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I help businesses and state entities in the GCC and DACH region understand complex market structures and foreign cultures, to successfully enter and develop future markets in 3-12 months through my main consultancy services
🎯 market intelligence (risk analysis | strategy | business development)
🎯 business diplomacy (network | bridge building | majlis culture)
🎯 visibility & impact (narrative | communication | hospitality)
𝐌𝐲 #𝐔𝐒𝐏 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 & 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬
©️ My PhD research-based advisory approach with certified methods
©️ 12+ years international work experience in corporate, government, and NGO
©️ Personal & trusted network of top-decision makers within GCC and DACH-region
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨
✅ navigate through political & economic systems, cultural & socioeconomic aspects
✅ build strong networks & narratives and add value by identifying innovative strategic fits
✅ elevate your business: market entry & development, increase turnover, receive FDI
Jeremias is a senior strategic business and political advisor, foreign policy expert and the founder of the advisory firm Dr. Jeremias Kettner, The Bridge, which specializes in market intelligence, business diplomacy, visibility & impact. From 2018 to 2022, he served as Deputy Director of the Arabic Cultural House, The Divan, a cultural diplomacy initiative in Berlin.
Based in the German capital and frequently visiting the Gulf region, Jeremias is also a certified Supervisory Board Member at the European School of Management and Technology's (ESMT) executive education program. He has co-chaired the Young German Council on Foreign Affairs, and is an Alumni Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum.
An internationally acclaimed speaker and author, Jeremias is regularly called upon to share his expertise as a guest lecturer and commentator in international media. As co-founder of the interview platform and event format “The Bridge”, he interviews global leaders with the aim to build bridges between Middle Eastern and Western cultures through dialogue, open up fresh perspectives, and break trough existing information bubbles and bias.
Jeremias holds a PhD in Political Sciences from the Free University of Berlin. His thesis, published with Springer press, examines Qatari-German relations in business, politics and society, and has become a go-to source for everyone doing business with Qatar. His upcoming book about Qatari public diplomacy and leadership will be published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Selected Publications
✍️ Kettner, J. (2023). Leadership, Public Diplomacy, and Resilience in Qatar. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
✍️ Kettner, J. (2022). Alternativlos! Dialoge über Kulturen und politische Systeme hinweg. The Senate.
✍️ Kettner, J. (2021). Kulturdiplomatie, Brücken bauen, Werte vermitteln, in: Business & Diplomacy.
✍️ Kettner, J. (2020). Werte Kommunizieren, Brücken bauen, Menschen verbinden. Senate.
✍️ Kettner, J. (2019). German-Qatari relations 1999-2014: Foreign policy between economic interests and political conditions. Springer.
✍️ Kettner, J. (2019). Geringere Gefahr als China, in Zenith.
✍️ Kettner, J. (2018). Making Sense of Europe’s response to the Gulf Crisis. In Divided Gulf, A. Krieg (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan.
✍️ Kettner, J. (2018). Taking decisions in a world of fake news, algorithms, and blurring narratives. The human factor in leadership. CH.
✍️ Kettner, J. (2017). Gabriel bemüht sich um Lösung der Katar-Krise, in: RBB Radio1.
✍️ Kettner, J. (2017). Deutschlands Balanceakt am Persischen Golf, in: Die Welt.
✍️ Kettner, J. (2017). Germany and the Qatar crisis – Analysis, in: Eurasia Review.
✍️ Kettner, J. (2010). Germanys role within the P5+1 negotiations with Iran. Free University of Berlin.
Speaking & teaching engagements, media appearances
Selected speaking engagements
🗣 Shift Mobility 2022
🗣 Doha Forum 2022, 2019, 2018
🗣 World Economic Forum 2022, 2020
🗣 Aware The Platform Conference 2020
🗣 Berlin Economic Forum 2021, 2020
🗣 The Eurasian Media Forum 2019
🗣 The Cultural Diplomacy in EU Conference 2018
🗣 The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the UN 2018
🗣 Gulf Research Forum 2017, 2016
Teaching engagements include
👨🏫 Free University of Berlin
👨🏫 Georgetown School of Foreign Services and McCourt School of Public Policy
👨🏫 John. F. Kennedy School Berlin
👨🏫 Academy for Cultural Diplomacy
👨🏫 Arabic Cultural House
Selected media appearances
📺 ARD Weltspiegel
📺 Euronews
📺 Al Jazeera
📺 The Pioneer