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'''Katrin Suder''' (born 29 September 1971) is a German physicist and management consultant who served as [[Secretary of state|State Secretary]] in the [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Defense]] in the government of [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]] from 2014 to 2018.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Katrin Suder|url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/digitalisierung/katrin-suder-1505708|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Bundesregierung|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bundesministerium der Verteidigung|url=https://www.bmvg.de/de|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.bmvg.de|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Von der Leyens Vertraute: Staatssekretärin Suder verlässt Verteidigungsministerium|language=de|work=FAZ.NET|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/katrin-suder-verlaesst-das-verteidigungsministerium-15490770.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=0174-4909}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
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'''Katrin Suder''' (born in 29 September 1971), is a German politician and management consultant. From 2014 to 2018, she was a permanent state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Katrin Suder|url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/digitalisierung/katrin-suder-1505708|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Bundesregierung|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bundesministerium der Verteidigung|url=https://www.bmvg.de/de|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.bmvg.de|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Von der Leyens Vertraute: Staatssekretärin Suder verlässt Verteidigungsministerium|language=de|work=FAZ.NET|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/katrin-suder-verlaesst-das-verteidigungsministerium-15490770.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=0174-4909}}</ref>
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Suder was born in Mainz on 29 September 1971.<ref name=":0" /> She studied physics at [[RWTH Aachen]]. In 2000, she received her doctorate in neuroinformatics at the [[Ruhr University Bochum]]. Suder also received a bachelor's degree in theater and linguistics there. She was a scholarship holder of the [[German National Academic Foundation]].


==Biography==
==Career==
===McKinsey, 2000–2014===
Katrin Suder was born in Mainz on 29 September 1971.<ref name=":0" />
From 2000, Suder worked for the management consultancy [[McKinsey]] and in 2007 took over the company's Berlin office.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Naturwissenschaftler bei McKinsey {{!}} e-fellows.net|url=https://www.e-fellows.net/Karriere/Unsere-Partnerunternehmen/McKinsey/Naturwissenschaftler|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.e-fellows.net}}</ref> She made a career as a consultant for the German and international IT industry and became a director at McKinsey in 2010, where she dealt with diversity management, among other things.<ref name="managermag">{{cite web |author=Dietmar Student |url=http://ml.managermagazin.de/article.do?id=951828&pgc=5 |title=Berater im Überlebenskampf – McKinsey gegen den Rest der Welt |website=ml.managermagazin.de |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140524013645/http://ml.managermagazin.de/article.do?id=951828&pgc=5 |archive-date=2014-05-24|url-status=dead |access-date=2015-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=21646|title=Lesbische Frau wird von der Leyens Staatssekretärin|website=queer.de|date=26 May 2014}}</ref>


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From 2009 to 2014 Suder was responsible for the company's activities in the public sector. Suder worked for several years as a manager at the interface between administration and the private sector, leading reform projects for the [[Federal Employment Agency]] and developing a concept for improving the start-up culture for the State of Berlin.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Gebauer|first1=Matthias|last2=Repinski|first2=Gordon|last3=Traufetter|first3=Gerald|date=2014-05-23|title=Verteidigungsministerium: Von der Leyen holt McKinsey-Beraterin|language=de|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/verteidigungsministerium-von-der-leyen-holt-mckinsey-beraterin-a-971397.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=2195-1349}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Visser|first=Corinna|date=2013-10-08|title=Berlin soll spitze werden|language=de-DE|work=Der Tagesspiegel Online|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/wowereit-und-start-ups-berlin-soll-spitze-werden/8898692.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=1865-2263}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Katrin Suder, Author at The European|url=https://www.theeuropean.de/katrin-suder/|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.theeuropean.de}}</ref> At McKinsey, she campaigned for an open-minded approach to different sexual orientations (LGBT diversity management).<ref>{{Cite web|title=ZEIT ONLINE {{!}} Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl.|url=https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2F2015%2F10%2Fkatrin-suder-bundeswehr|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.zeit.de}}</ref>
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Suder studied physics at [[RWTH Aachen]]. In 2000, she received her doctorate in neuroinformatics at the [[Ruhr University Bochum]]. Suder also received a bachelor's degree in theater and linguistics there. She was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation.


===Federal Ministry of Defense, 2014–2018===
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From 2000, Suder worked for the management consultancy McKinsey and in 2007 took over the company's Berlin office.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Naturwissenschaftler bei McKinsey {{!}} e-fellows.net|url=https://www.e-fellows.net/Karriere/Unsere-Partnerunternehmen/McKinsey/Naturwissenschaftler|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.e-fellows.net}}</ref> She made a career as a consultant for the German and international IT industry and became a director at McKinsey in 2010, where she dealt with diversity management, among other things.<ref name="managermag">{{cite web |author=Dietmar Student |url=http://ml.managermagazin.de/article.do?id=951828&pgc=5 |title=Berater im Überlebenskampf – McKinsey gegen den Rest der Welt |website=ml.managermagazin.de |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140524013645/http://ml.managermagazin.de/article.do?id=951828&pgc=5 |archive-date=2014-05-24|url-status=dead |access-date=2015-12-28}}</ref><ref>[http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=21646 ''Lesbische Frau wird von der Leyens Staatssekretärin.'' queer.de vom 26. Mai 2014]</ref> From 2009 to 2014 she was responsible for the company's activities in the public sector. Suder worked for several years as a manager at the interface between administration and the private sector, leading reform projects for the Federal Employment Agency and developing a concept for improving the start-up culture for the State of Berlin.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gebauer|first=Matthias|last2=Repinski|first2=Gordon|last3=Traufetter|first3=Gerald|date=2014-05-23|title=Verteidigungsministerium: Von der Leyen holt McKinsey-Beraterin|language=de|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/verteidigungsministerium-von-der-leyen-holt-mckinsey-beraterin-a-971397.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=2195-1349}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Visser|first=Corinna|date=2013-10-08|title=Berlin soll spitze werden|language=de-DE|work=Der Tagesspiegel Online|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/wowereit-und-start-ups-berlin-soll-spitze-werden/8898692.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=1865-2263}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Katrin Suder, Author at The European|url=https://www.theeuropean.de/katrin-suder/|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.theeuropean.de}}</ref> At McKinsey, she campaigned for an open-minded approach to different sexual orientations (LGBT diversity management).<ref>{{Cite web|title=ZEIT ONLINE {{!}} Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl.|url=https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2F2015%2F10%2Fkatrin-suder-bundeswehr|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.zeit.de}}</ref>
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Suder was sworn in on 1 August 2014 as a permanent state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense with the task of reforming the armaments sector. She thus succeeded {{Ill|Stéphane Beemelmans|de}}, who was put into temporary retirement in February 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hickmann|first=Christoph|title=Von der Leyen plant Aufrüstung|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/posten-im-verteidiungsministerium-von-der-leyen-plant-aufruestung-1.1974147|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Süddeutsche.de|language=de}}</ref>


The departments '' Equipment '' and '' Cyber / Information Technology '' were directly subordinated to her; it was also responsible for matters relating to the Planning Department.<ref name="Serenade für Katrin Suder">{{Cite web|title=Serenade für Katrin Suder|url=https://www.bmvg.de/de/aktuelles/serenade-fuer-katrin-suder-24430|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.bmvg.de|language=de}}</ref> During her time in office, she oversaw a series of changes in procurement processes aimed at making the process more transparent and insulating the German government from further cost overruns such as those seen on the [[A400M]].<ref>Andrea Shalal (12 March 2018), [https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-military-suder-idAFKCN1GO2A5 Top procurement official quits German defence ministry] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>
==Politics==
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Suder was sworn in on 1 August 2014 as a permanent state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense with the task of reforming the armaments sector. She thus succeeded [[Stéphane Beemelmans]], who was put into temporary retirement in February 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hickmann|first=Christoph|title=Von der Leyen plant Aufrüstung|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/posten-im-verteidiungsministerium-von-der-leyen-plant-aufruestung-1.1974147|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Süddeutsche.de|language=de}}</ref>


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With her, Gundbert Scherf moved from McKinsey to the Federal Ministry of Defense in September 2014. He temporarily stood in for her during her baby break, but left the ministry two years later.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-11-30|title=Gundbert Scherf, der Umrüster|url=https://www.capital.de/wirtschaft-politik/management-gundbert-scherf-mckinsey-bundeswehr-portraet-junge-elite-8214|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Capital.de|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Gebauer|first1=Matthias|last2=Traufetter|first2=Gerald|date=2016-09-13|title=Ursula von der Leyens Rüstungsberater geht zu McKinsey|language=de|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ursula-von-der-leyens-ruestungsberater-geht-zu-mckinsey-a-1112078.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=2195-1349}}</ref>
The departments '' Equipment '' and '' Cyber / Information Technology '' were directly subordinated to her; It was also responsible for matters relating to the Planning Department.


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Suder was sanctioned and banned from entering the country by [[Russia]] in May 2015. Her name was on a list of 89 EU politicians; according to Russian sources, the ban was a reaction to sanctions against Russia.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-05-31|title=Einreise-Verbote: Russland wirft EU-Politikern Show-Gehabe vor|language=de|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/einreise-verbote-russland-wirft-eu-politikern-show-gehabe-vor-a-1036419.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=2195-1349}}</ref><ref name="yle-liste">{{cite web |author=RUS |url=http://www.yle.fi/tvuutiset/uutiset/upics/liitetiedostot/RUS_Einreiseverbotsliste.pdf |title=Russische Visasperrliste |website=www.yle.fi |date=2015-05-26 |format=PDF 23&nbsp;kB |access-date=2015-06-01}}</ref>
<ref name="Serenade für Katrin Suder">{{Cite web|title=Serenade für Katrin Suder|url=https://www.bmvg.de/de/aktuelles/serenade-fuer-katrin-suder-24430|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.bmvg.de|language=de}}</ref>


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From 11 to 14 June 2015, Suder took part in the 63rd Bilderberg Conference in [[Telfs]]-Buchen, [[Austria]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-06-23|title=Participants {{!}} Bilderberg Meetings|url=http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/participants2015.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623005615/http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/participants2015.html|archive-date=2015-06-23|access-date=2021-10-13}}</ref>
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With her, Gundbert Scherf moved from McKinsey to the Federal Ministry of Defense in September 2014. He temporarily stood in for her during her baby break, but left the ministry two years later.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-11-30|title=Gundbert Scherf, der Umrüster|url=https://www.capital.de/wirtschaft-politik/management-gundbert-scherf-mckinsey-bundeswehr-portraet-junge-elite-8214|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Capital.de|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Gebauer|first=Matthias|last2=Traufetter|first2=Gerald|date=2016-09-13|title=Ursula von der Leyens Rüstungsberater geht zu McKinsey|language=de|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ursula-von-der-leyens-ruestungsberater-geht-zu-mckinsey-a-1112078.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=2195-1349}}</ref>


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At her own request, Suder resigned from the office of State Secretary in April 2018.<ref name="Serenade für Katrin Suder"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ursula von der Leyen im Netzwerk der Berater|url=https://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Politik/Deutschland-Welt/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-im-Netzwerk-der-Berater|access-date=2021-10-13|website=HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine|language=de}}</ref> As a farewell, Minister [[Ursula von der Leyen]] awarded her the Bundeswehr Cross of Honor in gold.<ref name="Serenade für Katrin Suder"/>
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Suder was sanctioned and banned from entering the country by [[Russia]] in May 2015. Her name was on a list of 89 EU politicians; According to Russian sources, the ban was a reaction to sanctions against Russia.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-05-31|title=Einreise-Verbote: Russland wirft EU-Politikern Show-Gehabe vor|language=de|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/einreise-verbote-russland-wirft-eu-politikern-show-gehabe-vor-a-1036419.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=2195-1349}}</ref><ref name="yle-liste">{{cite web |author=RUS |url=http://www.yle.fi/tvuutiset/uutiset/upics/liitetiedostot/RUS_Einreiseverbotsliste.pdf |title=Russische Visasperrliste |website=www.yle.fi |date=2015-05-26 |format=PDF 23&nbsp;kB |access-date=2015-06-01}}</ref>


===Later career===
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From 11 to 14 June 2015, she took part in the 63rd Bilderberg Conference in [[Telfs-Buchen]], [[Austria]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-06-23|title=Participants {{!}} Bilderberg Meetings|url=http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/participants2015.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623005615/http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/participants2015.html|archive-date=2021-10-09|access-date=2021-10-13|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
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In August 2018, Suder took over the chairmanship of the newly founded ten-member digital council of the German federal government.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-08-21|title=Katrin Suder wird Digitalrats-Vorsitzende|language=de|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/katrin-suder-wird-digitalrats-vorsitzende-a-1224265.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=2195-1349}}</ref> In May 2021, she was nominated to head the newly created IT department on the Board of Management of [[Volkswagen]],<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Friese|first1=Ulrich|last2=Germis|first2=Carsten|last3=Neuscheler|first3=Tillmann|title=Katrin Suder: Eine Rüstungsexpertin für den VW-Vorstand|language=de|work=FAZ.NET|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/katrin-suder-eine-ruestungsexpertin-fuer-den-vw-vorstand-17307114.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=0174-4909}}</ref> but was rejected by the supervisory board.<ref>Carsten Germis, ''Blockade in Wolfsburg verhindert Katrin Suder'', In: [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]] 6 May 2021.</ref>


==Other activities==
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At her own request, she resigned from the office of State Secretary in April 2018.<ref name="Serenade für Katrin Suder"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ursula von der Leyen im Netzwerk der Berater|url=https://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Politik/Deutschland-Welt/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-im-Netzwerk-der-Berater|access-date=2021-10-13|website=HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine|language=de}}</ref> As a farewell, Minister [[Ursula von der Leyen]] awarded her the Bundeswehr Cross of Honor in gold.<ref name="Serenade für Katrin Suder"/> In August 2018, Suder took over the chairmanship of the newly founded ten-member digital council of the German federal government.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-08-21|title=Katrin Suder wird Digitalrats-Vorsitzende|language=de|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/katrin-suder-wird-digitalrats-vorsitzende-a-1224265.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=2195-1349}}</ref>
* [[Deutsche Post]], Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2023)<ref>Christoph Schlautmann (24 April 2023), [https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/ex-mckinsey-beraterin-katrin-suder-soll-deutsche-post-kontrollieren-/29105990.html Ex-McKinsey-Beraterin Katrin Suder soll Deutsche Post kontrollieren ] ''[[Handelsblatt]]''.</ref>
* [[LEG Immobilien]], Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2022)<ref>[https://www.leg-wohnen.de/en/corporation/leg-group/members-of-the-management-and-supervisory-board/dr-katrin-suder Katrin Suder] [[LEG Immobilien]].</ref>
* [[FGS Global]], Senior Advisor (since 2022)<ref>Tanja Kewes (14 June 2022) [https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/management/berater-neuer-job-fuer-ex-staatssekretaerin-katrin-suder-bei-fgs-global/28423656.html Neuer Job für Ex-Staatssekretärin Katrin Suder bei FGS Global] ''[[Handelsblatt]]''.</ref>
* [[Cloudflare]], Member of the Board of Directors (since 2019)<ref>[https://www.cloudflare.com/de-de/press-releases/2019/cloudflare-announces-new-board-members/ Cloudflare Announces New Board Members] [[Cloudflare]], press release of 29 August 2019.</ref>
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* [[Hertie School]], Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2015),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hertie-school.org/de/news/detail/content/hertie-school-launches-new-degree-programme-master-of-international-affairs/|title=''Hertie School eröffnet neuen Studiengang "Master of International Affairs"'' hertie-school.org, 3 September 2015}}</ref> Senior Fellow (since 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hertie-school.org/de/magazin/detail/content/former-defence-state-secretary-katrin-suder-appointed-as-senior-fellow-at-the-hertie-school-of-gover/|title=''Verteidigungsstaatssekretärin a.D. Katrin Suder wird Senior Fellow an der Hertie School of Governance'' hertie-school.org, 26 October 2018}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Suder lives with her partner Katja Kraus, in [[Hamburg]] and has three children.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.radiobremen.de/nordwestradio/sendungen/zwei-nach-eins/katrin-suder106.html |title=Katrin Suder – 2 nach 1 |website=www.radiobremen.de |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331210531/http://www.radiobremen.de/nordwestradio/sendungen/zwei-nach-eins/katrin-suder106.html |archive-date=2017-03-31 |url-status=dead |access-date=2017-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hamburg|first=Hamburger Abendblatt-|date=2017-03-30|title=Katja Kraus heiratet von der Leyens Staatssekretärin|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article210104397/Katja-Kraus-heiratet-von-der-Leyens-Staatssekretaerin.html|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.abendblatt.de|language=de-DE}}</ref> At the beginning of March 2017, she and Kraus registered a civil partnership.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-29|title=Von der Leyens "beste Frau" - Ex-HSV-Managerin heiratet Freundin|url=https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/katja-kraus/heiratet-katrin-suder-51065562.bild.html|access-date=2021-10-13|website=bild.de|language=de}}</ref>
Suder lives with her partner Katja Kraus, in [[Hamburg]] and has three children.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.radiobremen.de/nordwestradio/sendungen/zwei-nach-eins/katrin-suder106.html |title=Katrin Suder – 2 nach 1 |website=www.radiobremen.de |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331210531/http://www.radiobremen.de/nordwestradio/sendungen/zwei-nach-eins/katrin-suder106.html |archive-date=2017-03-31 |url-status=dead |access-date=2017-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hamburg|first=Hamburger Abendblatt-|date=2017-03-30|title=Katja Kraus heiratet von der Leyens Staatssekretärin|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article210104397/Katja-Kraus-heiratet-von-der-Leyens-Staatssekretaerin.html|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.abendblatt.de|language=de-DE}}</ref> At the beginning of March 2017, she and Kraus registered a civil partnership.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-29|title=Von der Leyens "beste Frau" - Ex-HSV-Managerin heiratet Freundin|url=https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/katja-kraus/heiratet-katrin-suder-51065562.bild.html|access-date=2021-10-13|website=bild.de|language=de}}</ref>


She volunteers for the children's rights organization Save the Children. Until 2015, she was committed to the association Lesbenfrühling e.V.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mitgliederversammlung|url=https://www.savethechildren.de/informieren/ueber-uns/unsere-struktur/mitgliederversammlung/|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Save the Children Deutschland|language=de}}</ref><ref>[https://rp-online.de/politik/katrin-suder-mckinsey-frau-soll-bundeswehr-umbauen_aid-20385615 ''McKinsey-Frau soll Bundeswehr umbauen.''] In: ''rp-online.de''. 26. Mai 2014, abgerufen am 11. Dezember 2018.</ref>
Suder volunteers for [[Save the Children]]. Until 2015, she was committed to the association Lesbenfrühling e.V.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mitgliederversammlung|url=https://www.savethechildren.de/informieren/ueber-uns/unsere-struktur/mitgliederversammlung/|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Save the Children Deutschland|language=de}}</ref><ref>[https://rp-online.de/politik/katrin-suder-mckinsey-frau-soll-bundeswehr-umbauen_aid-20385615 ''McKinsey-Frau soll Bundeswehr umbauen.''] In: ''rp-online.de''. 26 May 2014, retrieved 11 December 2018.</ref>

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In 2015 she became a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hertie School.<ref>[https://www.hertie-school.org/de/news/detail/content/hertie-school-launches-new-degree-programme-master-of-international-affairs/ ''Hertie School eröffnet neuen Studiengang "Master of International Affairs"'' hertie-school.org, 3. September 2015]</ref> She has been a Senior Fellow at the Hertie School since November 1, 2018.<ref>[https://www.hertie-school.org/de/magazin/detail/content/former-defence-state-secretary-katrin-suder-appointed-as-senior-fellow-at-the-hertie-school-of-gover/ ''Verteidigungsstaatssekretärin a.D. Katrin Suder wird Senior Fellow an der Hertie School of Governance'' hertie-school.org, 26. Oktober 2018]</ref>

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In May 2021, she was supposed to head the newly created IT department on the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Group,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Friese|first=Ulrich|last2=Germis|first2=Carsten|last3=Neuscheler|first3=Tillmann|title=Katrin Suder: Eine Rüstungsexpertin für den VW-Vorstand|language=de|work=FAZ.NET|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/katrin-suder-eine-ruestungsexpertin-fuer-den-vw-vorstand-17307114.html|access-date=2021-10-13|issn=0174-4909}}</ref> but was rejected by the Supervisory Board.<ref>Carsten Germis, ''Blockade in Wolfsburg verhindert Katrin Suder'', In: [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]] vom 6. Mai 2021</ref>


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Katrin Suder
State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense
In office
1 August 2014 – April 2018
Preceded byStéphane Beemelmans [de]
Succeeded byBenedikt Zimmer
Personal details
Born (1971-09-29) 29 September 1971 (age 53)
Mainz, West Germany[1]

Katrin Suder (born 29 September 1971) is a German physicist and management consultant who served as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2014 to 2018.[2][3][4]

Early life and education

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Suder was born in Mainz on 29 September 1971.[2] She studied physics at RWTH Aachen. In 2000, she received her doctorate in neuroinformatics at the Ruhr University Bochum. Suder also received a bachelor's degree in theater and linguistics there. She was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation.

Career

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McKinsey, 2000–2014

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From 2000, Suder worked for the management consultancy McKinsey and in 2007 took over the company's Berlin office.[5] She made a career as a consultant for the German and international IT industry and became a director at McKinsey in 2010, where she dealt with diversity management, among other things.[6][7]

From 2009 to 2014 Suder was responsible for the company's activities in the public sector. Suder worked for several years as a manager at the interface between administration and the private sector, leading reform projects for the Federal Employment Agency and developing a concept for improving the start-up culture for the State of Berlin.[8][9][10] At McKinsey, she campaigned for an open-minded approach to different sexual orientations (LGBT diversity management).[11]

Federal Ministry of Defense, 2014–2018

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Suder was sworn in on 1 August 2014 as a permanent state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense with the task of reforming the armaments sector. She thus succeeded Stéphane Beemelmans [de], who was put into temporary retirement in February 2014.[12]

The departments Equipment and Cyber / Information Technology were directly subordinated to her; it was also responsible for matters relating to the Planning Department.[13] During her time in office, she oversaw a series of changes in procurement processes aimed at making the process more transparent and insulating the German government from further cost overruns such as those seen on the A400M.[14]

With her, Gundbert Scherf moved from McKinsey to the Federal Ministry of Defense in September 2014. He temporarily stood in for her during her baby break, but left the ministry two years later.[15][16]

Suder was sanctioned and banned from entering the country by Russia in May 2015. Her name was on a list of 89 EU politicians; according to Russian sources, the ban was a reaction to sanctions against Russia.[17][18]

From 11 to 14 June 2015, Suder took part in the 63rd Bilderberg Conference in Telfs-Buchen, Austria.[19]

At her own request, Suder resigned from the office of State Secretary in April 2018.[13][20] As a farewell, Minister Ursula von der Leyen awarded her the Bundeswehr Cross of Honor in gold.[13]

Later career

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In August 2018, Suder took over the chairmanship of the newly founded ten-member digital council of the German federal government.[21] In May 2021, she was nominated to head the newly created IT department on the Board of Management of Volkswagen,[22] but was rejected by the supervisory board.[23]

Other activities

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Personal life

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Suder lives with her partner Katja Kraus, in Hamburg and has three children.[30][31] At the beginning of March 2017, she and Kraus registered a civil partnership.[32]

Suder volunteers for Save the Children. Until 2015, she was committed to the association Lesbenfrühling e.V.[33][34]

References

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  1. ^ Zeitung, Berliner. "Die McKinsey-Chefin über die Start-up-Szene: "Berlin hat andere Kinderkrankheiten"". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  2. ^ a b "Katrin Suder". Bundesregierung (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  3. ^ "Bundesministerium der Verteidigung". www.bmvg.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  4. ^ "Von der Leyens Vertraute: Staatssekretärin Suder verlässt Verteidigungsministerium". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  5. ^ "Naturwissenschaftler bei McKinsey | e-fellows.net". www.e-fellows.net. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  6. ^ Dietmar Student. "Berater im Überlebenskampf – McKinsey gegen den Rest der Welt". ml.managermagazin.de. Archived from the original on 2014-05-24. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  7. ^ "Lesbische Frau wird von der Leyens Staatssekretärin". queer.de. 26 May 2014.
  8. ^ Gebauer, Matthias; Repinski, Gordon; Traufetter, Gerald (2014-05-23). "Verteidigungsministerium: Von der Leyen holt McKinsey-Beraterin". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  9. ^ Visser, Corinna (2013-10-08). "Berlin soll spitze werden". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  10. ^ "Katrin Suder, Author at The European". www.theeuropean.de. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  11. ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  12. ^ Hickmann, Christoph. "Von der Leyen plant Aufrüstung". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  13. ^ a b c "Serenade für Katrin Suder". www.bmvg.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  14. ^ Andrea Shalal (12 March 2018), Top procurement official quits German defence ministry Reuters.
  15. ^ "Gundbert Scherf, der Umrüster". Capital.de (in German). 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  16. ^ Gebauer, Matthias; Traufetter, Gerald (2016-09-13). "Ursula von der Leyens Rüstungsberater geht zu McKinsey". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  17. ^ "Einreise-Verbote: Russland wirft EU-Politikern Show-Gehabe vor". Der Spiegel (in German). 2015-05-31. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  18. ^ RUS (2015-05-26). "Russische Visasperrliste" (PDF 23 kB). www.yle.fi. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  19. ^ "Participants | Bilderberg Meetings". 2015-06-23. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  20. ^ "Ursula von der Leyen im Netzwerk der Berater". HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  21. ^ "Katrin Suder wird Digitalrats-Vorsitzende". Der Spiegel (in German). 2018-08-21. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  22. ^ Friese, Ulrich; Germis, Carsten; Neuscheler, Tillmann. "Katrin Suder: Eine Rüstungsexpertin für den VW-Vorstand". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  23. ^ Carsten Germis, Blockade in Wolfsburg verhindert Katrin Suder, In: FAZ 6 May 2021.
  24. ^ Christoph Schlautmann (24 April 2023), Ex-McKinsey-Beraterin Katrin Suder soll Deutsche Post kontrollieren Handelsblatt.
  25. ^ Katrin Suder LEG Immobilien.
  26. ^ Tanja Kewes (14 June 2022) Neuer Job für Ex-Staatssekretärin Katrin Suder bei FGS Global Handelsblatt.
  27. ^ Cloudflare Announces New Board Members Cloudflare, press release of 29 August 2019.
  28. ^ "Hertie School eröffnet neuen Studiengang "Master of International Affairs" hertie-school.org, 3 September 2015".
  29. ^ "Verteidigungsstaatssekretärin a.D. Katrin Suder wird Senior Fellow an der Hertie School of Governance hertie-school.org, 26 October 2018".
  30. ^ "Katrin Suder – 2 nach 1". www.radiobremen.de. Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  31. ^ Hamburg, Hamburger Abendblatt- (2017-03-30). "Katja Kraus heiratet von der Leyens Staatssekretärin". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  32. ^ "Von der Leyens "beste Frau" - Ex-HSV-Managerin heiratet Freundin". bild.de (in German). 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  33. ^ "Mitgliederversammlung". Save the Children Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  34. ^ McKinsey-Frau soll Bundeswehr umbauen. In: rp-online.de. 26 May 2014, retrieved 11 December 2018.
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