Dr Andreas Baumgartner EMBS has more than 20 years of experience at the crossroads of international business, government and law, with a special emphasis on economic development.

Andreas spent nine years with McKinsey & Company’s Public Sector/Economic Development and Travel Infrastructure Logistics practices (2003-2012), before joining the Office of Tony Blair/Tony Blair Associates in 2012, where he was in charge of government advisory activities across the Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and beyond. In 2017/2018, he served as Executive Director of the Dispute Resolution Authority of the Dubai International Financial Centre.

He currently runs his own firm, StIR StrategyImpactReputation FZE, and is the Acting CEO of The Metis Institute. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of FEMOZA/FEMAC and used to be a Senior Advisor to the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change as well as to Portland Communications.

Geographically, Andreas has particular expertise in the Middle East, Central Asia, (Eastern) Europe and Africa, but he has also worked extensively in and across Southeast Asia, (Western) Europe and the United States of America.

Andreas holds PhDs in law, business and social sciences, together with master’s degrees in law, international business administration, European business sciences, and political science.