Kristina Lunz is an entrepreneur, author, and human rights defender.
She is the CEO and co-founder of the non-profit Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP), launched in 2018. Just a year later, Forbes recognized her as one of Europe’s “30 Under 30.” In 2024, she was awarded the German Start-up Award as Impact Entrepreneur of the Year. From 2022 to 2024, she served on the Advisory Group of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers Initiative, supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Kristina’s first book, The Future of Foreign Policy is Feminist, became a bestseller, was translated into English, and brought her to international stages — from New York City to Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, London, Berlin, and Brussels. In October 2024, she published her second book, Empathy and Resistance (Ullstein Verlag).

She holds two Master’s degrees from University College London and the University of Oxford, and has worked for the United Nations in New York and Yangon, a women’s rights NGO in Bogotá, and as an advisor to the German Federal Foreign Office. Kristina’s work has been widely featured in media outlets such as Vogue, Der Spiegel, and The Guardian. In 2022, she was the German face of Giorgio Armani’s Crossroads campaign, showcasing inspiring female changemakers worldwide.