Founder and CEO, ABURY Collection GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Andrea Kolb is an experienced marketing expert and social entrepreneur. She studied economics and cultural management. After working for various agencies in Frankfurt, London and Monaco, she founded the agency “Calliope - Inspiring Brand Communication” in Munich in 2001. She developed marketing projects for Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank AG, o2 Germany, Mercedes-Benz and others. In 2006 she moved to Berlin. In 2007, together with her husband, Bernd Kolb, she realised the concept of AnaYela – "A place of Inspiration" in the Medina, the old city of Marrakesh – that has won the World Hotel Award four times. In May 2011 she started the social business “ABURY”. Under the positioning of “Beyond Fashion”, ABURY combines the desire for style and ethics, exclusiveness and sustainability in a unique and innovative concept.