** Louise Mollenhauer will be on extended leave until 1 April 2025. For any question regarding her programme and projects, please contact Joan Lanfranco **

Louise Mollenhauer (she/her/hers) is since November 2024 Head of the Climate, Trade and Agricultural Policy programme at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union. Previously, she worked as Advisor to the Director of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union office in Brussels from January 2023 to November 2024, and from August to December 2022, she was Project Officer in the EU Democracy and Digital Policy Programme in the same office.

Louise is also the office's focal point for Gender and for the Foundation's policy on Protection from Sexual Abuse, Violence and Harassment (PSEAH).

Previously, she worked at the European Parliament, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the headquarters of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Berlin and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP e.V.).

Louise holds a Bachelor's degree in European Studies from Maastricht University and a Master's degree in International Relations from the Hertie School in Berlin. She speaks fluent English, French, German and intermediate Spanish.