Harriet Ludwig

Senior Policy Officer and Deputy Head of the Global Health and Social Security Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany

Harriet Ludwig is a Senior Policy Officer and Deputy Head of the Global Health and Social Security Division of BMZ. Her working areas comprise Gavi as well as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and UNAIDS.

Prior to moving to the health sector, Ms Ludwig was a negotiator for the SDGs and the 2030 agenda on sustainable development on behalf of the German government. She has multiple years of country experience: from postings in Accra as Head of Cooperation (Ghana 2008-2011) and other engagements mainly in the Western and Central African region (2002-2007) as well as through working in Benin (grass root level 1998-2001).

Ms Ludwig is a lawyer by profession, specialised in International and European law.