1990 – 1996: Studies of Industrial Engineering at Technical University of Berlin and Université Pierre Mendès-France, Grenoble, France
1996 – 2006: Siemens Erlangen, Toronto (Canada), Munich: Supply Chain Management for energy and industrial divisions
2006 – 2010: Ecofys und Factor CO2, Spain: Energy and climate consultancy
Since 2008: acting for the Operating Agent of the International Energy Agency’s Implementing Agreement on Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (IEA-RETD)
Since 2011: Freelance consultant in the field of renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainability, providing policy and strategic advice to public and private clients Other clients and projects: UNDP Sustainable Energy Unit Bahrain, MAVA Foundation, UNEP-Plan Bleu, the Dubai Energy and Water Authority, GIZ Uzbekistan and GIZ Morocco, IRENA, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Geoparks, and Heinrich-Böll-Foundation
Since 10/2016: Fellow at the IÖW
Key issues
Renewable Energies,
energy efficiency,
prosumer,
sustainability,
climate change policies,
green economy,
blue economy,
agriculture,
animal protection and rights