Ingrid Herden ©Nils Thies

Ingrid Herden Director General Communications

Born on 11 June 1960 in Erkelenz, Germany

Since 1 October 2022
Director General Communications, Spokeswoman for the President of the Bundesbank

June 2022 – September 2022
Directorate General Communications, Deutsche Bundesbank

2020 – 2021
Press officer of the Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party of Germany

2019 – 2020
Head of Communications Office, Federal State Capital Düsseldorf

2017 – 2019
Project lead “Public relations – modern tax administration”

2010 – 2017
Press officer of the Finance Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia

2009 – 2010
Freelance author

2000 – 2009
Financial editor at Capital business journal

1989 – 2000
Trainee and editor at Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper

1986 – 1989
Research assistant at the University of Cologne

1985 – 1986
Clerk, Kaufhof AG, Cologne

1979 – 1984
Studied social sciences (economics, politics, sociology) and German studies at the University of Cologne