Katrina Sichel

Moderator

London-born, Brussels-based moderator with a degree in Modern Languages from Oxford University. An eclectic career path spans steel-trading in West Africa and production management of a travelling opera company; business development in the post-Soviet states for a leading language-learning company and delivering public-speaking and media training to Visa International, Rolls-Royce, Siemens – and other big brands – at a unique film, television, radio and theatre facility, as well as co-running an award-winning broadcast PR company producing packages for BBC, Sky News, Channel 4, ITV, Associated Press and Reuters.

Since 2011, Katrina moderates events in Brussels and beyond on diverse topics, from research and innovation, technology and the digital transformation, to agriculture, oceans and maritime affairs; from environment, climate change, biodiversity and forestry issues to energy, mobility and transport topics; from financial governance to health(care). Alongside, from 2007 (when she moved to Brussels) until 2017, she managed the development and roll-out of EU multimedia communications campaigns for big agencies in Brussels. She speaks French, rusty Russian and a smattering of German.