Stormy-Annika Mildner

Stormy-Annika Mildner currently serves as Head of the Department of Foreign Economic Policy at the Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI) since January 2014. Previously, she was a Member of the Executive Board of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) until December 2013. She holds academic affiliations as a non-resident Senior Fellow at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and the German Marshall Fund's Transatlantic Academy. Her academic career includes a lecturer position at the John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University of Berlin (2005–2006) and fellowships at Yale University (2002–2003).

Education: Bachelor's in Economics and North American Studies from the Free University of Berlin; M.Sc. in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics (2000); Ph.D. in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin, focusing on export credit finance in the U.S. economy.

Research interests span international trade policy, global financial systems, and commodity market dynamics. She has taught courses on the Political Economy of World Trade at the graduate level. While no specific awards are listed, her extensive policy and academic contributions reflect notable recognition in international economic policy circles.