both attended university, Beck described her family as very down-to-earth.[1] Beck read Latin American studies at the University of Cologne and the National University of Tucumán.[4]

Career

Beck joined the Greens at the age of 27 in 2009.[1] Katharina Fegebank, later second mayor of Hamburg, became her mentor in 2012.[1] She became chair of the Green's federal working party on economic and financial affairs and speaker of working party chairs.[5]

Beck worked as a management consultant, specialising in sustainability, at Accenture before her election as MP.[1][4]

Political positions

One of Beck's main political goals is for the success of companies to be measured not only by profit, but social and environmental indicators.[1] She said that she aims to increase the Green Party's economic expertise and standing.[5]

She counts Jacinda Ardern, Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among her political role models.[1]

References
  1. Witte genannt Vedder, Julia (2021-08-24). "Grünen-Spitzenkandidatin: „Kein CEO will die Welt kaputt machen"". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  2. "Hamburgs Grüne sehen sich nach Bundestagswahl in guter Position". Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  3. "Katharina Beck". gruene-bundestag.de. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  4. "Werdegang & Privates". katharina-beck.de. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  5. Joana, Lehner (2021-11-06). "Diese ehemalige Unternehmensberaterin sitzt künftig für die Grünen im Bundestag". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
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