Studied German, Journalism and History at the University of Göttingen. After working as a marketing director for the Pahl-Rugenstein publishing house and as managing director of Pick-Up film productions, he became a correspondent and reporter for German public broadcasters, initially in Cologne and Düsseldorf and later in Bonn, Berlin and Brussels. He currently broadcasts and writes from Paris – including regular contributions to “Cicero” magazine.
Left school with an Abitur (German certificate of general qualification for university entrance); trained as a bank clerk and then studied Romance Studies at the University of Wuppertal. After spending time at home with her children and completing a further training course at Wuppertal Technical Academy she worked as a freelancer before joining Bieger PR and subsequently Fasse+Bieger.
Studied Industrial and Organisational Psychology and works at the interface between organizational development and communications. After spending 15 years working as a consultant and in management positions for owner-operated and international communications agencies she became self-employed in 2006. Renée Hansen is the author of several bestsellers on the topic of concepts and communications strategy.