Anna Handschuh

Managing Director and Founder of Future Affairs & Innovation Do-Tank Ministry of Future Affairs I Netherlands

Anna founded Future A(airs, the first impact-driven strategic
advisory and advocacy firm of its kind, as well as its non-profit do
tank, the Pan-European Ministry of Future A(airs (MFA) with the
mission to enable the design of future-proof policies to foster
innovation for future generations.
Anna is a skillful and multilingual network and coalition builder across
Europe. She is a distinguished speaker at international conferences,
has published in various journals and magazines, has taught at several
universities business innovation for sustainability and developed
climate leadership formats.

She has 20 years of international experience in supporting impact
driven front runners on public aDairs & lobbying, sustainability &
business innovation, strategy design and strategic communication.
She is a well-known impact driven tech advocate and serial (co)-
founder. Among others, she co-founded a sustainable bank in
Germany, curated the international thought leader programme at a
leading European consumer and trend research think tank and led a
tech incubator in the Netherlands. Anna is a trusted board member,
strategic advisor and mentor.

Professional affiliations:
• Former Vice-President Cellular Agriculture Europe
• Founding member Precision Fermentation Alliance USA
• Founding member and Food Fermentation Europe
• Former Advisory Board Member European Forum Alpbach

Education:
• Arts Management (MA), University Ludwigsburg and University
Paris Dauphine;
• Humanities and Cultural Studies (BA), Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology;
• Strategic Management and Innovation, Copenhagen Business
School;
• Design Thinking, D. School / Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam.

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