Jeannine Koch

Jeannine Koch, a native of Berlin, has served as Chair of the Board and Managing Director of medianet berlinbrandenburg, a networking association for the creative technologies industry, since 2021.  Previously, as Director of re:publica Berlin, Koch was responsible for numerous national and international conferences on social change and digitalization. Before that, she served as Head of Marketing and Communications for the International Garden Exhibition Berlin for six years. She is a certified media consultant and a trained systemic business coach. She also studied International Communications in Sydney, Australia, as well as English and American Studies, Modern German Philology, and Media Consulting in Berlin.

She serves on the supervisory board of VisitBerlin and the Berlin Music Commission and is a member of the board at SRH – University of Applied Sciences. She is also a partner at the MediaTech Hub Potsdam, one of 25 De:Hub initiatives in Germany.

Koch is strongly committed to international exchange and networking within the creative technology and startup sectors and has thus been shaping the development of the media, creative, and digital industries in the capital region – including in collaboration with policymakers – for many years. As a driving force, she is always interested in developing and advancing innovative concepts for sustainable growth processes.