Ferda Ataman (she/her) is the independent federal commissioner for anti-discrimination and head of the federal anti-discrimination agency.

As a political scientist, she previously worked as a business consultant with respect to diversity and anti-discrimination as well as a journalist.

In her career, she looks back on some significant positions, such as managing director of the Diversity Kartell Agency, speechwriter for the ministry of Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration in Nordrhein-Westfalen, head of Mediendienst Integration and editor for Spiegel Online and Tagesspiegel.

In 2019, her book "Hört auf zu fragen. Ich bin von hier" was released and published by S. Fischer Verlag about belonging in Germany.