Executive Director, The Lisbon Council
Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Lisbon Council, a think tank and policy network committed to promoting sustainable economic growth, encouraging human capitaldevelopment, generating more and better jobs and working towards a prosperous future for Europe. Incorporated in Belgium as an independent, non-profit and non-partisanassociation, the Lisbon Council is among Europe’s most thoughtful and authoritative voices on economic reform and social renewal. Ms. Mettler co-founded the organisation in 2003, at age 32.
From 2000-2003, Ms. Mettler worked at the World Economic Forum, where she served as Director for Europe. Prior to this appointment, she was responsible for the World Economic Forum’s activities in the United States and Canada.
From 1997-2000, Ms. Mettler held positions on the Governmental Affairs Committee of the United States Senate, a strategic communications firm in Washington, DC and the Foreign Policy Division of the European Commission, Brussels.
Ms. Mettler is a columnist for BusinessWeek.com, and has published articles in major media outlets, such as the Wall Street Journal Europe, Financial Times, Newsweek, FT Deutschland, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Handelsblatt. She is also a regular commentator on CNBC Europe and the BBC.
A dual citizen of Germany and Sweden, Ms. Mettler has lived and worked in Greece, the United States, Switzerland and Belgium. She holds Masters degrees in political science and European law and economics, and graduated with distinction from the University of New Mexico, USA, and the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) in Bonn, Germany.
