Team

PhD Middle Eastern Studies

MA Oriental Studies

 

Since 2009

ZIF Executive 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 Executive 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 European Ethnology and Cultural Communication

 

Since 2017

Public Relations Manager

 

2012 to 2016

Special Assistant to the Executive Director

 

2010 to 2011

Desk Officer, ZIF Analysis

 

2009
Center for International and Intercultural Communication, Technische Universität, Berlin
Project Coordinator „Reconstructing Higher Education in Afghanistan and Iraq“

2009
Achtung Berlin - New Berlin Film Award
Event Manager

2007 to 2008
German Bundestag, Berlin
Research Assistant to a Member of Parliament

Colonel (General Staff)

Since 2018

Special Adviser to the Executive Director

 

2016 to 2018

Federal Office for Migration and Refugees

Director Northern Region

 

2015 to 2016

Ministry of Interior

Member of the Coordination Element for the Reception of Refugees

 

2014 to 2015

Federal Academy for Security Studies

Director of Studies

 

2009 to 2014

United Nations HQ, New York

Chief Assessment Team

 

BA Management, Philosophy & Economics

Since 2018

Student Assistant at the Office of the Executive Director

 

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 in International Relations

LL.M. in Law and Politics of International Security

Since 2018

Special Assistant to the Executive Director

 

2017 to 2018

Freie Universität Berlin, Research Fellow and Scientific Coordinator

 

2016 to 2017

WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow

 

2013 to 2017

WZB Berlin Social Science Center / Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies, PhD thesis on regional organizations and counterterrorism

PhD History

MA History, Psychology, Literary Studies 

Since 2016

Head of Operations

 

Since 2014

Deputy Executive Director

 

2012 to 2016

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

BA International Relations & International Organization

 

Since 2018

Assistant to the Deputy Executive Director / Head of Operations

Fully Qualified Lawyer

 

Since 2018

Head, Team Human Resources, Operations

 

2016 - 2018

Deputy Head, Team International Capacity Development, Operations

 

2015 to 2016

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

Insurance and Financial Adviser

 

Since 2018

Election Observation, Team Human Resources, Operations

Desk Officer

 

2017-2018
HeavenHR

Insurance Manager

 

2014-2017

Allianz

Insurance and Financial Adviser

MA Psychology

 

Since 2018

Team Human Ressources, Operations

 

2017

Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Institute for Political Science

Research associate for „International Organisations and Globalisation“

MA Political Science

Since 2005
Desk Officer Team Human Resources, Operations

2003 to 2004
Desk Officer Team Training, Operations

2000 to 2003
European Schools for Administration and Management

Diplom-Kauffrau (University)/MBA

 

Since 2018

Desk Officer CSDP Missions, Team Human Resources, Operations

 

2016 to 2017

European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger)

Regional Administrative Coordinator, Human Resources Officer

 

2013

European Union Integrated Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM)

Logistics Officer

 

2008 to 2012

European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX)

Regional Administrative Coordinator, Regional General Services and Supply Officer

 

2008

United Nation Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)

Assistant to civilian Chief Engineer (UNV)

 

2002 to 2003

European Union Mission in Bosnia Hercegovina (EUPM)

Finance Officer

BA Arabic-Islamic Culture and Religious Studies

 

Since 2016

Desk Officer Team Human Resources, Operations

 

 

Certified Translator for French and Portuguese

Since 2018

Advisor Human Resources, Operation

 

2016 to 2018

Head Human Resources, Operations

 

2002 to 2016

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

MA Nonprofit Management and Public Governance

 

Since 2018

Desk Officer Team Human Resources, Operations

BA Romance Philology and Economics

 

Since 2002

Desk Officer Team Human Resources, Operations

 

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

Diplom-Kaufmann (FH) / Business Administration

 

Since 2018

Desk Officer United Nations, Team Human Resources, Operations

 

2015 to 2018

United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)

Administrative and Human Resources Officer  

 

2014 to 2018

Regional Service Center Entebbe (RSCE)

Human Resources Officer, Human Resources Service Line

 

2012 to 2013

United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)

Administrative Support Officer, Mission Support Division

PhD Political Science

 

Since 2013

Head of Team Training, Operations

 

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

MPhil Peace Stdies, University of Bradford, UK
MA Conflict Studies, University of Bradford, UK

 

Since 2019

Deputy Head of Team Training, Operations

 

2017 until 2018

UN Verification Mission to Colombia
Head of Subregional Office in Arauca, UN Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC)

 

2016

Political Affairs Officer, UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)

 

2015

Desk Officer for Mediation, Federal Foreign Office

 

2010 until 2016

Team Training, ZIF

 

2006 - 2010
CSSProject for Integrative Mediation
Head of Field Staff & Project Manager, Western Balkans

2004 - 2006
Rotary World Peace Fellow, University of Bradford
Field work in Guatemala on the contribution of SSR to the democratization proces

Since 2017

Desk Officer Team Training, Operations

 

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

MA Strategic Affairs
BA Politics

 

Since 2011

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

 

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

MA International Affairs

 

Since 2019

Officer "Europe's New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management" (ENTRi)

 

 

BA International Accounting and Finance

 

Since 2019

Finance Officer ENTRi

 

2016 until 2017

Head of indirect costs Group Functions

Springer Nature

 

2006 until 2016

Manager Financial Control

Heidelberger Lebensversicherung

 

2005 until 2006

Internal Auditor

PPG Industries, USA

MA Peace and Conflict Studies

BA International Relations

 

Since 2018

Desk Officer, Team Training, Operations Division

 

2016 to 2018

Center for Conflict Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg

Research associate at the EU-Horizon 2020 Project PeaceTraining.eu

 

2015 to 2016

Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) Stadtschlaining

Project staff at the training division i.a. capacity-building project for humanitarian aid in Western Africa with the KAIPTC, Ghana

 

 

Since 2015

Desk Officer Team Training, Operations

 

MA Political Science

Mediator

 

Since 2016

Head of Team International Capacity Development (ICD), Operations

 

2012 to 2016

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

MS International Affairs

Since 2019

Deputy Head, International Capacity Development, Operations Team

 

2016 to 2019

Research Fellow, Analysis Division

 

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 with a focus on human rights and socioeconomic development issues

LL.M. International Business Law
Diploma European and International Law
MA Political Science

 

Since 2018

Team International Capacity Development, Operations

 

2016 to 2018

Assistant to the Head of Operations

 

 

Since 2018

Desk Officer Team Training, Operations

 

2017 to 2018

Desk Officer Team Human Resources, Operations

 

2016 to 2017

Desk Officer Team Training, Operations

 

2009 to 2015

Generali Lebensversicherung

Sales Support

MA Political Science, Islamic Science and Intercultural Business Communication

 

Since 2016

Project Manager „African Standby Capacity“, Team International Capacity Development (ICD), Operations

 

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)", Team International Capacity Development (ICD), Operations

 

2011 to 2014

Desk Officer Team Human Resources, Operations

 

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

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"

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

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

MA History
MA International Affairs

 

Since 2002

Desk Officer and Deputy Head, Analysis

2000 to 2001
Transparency International, German Section, Berlin

Project Coordination

 

 

Since 2018

Student Assistant Analysis

 

 

BA Geographical Sciences

 

Since 2018

Student Assistant Analysis

 

 

PhD Economy

MA Economy

 

Since 2011

Project Coordinator "Peace and Security", Analysis

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

Fully Qualified Lawyer

 

Since 2017

Project "UN-Resolution 1325", Analysis

 

2016 to 2017

Federal Coordination of Specialized Counseling Against Sexual Violence in Childhood and Youth (BKSF)

Legal Advisor

 

2015 to 2016

German Association of Women’s Shelters

Legal Advisor

 

2010 to 2015

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights

Coordinator on „Gender and Human Rights“

 

2012 to 2017

Independent trainer on the role of UN-Resolution 1325, of CEDAW and of gender-based and sexual violence in the context of international criminal law

Law Degree

 

Since 2018

Head of Administration

 

2014 to 2017
Senior Legal Advisor and Head of Team Personnel & Legal Affairs, Administration

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“

Publishing Assistant

 

Since 2019

Reception, Administration

 

2005 bis 2018

Management Assistant / Sales Assistant
PALAZZI Verlag GmbH

 

2002 bis 2005

Publishing Assistant

KPS Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH

Business Administration

Management Assistant for audiovisual Media

 

Since 2018

Head of Team Finances, Administration

 

2014 to 2018

Desk Officer Team Personnel & Legal Affairs, Administration

Project Administration ENTRi I - III, Team Training, Operations

 

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

 

 

Qualified Export Clerk

 

Since 2017

Desk Officer Team Finances, Administration

 

2004 to 2017

Desk Officer / Deputy Head of Administration

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

1983 to 1992
Heim-Elektrik GmbH, Berlin
Export Clerk

BA Business Administration

Trained Management Assistant in Office Communication

 

Since 2018

Desk Officer Team Finances, Administration

 

2017 to 2018

Desk Officer Team Personnel & Legal Affairs, Administration

 

2017

Midwife Surgery, Berlin

Office Administration

 

2017

perZukunft GmbH

Private Job Agent

Bank Business Management Assistant

 

Since 2011

Desk Officer Team Finances, 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 2017

Desk Officer, Team Procurement, IT & Facility Management, Administration

Desk Officer, Team Personnel & Legal Affairs, Administration

 

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

Fully qualified lawyer, LL.M.

Since 2017

Legal Adviser Team Personnel & Legal Affairs, Administration

 

2016 to 2017

Legal Adviser Team Human Resources, Operations

 

2013 to 2016
Law firm Jost, Berlin
Lawyer

Diploma Business Administration

 

Since 2017

Desk officer Team Personnel & Legal Affairs, Administration

 

2006 to 2017

Sozial-kulturelle Netzwerke casa e.V.

Desk officer

BA Business Administration

 

Since 2019

Desk officer Team Personnel & Legal Affairs, Administration

 

2018

Johanniter Unfall-Hilfe e. V.

Personnel Administrator

 

2017

Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Brandenburg

Personnel Administrator

 

2015 - 2017

TOP Radiovermarktung GmbH & Co. KG

Staff Member Finance | Service

Since 2017

Desk Officer Team Training, Operations

 

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 Team Personnel & Legal Affairs, Administration

 

 

MA Business Law (LL.M.)

Since 2018

Team Personnel & Legal Affairs, Administration

 

 

Certified Translator for English and French

 

Since 2017

ZIF Ombudsperson

 

2003 to 2017

Deputy Head Team Training, Operations

 

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