Bärbel Hestert-Vecoli

Managing Director

Edelman

Bärbel Hestert-Vecoli is ManagingDirector and Corporate Affairs Lead for Germany and Italy. As an expert incorporate reputation and corporate affairs, she advises companies andinstitutions on building trusting relationships with stakeholders andrepresenting their interests in politics and society.

She has proven expertise in thehealthcare, food, energy and information technology sectors, as well as instrategic consulting for national and international ministries, governmentalorganizations and NGOs. As an expert in corporate campaigning, she has beenresponsible for numerous award-winning communication campaigns in the past.Since 2020, she has also been one of the driving forces and pioneers ofstrategic sustainability communication.

A humanities scholar, she studied inBerlin and Rome and holds a master degree in Philosophy and German Literaturefrom the Humboldt University in Berlin.