Hans-Peter Siebenhaar

Hans-Peter Siebenhaar was selected for the 2020 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Roland Berger’s self-deception: The star consultant, his Nazi father and the guilt of German industry.’

Hans-Peter Siebenhaar, born on May 1, 1962 in Thurn, Germany, worked as a politics and business reporter for the Bavarian newspaper Fränkischer Tag from 1995 to 2000 before joining Handelsblatt. He covered several industries and has been writing his column „Medien-
Kommissar“ about all things media since February 2013. In October 2013, Siebenhaar became the Handelsblatt correspondent for Austria and Southeast. In February 2015, he was voted onto the board of the foreign press association in Vienna and has been heading it since December 2015. In 2018, Siebenhaar received the Hugo-Junkers Award of the German Airlines- and Space Media. He
has authored several books, among them „Austria – The Torn Republic“ and„The Insatinables“ – a critique of public radio financing in Germany.

Andrea Rexer

Andrea Rexer was selected for the 2020 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Roland Berger’s self-deception: The star consultant, his Nazi father and the guilt of German industry.’

Andrea Rexer, born August 27, 1981 in Freilassing, Germany worked for the Austrian News Magazine Profil in Vienna from 2007 to 2011. Previously, she was a correspondent for the WELT-group in Frankfurt. Starting in 2012, Rexer held several positions at Süddeutsche Zeitung. First as a correspondent and then bureau chief in Frankfurt, from 2014 on she led the finance team in Munich. In 2017 she also oversaw „Plan W“, a quarterly business magazine for women. In 2018, Rexer changed to Handelsblatt and the held the position as head of the companies & markets section until December 2019. Rexer was honored with the Ludwig-Erhard Award in 2014 and is a
member of the Young Leader section at Atlantik Brücke, a non-profit association which promotes German-American understanding and Atlanticism.