Experience

Freie Journalistenschule (FJS)

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• E-Lecturer

  • Dec 2013 - Present

  E-Lecturer in Ghostwriting E-Lecturer in Ghostwriting



Allianz

• Germany
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ghostwriter, Editor, Trainer,

  • Jul 1994 - Jul 2022

  Writing/ Editing Annual Report, Speechwriting for Members of the Board of Management, Writing Op Eds for Members of the Board of Management, Effective Business Writing Trainings, Storytelling Trainings, Social Media for CEO

• trainer

  • 1994 - 2015

• trainer

  • 1994 - 2015



BASF

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Governmental Affairs Manager

  • Apr 1991 - Jun 1994

  Writing confidential monthly reports on german politics for the CEO, writing a bimonthly BASF-newsletter for politicians, organizing visits of politicians to the BASF plant, organizing a discussion forum with policymakers and BASF employees, lobbying in Bonn, organizing meetings of the CEO and Members of the Board of Management with policymakers in Ludwigshafen Writing confidential monthly reports on german politics for the CEO, writing a bimonthly BASF-newsletter for politicians, organizing visits of politicians to the BASF plant, organizing a discussion forum with policymakers and BASF employees, lobbying in Bonn, organizing meetings of the CEO and Members of the Board of Management with policymakers in Ludwigshafen



Hessische Staatskanzlei (Hessian State Chancellery)

• Wiesbaden und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Ghostwriter

  • Aug 1990 - Mar 1991

  Writing Speeches, Greetings and Op Eds for Walter Wallmann, Prime Minister of the German Bundesland Hessen Writing Speeches, Greetings and Op Eds for Walter Wallmann, Prime Minister of the German Bundesland Hessen



Bundeskanzleramt (German Chancellors Office)

• Bonn und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Ghostwriter

  • Sep 1988 - Jul 1990

  Writing and editing speeches, greetings and personal letters for Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Writing and editing speeches, greetings and personal letters for Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany



UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainer

  • Jun 1982 - Sep 1982

  Summer break job: Training in an UNHCR Camp of First Asylum Vietnamese Boat People rescued by the german vessel "Cap Anamur" in German and Cultural Orientation. Summer break job: Training in an UNHCR Camp of First Asylum Vietnamese Boat People rescued by the german vessel "Cap Anamur" in German and Cultural Orientation.



Allgemeine Zeitung

• Windhoek, Namibia

• Journalist

  • Jul 1981 - Sep 1981

  Summer break job: Writing for and editing the german newspaper in Windhoek. Summer break job: Writing for and editing the german newspaper in Windhoek.



None

• Indian Subcontinent

• Freelance Journalist

  • Jan 1979 - Jul 1979

  Travelling on third class railway across the Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangla Desh, Burma) and reporting the area for german middle size newspapers and radio stations (especially on development projects) Travelling on third class railway across the Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangla Desh, Burma) and reporting the area for german middle size newspapers and radio stations (especially on development projects)



Bauunternehmung Johannes Harder

• Hamburg und Umgebung, Deutschland

• ungelernter Hilfsarbeiter im Straßen- und Sielbau

  • Apr 1977 - Sep 1977

  All kinds of simple work at the construction sites and the companys location that helps to get you down to earth after the abitur (high school): loading trucks, excavate, clean up, paint work - and not to forget fetching beer for the guys working harder than you (this was Germany in the 70ties!) ... All kinds of simple work at the construction sites and the companys location that helps to get you down to earth after the abitur (high school): loading trucks, excavate, clean up, paint work - and not to forget fetching beer for the guys working harder than you (this was Germany in the 70ties!) ...



Hamburg Süd

• Germany
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Schiffsjunge (ship boy)

  • Mar 1977 - Apr 1977

  Doing paint work on deck and helping out at the galley in exchange for a free transfer from Buenos Aires to Hamburg Doing paint work on deck and helping out at the galley in exchange for a free transfer from Buenos Aires to Hamburg