Bio

As Programme Leader for private sector cooperation in GIZ, I manage several teams to enable and mobilize European and southern businesses to address the challenges of achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in new and more efficient ways. Our platform #leverist sources development challenges in the global south and matches them with European companies who have the know how to address these challenges. See here: https://www.leverist.co/?force_lang_switch=0 Our #laboftomorrow provides a SDG focused ideation and business model development process to entrepreneurs and companies. It brings together multiple stakeholder groups and businesses from the global north and south in a design thinking process to generate sustainable business solutions for the SDGs. See here: https://www.lab-of-tomorrow.com Our 'Strategic Partnership Technology in Africa' (SPTA) is a network of around 230European companies working together in six expert groups to promote technology solutions for sustainable development in Africa. See here: https://www.bmz.de/de/zentrales_downloadarchiv/mitmachen/170724_SPDA_Factsheet_EN.pdf Fields of experience and focus topics of my previous and current positions: Cooperation with the Private Sector, Sustainable Infrastructure, Design Thinking, Sustainable Finance, Capacity Development, Safeguards, Renewable Energy, especially Wind Power and Biomass; Climate Change Policy; Adaptation and Resilience of Infrastructure, Renewable Energy as contributor to GHG mitigation