Daniela Schwarzer
Executive Board Member, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany

Daniela Schwarzer joined the Bertelsmann Stiftung in May 2023 and oversees its work on Europe, Democracy and Cohesion. From 2021 to 2023, she served as Executive Director for Europe and Central Asia at the Open Society Foundations, the world’s largest foundation working to strengthen the rule of law and democracy. From 2016 to 2021, she was CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). She served on the executive team of the German Marshall Fund of the United States from 2013 to 2016 and worked for the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) for eight years, leading its Europe work. From 1999 to 2004, she served as opinion page editor and France correspondent for Financial Times Deutschland. Daniela Schwarzer is regularly consulted as an expert and policy advisor. In 2023, she was co-rapporteur of the German and French governments’ working group on EU reform and enlargement. From 2020 to 2022 she served as special advisor to the EU High Representative Josep Borrell. She held several advisor positions with the French government and advised Poland’s first EU presidency. Daniela Schwarzer is a member of the supervisory boards of BNP Paribas and Covivio. She is honorary professor at Freie Universität Berlin and has been visiting professor and Senior Fellow at Harvard University. In 2017, she was inducted into the French Legion of Honour.
Daniela Schwarzer
Executive Board Member, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany

Daniela Schwarzer joined the Bertelsmann Stiftung in May 2023 and oversees its work on Europe, Democracy and Cohesion. From 2021 to 2023, she served as Executive Director for Europe and Central Asia at the Open Society Foundations, the world’s largest foundation working to strengthen the rule of law and democracy. From 2016 to 2021, she was CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). She served on the executive team of the German Marshall Fund of the United States from 2013 to 2016 and worked for the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) for eight years, leading its Europe work. From 1999 to 2004, she served as opinion page editor and France correspondent for Financial Times Deutschland. Daniela Schwarzer is regularly consulted as an expert and policy advisor. In 2023, she was co-rapporteur of the German and French governments’ working group on EU reform and enlargement. From 2020 to 2022 she served as special advisor to the EU High Representative Josep Borrell. She held several advisor positions with the French government and advised Poland’s first EU presidency. Daniela Schwarzer is a member of the supervisory boards of BNP Paribas and Covivio. She is honorary professor at Freie Universität Berlin and has been visiting professor and Senior Fellow at Harvard University. In 2017, she was inducted into the French Legion of Honour.