Elisa Simantke

Editorial Director and Journalist, Berlin

With responsibility for the editorial side of the organisation, Elisa co-leads Investigate Europe. Between 2011-16 Elisa worked for daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. Her work on the Greek financial crisis won her the Otto-Brenner-Preis for critical journalism. Together with Harald Schumann she received the "Hans-Matthöfer-Preis für Wirtschaftspublizistik" in 2019 for Investigate Europe's work on Blackrock. Elisa lives in Berlin. Photo credit: Kristin Bethge