Anabel Ternès von Hattburg

Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès (née Ternès von Hattburg) is considered one of the leading minds in sustainability, innovation, and leadership. HypoVereinsbank refers to her as “one of Germany’s outstanding managers and entrepreneurs.”

Anabel is a futurist, keynote speaker, author, and founder of sustainable start-ups. As CEO of Sustain Plus, she serves as Managing Director of the SRH Institute for Sustainability Management in Berlin and Professor of Communication Management, succeeding Dieter Kronzucker, founder of the ZDF news magazine *heute journal*.

As a member, advisor, and founder of think and do tanks, she applies her expertise in trend scouting, monitoring, and management, having trained with industry leaders such as Li Edelkoort and Mieke de Bock. She brings extensive international leadership experience in business development, including roles at Samsonite, Triumph, and Fielmann. Anabel Ternès is active in numerous committees and boards, including as an advisor to Plant-for-the-Planet, President of Germany for the Club of Budapest and International Embassy for Economic Affairs, Senator in the Senate of German Business, Supervisory Board member of PAN, Editor-in-Chief of *Green Insights*, and member of the UN Ocean Decade Germany and the Club of Rome.

She works as a freelance journalist for magazines, radio, and television, including *FOCUS online*, and develops new media formats. Beginning at age seven on the beaches of Norddeich Mole, where she witnessed large amounts of plastic waste and launched her first initiative, she has since championed human rights and environmental protection through projects and organizations. Anabel Ternès has received multiple awards for her entrepreneurial and voluntary commitment, including as a futurist, Ambassador of the *FRAUEN UNTERNEHMEN* initiative by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the Google Impact Challenge Award, and LinkedIn Top Voice Sustainability.