Team

PhD Middle Eastern Studies

MA Oriental Studies

 

Since 2009

ZIF Director 

 

2006 to 2009
Friedrich Ebert Foundation USA and Canada, Washington DC, USA
Country Director

2003 to 2005
Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Kabul, Afghanistan
Founding Director

2000 to 2002 
Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn and Berlin
Desk Officer, Development Cooperation and Conflict Transformation,

1998 to 1999 
Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Project Assistant

MA Pedagogics

 

Since 2016

Personal Assistant to the Director

 

MA Anglistics and Cultural Studies

Since 2016

Event management

 

2008 to 2015
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ),
inter alia event manager for international dialogues and conferences & project coordinator for the program „Capacity Building for the ASEAN Secretariat“

2007 to 2008
International School Villa Amalienhof,

Special Assistant to the Director

2002 to 2006
Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF),

Translator for academic publications

1999 to 2000
Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED),

Desk officer

MA Political Science

Since 2016

Special Assistant to the Director

2010 to 2015

Project Manager, ZIF Analysis Division

 

Working Languages
German, English, French

B.A. Governance and Public Policy

Since 2016

Student Assistant

 

Working Language
German, English

BA Congress and Event Management

 

Since 2017

Event management

 

2014 to 2015

Event management for the project "Peace operations in fragile states: capacities and concepts"

 

2011 to 2012

Messe Berlin GmbH

Project Coordinator

 

2007 to 2009

European Car-Transport Group of Interest in Brüssel, Belgien

Events and Sponsorship Officer

2007

Nynas Belgium AB

Sales and Logistics Assistant

PhD History

MA History, Psychology, Literary Studies 

Since 2014

Deputy Director

 

Since 2012

Head of Human Resources

 

2010 to 2012
Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main
Head, Department of Administrative Services for Students

2003 to 2010
Berlin Office, German National Academic Foundation
Head

2008
Private Office of the Secretary-General, NATO HQ, Brussels
Visiting Officer

2001 to 2003
German National Academic Foundation, Bonn
Desk Officer

Certified Translator for French and Portuguese

Since 2002

Deputy Head Human Resources

 

1993 to 2002
Carl Duisberg Society, Berlin
Planning and Implementation of Work and Study Visits in Latin America

1991 to 1993
INKOTA-Netzwerk e.V., Berlin
Desk Officer, Public Relations

PhD Political Science

 

Since 2013

Head of Training

 

2012 to 2013

UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Human Rights Officer

 

2010 to 2012

OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Deputy Head ad interim, and Senior Economic and Environmental Officer

 

2009 to 2010

Long-term assignments as Political Analyst with ODIHR Election Observation Missions in Moldova, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and the UK

Short-term assignments as Master Trainer with ZIF on election observation

 

2007 to 2008

Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Kunduz, Afghanistan

Advisor Capacity Development

MA Political Science

Mediator

 

Since 2012

Project Manager of ZIF’s “The African Union Civilian Standby Roster” Project

 

2010 to 2011

Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, Erfurt University
Managing Director, Lecturer

 

2009 to 2010

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM)
International Education Consultant Serbia

 

since 2008

Policy Consultant, Mediator, Trainer on Conflict Resolution in Germany, Austria, Georgia, Moldova

LL.M. Business Law
M.A. European Affairs

Since 2016

Personal Assistant to the Head of the Operations

 

Working Language
English, French

MA International Studies/Peace and Conflict Studies
BA European Studies

Since 2016

Training Officer, Team Training

 

Since 2014

Desk Officer, Human Resources

 

2013 to 2014
EXOP GmbH
Risk Analyst Sub-Saharan Africa/ Crisis Response Operator

2012 to 2013
ZIF
Desk Officer, Human Resources

Fully Qualified Lawyer

 

Since 2015

Project Manager Training, ZIF project "Peace Operations in Fragile States"

 

2012 to 2013

Project Manager, ZIF project "Europe's New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management" (ENTRi)

 

2011 to 2012

Desk Officer, Human Resources

2008 to 2010
German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
Desk Officer in the OSCE and Council of Europe division

2008
German Bundestag, Berlin
Research Assistant to a Member of Parliament

2006 to 2008
Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD e.V.), Bonn
Regional Coordinator Western Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia

Certified Translator (Certifié Traducteur)

Since 2004

Desk Officer, Human Resources

 

1999 to 2002
DBB Akademie, Berlin

Desk Officer

1999 
GDL health services company, Berlin

Desk Officer

1994 to 1996 
BVH Bank, Berlin

Desk Officer

M.A. International Business and Consulting: Human Resource Management
B.A. Business Administration

Since 2017

Desk Officer, Human Resources

 

2012 to 2015
Axel Springer SE
Human resource development and diversity management

Fully qualified lawyer, LL.M.

Since 2016

Legal Adviser

 

2013 to 2016
Law firm Jost, Berlin
Lawyer

MA Sociology, Communication and American Studies

 

Since 2014

Desk Officer, Human Resources

Since 2017

Desk Officer, Team Training

 

2015 to 2017

Mission Security Officer at EULEX Kosovo

 

2008 to 2015

Desk Officer, Team Training

 

2004 to 2007
Berlin School of Economics and Law
Faculty of Business and Economics

1996 to 2004
German Armed Forces

Since 2017

Desk Officer, Human Resources

 

2016 to 2017

Desk Officer, Training

 

2009 to 2015

Generali Lebensversicherung

Sales Support

Law Degree

 

Since 2014
Legal Advisor

2011 to 2014
Swiss Life Holding GmbH, Hannover
In-House Counsel and Consultant to the Managing Board

2010 to 2011
Employment Law Firm Groll & Partner, Frankfurt
Attorney-at-Law

2009 to 2010
Goethe University Frankfurt
Project Manager „German-Southeast Asian Center of Public Policy and Good Governance“

Master Strategic Affairs
B.A. Politics

 

Since 2011

Project Manager, "Europe's New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management" (ENTRi)

 

2010
Merlin (British NGO)

Operations Coordinator in Haiti during the earthquake response

 

2009 to 2012
Company Director of a company supporting Latin American small-income generating projects

2005 to 2008
RedR UK

Director of International Programmes (Leading teams and setting-up offices in Pakistan (Kashmir and NWFP), Sudan (Darfur), Kenya und Sri Lanka)

2004 to 2005
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Colombia and Ecuador

Consultant

B.A. Arabic-Islamic Culture and Religious Studies

 

Since 2016

Desk Officer, Human Resources

 

 

M.A. Human Security and Environmental Change

B.A. International Relations

 

Since 2016

Project manager, "Europe's New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management" (ENTRi)

 

2014 to 2016

Senior Experts Service, Africa & MENA Department, Bonn

MA Political Science, Islamic Science and Intercultural Business Communication

 

Since 2016

Project Manager Training, „African Standby Capacity“

 

2012 to 2016

German Federal Agency for Technical Relief, International Department, Bonn

MA Society, Politics, Culture
BA International Culture Relations

Since 2014

Manager of ZIF's project "German contribution to the Standby-Partnership Programme of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)"

 

2011 to 2014

Desk Officer, ZIF Human Resources

 

2000 to 2009
Ministry of Defence, Latvia
Various positions within the International Relations Department

B.A. Major Italien, Minor Scandinavian Studies/Northern Europe Studies

 

Since 2016

Student Assistant, Human Resources

 

2016

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Internship with the project "Institutional strengthening of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID)"

 

2013 to 2014

UNESCO National Commission Uruguay

Volunteer

 

 

Certified Translator for English and French

 

Since 2003

Desk Officer, Team Training

 

2012 to 2013

Monitor with the EU Monitoring Mission, Georgia

 

1990 to 2002
Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, Berlin
Associate for Scolarship Programs and Environmental Projects in West and Southern Africa

Working Languages
German, English, Russian

BA Romance Philology and Economics

 

Since 2002

Desk Officer, Human Resources

 

1997 to 2002
Bankakademie International, Frankfurt/Main
Project Coordinator for Training and Mentoring Activities

Since 2015

Desk Officer, Training

 

MA Political Science
MA Peace Studies

2010 to 2012

PhD programme, thesis on Organized Crime in Peace Operations

 

2010 to 2011
UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
Special Assistant to the SRSG

2007 to 2009
UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
Special Assistant to the DSRSG (Political)

Special Assistant to the SRSG

Since 2002

Head of Analysis

 

2001 to 2002
Postgraduate Program in International Affairs, Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart/Berlin
Project Coordinator "Recruitment and Training of Civilian Personnel for International Peace Operations"

MA History
MA International Affairs

 

Since 2002

Desk Officer and Deputy Head, Analysis

2000 to 2001
Transparency International, German Section, Berlin

Project Coordination

 

Working Languages
German, English

MA Political Science
MA Peace and Security Studies

 

Since 2009

Desk Officer and Deputy Head, Analysis

 

2007 to 2009

Project Manager, "Local Ownership" (DSF-ZIF Cooperation)

 

2003 to 2006
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
Researcher focusing on Peacebuilding, Small Arms, CIMIC, and DDR

2002 to 2003
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg
Scholarship by the German Foundation for Peace Research

MA Political Science

 

Since 2002

Desk Officer, Analysis

2001 to 2002
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

Consultant for the Preparation of the Foundation of the Center for International Peace Operations

1999 to 2001
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Desk Officer, Crisis Prevention and Conflict Management Unit

1999
Feasibility Study for the Federal Foreign Office "Training and Recruitment of Civilian Personnel for Conflict Prevention and Peace Operations"

Researcher

MA International Affairs und International Economics

Since 2016

Research Fellow, Analysis

 

2009 to 2015

United Nations, Office of the Secretary General

Political advisor, Policy and Planning Unit

2007 to 2009

UN Mission Nepal

Personal consultant SRSG

2002 to 2007
United Nations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Political advisor

2002
UN Mission Kosovo
Political advisor, Office of the Chief of Staff

1999 to 2002
OSCE Mission Kosovo

Field Office Director, afterwards political advisor, Office of the Chief of Staff

Cand. Polit. (Political Science)
MA Law and Diplomacy (International Relations)
PhD (Political Science)

Since 2016

Senior Researcher, Analysis

 

2008 to 2016

UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
i.a. Policy officer/adviser to the UN Police Adviser, Chief Evaluation Team
Advisor for the Senior Security Sector Reform at the UN Stabilisation Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)

1996 to 2016
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)
Project manager and senior analyst on security policy, especially peace operations led by the UN, the EU and other international organisations, rule of law and security sector reform and the role of police in crisis management

MS International Affairs

Since 2016

Research Fellow, Analysis

 

2010 to 2015
New York University Center on International Cooperation (CIC)
Senior Program Officer, Crisis Diplomacy and Global Peace Operations / Lead Researcher and Co-Author of the Annual Review of Global Peace Operations

2009 to 2010
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, UN Liaison Office
Policy Analyst for peace and security issues

 

2004 to 2007
Global Action on Aging
Program Coordinator for programs with a focus on poverty eradication, social protection and the inclusion of older persons interests in national social policy and wider development goals

B.A. Politics and Public Administration

 

Since 2016

Student Assistant, Analysis

 

Working Languages

English

PhD Economy

MA Economy

 

Since 2011

Project Coordinator "Peace and Security"

2008 to 2010
German Association for East European Studies, Berlin
Executive Director

2001 to 2008
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), European Union Pillar

• 2006 – 2008 Deputy Head (Deputy DSRSG)
• 2003 – 2006 Head of the Economic Policy Office
• 2001 – 2003 Senior Economic Advisor

1997 to 2001
German Development Institute
Research Fellow

MA Public Administration

 

Since 2008

Head, Administration

1996 to 2008
Berliner Bäder-Betriebe
Chief Information Officer

1986 to 1996
IT Consultant

since 1982
Lecturer for IT and Fiscal Accounting

Qualified Export Clerk

 

Since 2004

Desk Officer / Deputy Head, Administration

1993 to 2002
B.R.A.S.S.T. Bau GmbH, Berlin
Business Accountant

1983 to 1992
Heim-Elektrik GmbH, Berlin
Export Clerk

Business Administration

Management Assistant for audiovisual Media

 

Since 2014

Administration and Project ENTRi I - III

 

2013

Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e.V. (VKU),
Department Assistant for Press and Communications

 

2011 to 2012

Technische Universität Berlin
Project Assistant "Externes Mentoring" & "DeutschlandStipendium" at Career Service of the TU Berlin

 

 

Bank Business Management Assistant

 

Since 2011

Desk Officer, Administration

2009 to 2010
The German Savings Banks Association (DSGV), Berlin
Finance Staff

1990 to 2008
Gries & Heissel Bankiers AG, Berlin
Head Technical Management/Asset Management

Hotel assistant, foreign language secretary

 

Since 2014

Desk Officer, Administration, and receptionist

 

2010 to 2014

Salans FMC SNR Denton Europe LLP

Receptionist / Facility Management

 

2008 to 2010

The Westin Grand Berlin

Front Office Clerk