Sinologist · Consultant · Trainer · Speaker
Dr Barbara Geldermann. Understand Asia. Shape collaboration.
Academically grounded expertise in Asia meets more than 30 years of practical experience—for clearer, more reliable and successful collaboration between Europe, China and Southeast Asia.
Profile
Deep expertise in Asia. A clear eye for practical realities.
Dr Barbara Geldermann holds a doctorate in Sinology and is a certified international trade consultant (BWA). Her regional focus is Greater China and Southeast Asia, while her work brings together intercultural management, international communication and extensive experience in economic cooperation between Asia and Europe.
She studied Sinology, East Asian Art History and Comparative Religion in Bonn, at National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei and in Potsdam. Extensive business travel, long-standing networks and direct collaboration with companies and multicultural teams continue to shape her consulting work.
Since 2010, she has advised and trained professionals and executives in medium-sized businesses, international industrial companies, ministries, associations, institutions and universities.
How she works
Turning cultural understanding into confident action.
Cultural knowledge creates value when it provides orientation in real situations. Barbara connects careful analysis with the specific roles, objectives and challenges of each organisation.
Listen & assess
Reveal expectations, communication patterns and potential causes of conflict.
Translate perspectives
Make differing priorities and meanings understandable and discussable.
Create confidence
Develop practical strategies for communication, leadership and cooperation.
Secure transfer
Anchor learning in everyday work through reflection, exercises and follow-up.
Expertise
Where her experience makes a difference
Intercultural management
Leadership, collaboration and decision-making in international organisations.
China & Southeast Asia
Market understanding, business culture, relationship building and local conditions.
Teams, coaching & mediation
Improve communication, understand conflict and develop sustainable solutions.
Universities & knowledge transfer
Teaching, internationalisation and culturally sensitive collaboration.
Experience & perspectives
Experience that builds connections.
Academic foundation
Studies and doctorate in Sinology, complemented by East Asian Art History and Comparative Religion.
International business practice
Long-standing collaboration with companies, executives and teams in Germany, China and Southeast Asia.
Training & management programmes
Training for German and Asian executives, including “Business Presentation in Germany” and “How to do Business in Germany”.
Teaching & higher education
Seminars and lectures for international bachelor’s and master’s groups, including HWR Berlin, HTW Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin) and the German International University (GIU), Berlin campus.
Keynotes · Talks · Moderation
Complex issues made clear—and opened up for dialogue.
From executive meetings and industry events to university programmes and international conferences, Barbara Geldermann makes economic and cultural relationships accessible, engaging and relevant to everyday work.
Every keynote, talk and moderated discussion is tailored to the occasion, participants and intended impact—in German or English, on site, online or hybrid.
Keynotes & impulses
Fresh perspectives for conferences and executive events.
Expert talks
Informed perspectives on China, Southeast Asia and intercultural collaboration.
Panels & moderation
Structured dialogue that brings different perspectives together productively.
20–90 minutes · German or English · on site, online or hybrid
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What would you like to move forward between Asia and Europe?
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