Country Manager Germany / DACH

• Apr 2023 - Present

Head of Strategic Partnerships & Projects

• Sep 2021 - Present

Strategic Projects Lead, International Expansion

• Jul 2020 - Sep 2021

Partner Management and Organizational Development

• Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

Conceived, developed and implemented new systems for Concern Worldwide (Ireland's largest NGO) to manage partner organizations on all development & humanitarian programmes in Malawi. • Led the change management process to develop Concern Malawi’s partnership management and organizational development support for local partners in close collaboration with the country management team (SWOT-Analysis, reviewing global best practices, revising partnership management, organizational assessment and due diligence principles and processes) • Managed Concern Malawi’s 6 local partner organizations, led regular organizational capacity assessments and due diligence • Designed and facilitated development plans with partners in all organizational areas (incl risk management, safeguarding, M&E and proposal development) • Contributed to 2 large (DFID & USAID) proposals by leading partner due diligence and safeguarding assessments • Cooperated closely with Dublin head office to feed best practice from Malawi into the development of a new global partnerships management • Recruited and trained a Malawian staff member to continue in this role Show less

Project Manager, Leadership & Learning Team

• Sep 2014 - Dec 2017

Creating experiences to share best practices & learning, and foster relationships between 40+ national organizations within a global education NGO network to scale globally and proliferate impact (part of a team of 4-5 project managers) Project managed 20+ learning experiences on 5 continents in cooperation with content leads (and their teams) and the respective national partner organisation that hosted each event: • Collaborated with content leads to develop their programming in line with adult learning best practices • Developed and owned project plans and budgets from event conception to delivery • Delivered all logistics on the ground (vendor negotiations and management, accommodation, event space, guidance on travel booking and visa support, food, local transports, etc.) • All attendee communication (including website content and Constant Contact email campaigns for larger events) • Managed speakers and session support: On the annual flagship Global Conferences, worked in partnership with 50-80 speakers (including high profile externals), session owners and the event venue technical teams to manage speaker/session logistics and communication • Developed Teach For All's event impact evaluation to keep improving the team's performance and implement learning & feedback • Developed the project management team's best practices to create more inclusive learning environments • Led on the professional development of the larger Leadership & Learning team on diversity, equity and inclusion Show less

Senior Conference Producer - Global Banking, Debt Capital Markets & Private Placements

• Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

Head of the global banking, debt capital markets & private placements portfolio at Euromoney Seminars (division of Euromoney Institutional Investor):• Product management, analysis & development• Strategy and specialised audience building for the portfolio• Managing relationships with key industry stakeholders• In addition to own productions, supporting junior team members on the production process of all portfolio eventsConference Production: • Market research, programme conception, speaker acquisition• Coordination of and collaboration on sponsorship sales/marketing campaigns• Continuous client management before, during and after the production cycle• Overseeing event budgets/costs Show less

Conference Producer

• Sep 2012 - Mar 2014

Conference Production at Euromoney Seminars (a division of Euromoney Institutional Investor):• Managing the production process of events from conception to running the event on site. Market research (desk, telephone, face-to-face), programme conception and speaker acquisition.• Collaboration on sponsorship acquisition through lead generation and assistance to sponsorship management in closing.• Overseeing event budget and costs.• Coordinate marketing campaign, copywriting and proof reading. Show less

Graduate Student

• Sep 2011 - Sep 2012

Focus within the degree on US Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Criminal Law and International Institutions, graduated with a merit. Master's dissertation about the reform efforts of the European Court of Human Rights, with distinction. Focus within the degree on US Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Criminal Law and International Institutions, graduated with a merit. Master's dissertation about the reform efforts of the European Court of Human Rights, with distinction.

Project Assistant

• Aug 2010 - Jan 2011

Assisted the assignment management team in all tasks of the daily business and business planning (including account management, customer support, event management, organization and coaching of intercultural seminars). Special focus on client relationships, research for specific projects and execution of them; also conducted intercultural coaching. Assisted the assignment management team in all tasks of the daily business and business planning (including account management, customer support, event management, organization and coaching of intercultural seminars). Special focus on client relationships, research for specific projects and execution of them; also conducted intercultural coaching.