Katharina Ottmann

Katharina Ottmann studied International Economics & Management at Bocconi University in Milan and was subsequently trained as specialist for Modern & Contemporary Art at Christie’s Education in London. Further, she gained an MBA as Linbury Scholar at the University of Oxford.

Katharina served as Head of Strategy Team at the Institute of Contemporary Arts London, a leading arts organisation contextualising contemporary culture through a groundbreaking programme across fine art, film, music and spoken word. Prior, she served as Director at Outset Contemporary Art Fund in London, a foundation delivering initiatives that build out public arts organisations and underpin the artistic ecosystem in England, the E.U. and the Middle East, and guided the couture label Ahnde as Marketing Director.

Katharina’s passion for music led her to serve today as Ambassador to Kronberg Academy and volunteer at Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Berlin.

At Kronberg Academy Katharina will teach Entrepreneurship along the following focal areas.

• Strategy 
• Reflexivity: Innovation in Performance & Concert Design
• Marketing & Financial Strategy 
• EntrepreneurshipWorkshop: Responsibility towards Music, People and the Earth (new)