Anke Domscheidt-Berg

Anke Domscheit-Berg, is founder and director of opengov.me, a consulting business, helping governments to become more open and transparent, as well as of fempower.me, a consulting and training business helping women managers and their organisations to break down barriers for women in leadership positions. Prior to this, she had been working for 15 years as IT consultant and project leader at Accenture and McKinsey's Business Technology Office and as a Director at Microsoft Germany. At McKinsey, she lead the study "A wake up call for female leadership in Europe" and contributed to the study "Women Matter". 

As an early activist for transparency and open government, she initiated the Open Government Barcamp series in Germany and co-founded the Government 2.0 Network Germany. She is a recognised speaker and author on open government, freedom of the internet, community public partnerships, and gender equality. As organizer or jury member she supported Apps for Democracy competitions at State, National and the EU level and helped organize the Random Hacks of Kindness Hackathon in Berlin. Anke Domscheit-Berg serves as Supervisory Board Member of Teachfirst Germany, dedicated to minimize disadvantages for children based on their social background. She is ambassador for the Barefoot College in India, which trains illiteral rural women to become solar engineers. She holds a Masters in European Business Administration (Newcastle, UK) and a BA in International Business Administration as well as a degree in Applied Textile Art. She was awarded Women of the Year 2010 by the State of Berlin.