Professional Summary

Managing Director of Intercultural Communication since 1995, Consultant, Trainer & Coach

• Cultural and Organizational Consultancy
• Team Development
• Intercultural Training
• Coaching
• Intercultural Management
• Personal Leadership
• Management Development

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Experience and Client list

• United Nations Secretariat, Bonn, Bangkok, Geneva, Dakar, Beirut, Vienna, Haiti – Management Development Programmes (MDP)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany – Team Retreats, Coaching
• IMD Business School, Lausanne – Advanced High Performance Leadership Programme (AHPL)
• Roland Berger, Munich, Germany – Intercultural Training Workshops for Onboarding Sessions
• SAP/hybris, Munich and Milan – Managing International Team Seminars,
– Leadership workshops – focus Organizational Culture and Change
– Leadership strategy and cultural integration – kick off meeting
• WL Gore & Associates, Germany & Scotland – Team development, Intercultural Awareness Workshops, Culture specific Training – UK, Russia, China, Germany
• World Bank, Washington DC – Trust In International Teams
• Allianz, Munich – Intercultural Training
• Bombardier, Berlin – International Team Development
• Beiersdorf AG, Hamburg – International Team Development, International competency coaching
• Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Copenhagen, Tel Aviv – Managing International Teams, Intercultural Competency Training
• Daimler, Germany – Fit for Abroad – Get One Project – Intercultural integration design + workshops
• Nycomed, Germany – International Team Development
• TSystems, UK – Culture specific Training UK/Germany
• Esalen Institute, California – Month long Integrative Leadership Programme for graduate students, Personal Leadership workshops
• Enel, Rome – International Jet Programme, LEMP leadership programme
• RWE, Germany – „Working with the Germans“
• ABB, Finland & China – Intercultural Awareness for Global Managers
• SMA – Global Leadership Training, Intercultural Awareness Trainig, Virtual Collaboration Across Cultures
• BP Oil, UK – Coaching on International competencies
• Carl Zeiss, Germany – Junior Leadership Programme
• BMW Akademie, München – Consultancy – International Training Development
• EADS AIRBUS, Hamburg – Intercultural Sensitivity Training Courses
• Siemens AG, München – Managing Virtual Teams, working in Taiwan
• WestLB Bank, Düsseldorf – Coaching/Team Training
• O2 Germany – Integration Workshops & Team Development
• Microsoft, Germany – Corporate Communication
• Merck, USA – Managing Across Cultures
• Pepper & Rogers Group, Istanbul – Communication Skills, Managing International Teams
• University Passau – Compact seminars:
Since 2001 Culture specific Training UK
Since 2008 Basis Training in International skills
Since 2010 Personal Leadership

EDUCATION

• B.A. Honours degree from Goldsmiths College, London University, in English Literature

FURTHER STUDIES

• High Performance Leadership, Professor George Kohlreiser Esalen, California and IMD Lausanne
• Group Dynamics and Self-Management (DAAG) München
• Global Diversity, Effective intercultural Teamwork:
Personal leadership, Virtual Team Management & Experiential tools for intercultural learning, Intercultural Institute, Portland Oregon
• Systemic Coaching, Dietz Consulting, München
• International Profiler License, Worldwork, London
• Trust in International Team License, Worldwork, London
• Gestalt and Movement, Esalen Institute, CA
• NLP Practioner Certificate, München
• Personal Coaching and Deep Listening – Pressure Management Indicator (University of Strathclyde, Scotland)
• Coaching Across Cultures, Prague, Phillippe Rosinski
• Family Constellation Courses, Judith Hemmings, California & London
• Personal Leadership Facilitators course, Crestone, Colorado
• Vipassana meditation Retreats, Kamala Masters Camaldoli Monastery

LANGUAGES

• Native language English
• Fluent in German
• Good knowledge of Spanish and French
• Basic Italian

REFERENCES

• United Nations Climate Change, Bonn Mr Niels Lohmann // Tel. ++49 2288 151 292
• Worldwork, UK // Mr Nigel Ewington // Tel. ++44 1223 414 657
• IMD, Lausanne, Prof Georg Kohlrieser++41216180173
• SAP, Waldorf Nathalie Parent VP Human Resources // Tel. +49 89 5589 30617
• World Bank, USA // Mr I. Bairatchinyi // Tel. ++1 202 458 54 51
• W.L. Gore & Associates, Germany // Mr Iain Goodman // Tel. ++49 89 461 122 189
• Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Copenhagen // Ms Ceceilia Callmer // Tel. ++45 28 78 70 64
• TCO Associates, Bologna // Mr David Trickey // Tel. +39 051 6705 352
• Takeda, Roskilde // Ms Rikke Andreasen // Tel. ++45 46 771 656
• Richard Lewis Communications // Richard Lewis // Tel. ++44 1962 77 11 11
• Sheila Ramsey, founder Personal leadership // Personal Leadership Seminars LLC, 2448 NW 63rd St, Seattle, WA, 98107
• Universität Passau // Professor Christoph Barmeyer // Tel. ++49 851 509 2920

Munich, March 2017