Ruprecht Brandis

Position: Associate Fellow
E-mail: wadb@ciep.energy

Ruprecht Brandis joined CIEP in 2023

Work experience
10/2021- Senior Adviser Europe at BP Communication & External Affairs 

01/2010 – 09/2021- Director External Affairs BP Germany - Head of BP Berlin Government Office

01/2004 - 12/2009 - Senior Political Adviser BP Germany - Deputy Head of BP Berlin Government Office

04/1989 – 12/2003 Lawyer (1989/90 and 2001 – 2003) - Federal Chancellery (1996 – 2000) -  (Division Head Industry + Energy Policy) - Federal Economics Ministry (1990-92, 1993 – 1996) - (Desk Officer Foreign Trade Department) - German Embassy Washington D.C. (1992/93)

Education
Law School, Heidelberg + Bonn Universities (1980 – 85) Junior Lawyer in West-Berlin (1986 - 1988)
PhD in Law, Free University Berlin (1986 – 1990)

Additional Education MBA (NIMBAS/Bradford University, 1997–99) - Executive programs Harvard Kennedy School - Executive Certificates - Economic Development (2019), Public Policy (2021)

Other
Chairman Königswinter Foundation (co-sponsor of
annual British-German “Königswinter” conferences) Member Executive Board German-British Society, Berlin
Member of Supervisory Board of British Chamber of Commerce in Germany (BCCG)