Strategic Projects

• Sep 2022 - Present

- General coordination and management of sub-projects in the construction of a new factory for cashew and dried mango in Burkina Faso, reporting directly to the overall project manager. - Co-project management for the certification of 5'000 smallholder soy farmers in Togo according to the new EU organic rules together with colleagues from the gebana office in Lomé. gebana is a pioneer of fair trade based in Switzerland. We are a ‘global farmers market’ - that means we deliver seasonally, without detours and in bulk packages. We want more sustainability, more equity and more quality at affordable prices. To achieve this, we are changing the rules of global trade: we invest where others won’t and create jobs through local processing. Whenever possible, we work directly with the producers of our food and share our turnover with them.

Mercator Fellow

• Jun 2022 - Oct 2022

Mercator Fellow

• Feb 2022 - May 2022

Mercator Fellow

• Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

- Ensuring the smooth functioning of export procedures (internal logistics & warehousing, quality management and shipping) - Trading cocoa, sesame and soybeans (costing, drafting specs, negotiation with cooperatives & suppliers) - Consulting the executive board on strategic decisions (e.g. salary structure) - Small-scale production of chocolate and drafting of a financial model for a chocolate factory - Ensuring the smooth functioning of export procedures (internal logistics & warehousing, quality management and shipping) - Trading cocoa, sesame and soybeans (costing, drafting specs, negotiation with cooperatives & suppliers) - Consulting the executive board on strategic decisions (e.g. salary structure) - Small-scale production of chocolate and drafting of a financial model for a chocolate factory

Advisor

• Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

Responsible for: - Implementation of sustainability criteria for the preferential import of palm oil in the EFTA-Indonesia CEPA (benchmarking of voluntary sustainability standards and writing of ordinance)- Coordination of the ex-ante environmental impact assessment of the EFTA-Mercosur FTA- Organization of the SECO roundtable on Trade, Climate Change & the SDGs (50+ participants)- Coordination of the EFTA-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement Negotiations

Academic Intern Free Trade Agreements / EFTA

• Feb 2019 - Dec 2019

Research Assistant

• Jun 2017 - Jan 2019

Conducting lab experiments in photochemistry in the Environmental Chemistry group and writing of an academic paper.

Teaching Assistant

• 2017 - Jul 2018

Teaching botany to undergraduate students.

Research Assistant

• Jun 2016 - May 2017

Managing the content of a database for the prediction of the biodegradation of organic chemicals (www.envipath.org) in connection to the ERC-project PROduCTS. Managing the content of a database for the prediction of the biodegradation of organic chemicals (www.envipath.org) in connection to the ERC-project PROduCTS.

Ramp Agent

• Apr 2014 - Jul 2016

Loading and unloading of aircraft at Zürich Airport, operating various ground handling equipment Loading and unloading of aircraft at Zürich Airport, operating various ground handling equipment

Flight Attendant

• Aug 2012 - Jul 2013

Responsible for the safety and well-being of the passengers, operating on short- and long-haul flights Responsible for the safety and well-being of the passengers, operating on short- and long-haul flights