Dominic Ponattu

Dominic Ponattu is Deputy Chief of Staff to the Minister for Special Tasks and Head of the German Federal Chancellery. In this role, Dominic is head of division and particularly involved in economic and fiscal policy as well as energy policy at the German Federal Chancellery. He previously served as private secretary to the former state secretary for digital policy and consumer protection and as a policy advisor in the Ministry of Finance. Former positions also include an advisory role on economics at Bertelsmann Foundation as well as being a strategy consultant at Roland Berger. Dominic holds a B.Sc. in Economics and Government (First Class) from the London School of Economics, where he also received an M.Sc. (Distinction). He holds a Ph.D. (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Mannheim. Dominic is a fellow of the German National Academic Foundation, which awarded him the Civic Engagement Prize. He was also named a “Top 40 under 40” in 2022 and in 2023 by Capital Magazine.  Dominic is an Atlantik-Bruecke Young Leader and a fellow of the Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance.