Astrid Maier

Astrid Maier is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of dpa, Germany’s largest news agency, and Head of Strategy. Astrid was born in Suceava (Romania). After graduating in China Studies in Cologne and Beijing, she started her career in journalism as a trainee and later telecoms correspondent for the Financial Times Germany before becoming the technology correspondent for Manager Magazin, a business monthly. Her positions have also included Head of Companies & Markets Desk of German business weekly Wirtschaftswoche before becoming the Editor-in-Chief of the professional network Xing in 2019 and also being a member of the Executive Board. From 2015 to 2016, she was a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University in California.