Held, Elke
Psychologist (M.Sc.), gbs managing director
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Elke Held was born in Cologne in 1967. Despite growing up liberal, she experienced a Catholic education at an Ursuline boarding school – which led her to question religious beliefs even more rigorously. After graduating from high school she spent a year au-pairing in Paris and then studied psychology at the University of Trier.