In a changing business environment it is good to have a partner you can trust.

Katharina Barthel

Business Development Leader German Desk CESA

Driving solutions by teaming up with the best. Client centricity is the core of her work. An entrepreneurial spirit and passionate traveler.

As the Business Development Leader of the German Desk in EY CESA she acts as a link between German companies active in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia (CESA) and the resources and network of EY.

Her priority is to provide German companies with the support and solutions needed to successfully grow their businesses in those countries by building relations and levering the competences of the EY network cross service and cross sector wide. 

Katharina graduated from Berlin School of Economics with a diploma in Business Administration and has more than 15 years of work experience in marketing, sales, procurement, administration and business development in different industries. She has supported foreign investors in Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe, is a native German, speaks English and Russian fluently and has basic knowledge of Turkish. 

How Katharina implements the EY mission: "building a better working world"

I am helping our German clients in developing markets, navigating constantly changing tax and legal environment, bringing together the right teams and know-how, in order to be the trusted business partner. 

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