Patrick Federl

International Trade Promotion | Sustainable Supply Chains | Government Affairs | Stakeholder Engagement | Sourcing from the Global South | Chinese Development Politics

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

European companies need support and political backing to achieve diversified, sustainable and resilient supply chains. I assist such companies in my role as Senior Advisor Import Promotion by connecting different stakeholders from politics, business associations and embassies with the Import Promotion Desk – an initiative for import promotion by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development. My background in Chinese and International Politics with several years of work experience in the German Embassy and German Chamber of Commerce in Beijing made me realize how important the geopolitical environment is for international business. At the same time, I have always put a strong professional and academic focus on development cooperation – particularly on the role of trade and foreign investment for development. This is what led me to professionally concentrate on foreign trade promotion with a strong emphasis on sustainability and diversification.

Experience

  • Senior Advisor Import Promotion at BGA
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Freelance Translator at Freelance
    Jun 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

    Freelance Translator Chinese-German among others for Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation

  • Senior Manager Economic Policy at AHK Greater China
    Apr 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • German Embassy Beijing (Beijing, China)
    • Examiner
      Nov 2019 - May 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Press Administrator
      Jul 2018 - Nov 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Research Assistant at Peking University Institute for New Structural Economics
    Dec 2017 - Jun 2018 · 7 mos