Johanna Echterhoff
Johanna Echterhoff has her background in Management and Finance and is currently working in the semiconductor industry as strategic assistant to the CFO. She recently completed her Master’s degree at HHL and was, herself, part of New Leipzig Talents as a Coachee.
Johanna also is Co-Founder and Senior Expert to the non-profit association MUNA+, which aims to contribute towards adopting and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In her free time, Johanna follows her passions: delicious food with a good glass of wine, travelling, singing in a Choir and – recently - watching American Football.
Johanna’s confessions
Q. DO YOU HAVE A ROLE MODEL OR LIFE MOTTO?
A. „Keep the bigger picture in mind“. This helps me to stay focused on more mid- or long-term goals and keeps me motivated – also in challenging situations and during rough patches of life.
Q. WHAT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE STANDS OUT IN YOUR MEMORY?
A. So many. Mostly the time I spent abroad in the US and Rome. And my studies at HHL, of course.
Q. WHAT CAN YOU NOT LAUGH ABOUT?
A. Exclusion, war, and other people or animals hurting.
Q. WHAT’s Something beautiful that you bought yourself recently?
A. A nice coat for fall and a book about my next travel location.
Q. WHAT BOOK WOULD YOU NEVER GIVE AWAY?
A. Always the book I am currently reading. And my personal notebook.
Q. WHEN DO YOU FEEL MOST ALIVE?
A. By the sea. And in a very good conversation.music.
Q. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN?
A. In „the good“ within people and in the power of the mind.
Q. WHERE IS YOUR MOST PEACEFUL PLACE?
A. Being with the people I love means peace to me.
Q. What was the last good deed you did?
A. Helping another woman on the train with her heavy luggage. And being there for a person suffering that is very close to me.
Q. WHAT HAVE YOU RECENTLY DREAMED ABOUT?
A. Unfortunately – about work I think.
Q. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC?
A. In terms of listening, I have a pretty wide range after excluding Techno and Metal maybe. When making it myself, I prefer (classic) choral music.
Q. Beginning or finishing up? Which is harder to do?
A. Finishing up.