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Borst Edelman Brussels 2022 CEO final

Stefan Borst

He brings over twenty years’ experience of public affairs and strategic communications. Leading a team of consultants, Stefan works across a range of sectors and issues including trade, chemicals, energy, health and tech and has worked with a diverse range of clients on public policy change, reputation management or pan-European campaigns.

Before joining Edelman Stefan was Partner in a French firm focused on online advocacy and prior to that had founded and led a boutique consultancy based in Berlin and Brussels advising international corporations on European affairs, product defence cases and trade disputes. For over a decade he represented the Board of Management of a global specialty chemicals company towards the European Institutions and within trade bodies like CEFIC or the German BDI.

Stefan started his career as a business journalist and later EU correspondent for the German weekly FOCUS.