Thomas Hanke

Strategy and consulting

After gaining a degree in Agricultural Economics he decided to focus on journalism instead of crops. As a department head and correspondent for a number of newspapers he cultivated economic policy issues in Germany and abroad.

Professional background

2012- 2021

French correspondent for Handelsblatt in Paris

2003

Head of the Opinions department at Handelsblatt

1999

Financial Times Deutschland, founding editor and head of the Politics department in Berlin

1992

Correspondent for Die Zeit in Bonn

1990

Die Zeit, Hamburg

1983

Neue Zürcher Zeitung and Die Zeit in Brussels

1981

Correspondent for the Agra Europe news service in Brussels

Publications

“Der Euro – Kurs auf die Zukunft” (with Norbert Walter, Campus Verlag), “Der neue deutsche Kapitalismus” (Campus Verlag) and “Können wir Frankreich vertrauen?” (KDP Verlag)

Languages

Native German, French (fluent), Spanish (fluent), English (fluent)