Prof. Dr. Jobst Fiedler

Professor of Public & Financial Management

Jobst Fiedler is Professor of Public and Financial Management and Founding Director of the EMPM at the Hertie School of Governance, from 2005-2008 he served as Associate Dean at the School. After his studies of law, economics and political science, Jobst Fiedler worked as research fellow at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB); he holds a PhD from the University of Hanover. Beginning in 1980, Fiedler worked in executive positions within the city state of Hamburg and was member of several working groups of the OECD and the EU. He was elected Hanover executive mayor in 1990. In 1996, Jobst Fiedler switched to the private sector and joined Roland Berger Strategy Consultants as managing partner. During his private sector career, Fiedler continued publishing and teaching in the field of public management, a.o. at the University of Potsdam and the Bocconi School of Management in Milan. In 2009, he was visiting professor at the Columbia University of New York, USA.