Your Industry Experts

Karla Luzette Beteta Brenes

Women in Business

Karla Luzette Beteta Brenes joined the team of the Agency for Business and Economic Development in 2019. From her time in the diplomatic service, most recently in a senior position as ambassador, she brings valuable expertise and a strong network.

Key Career Positions

Ambassador of the Republic of Nicaragua to Germany
Ambassador of the Republic of Nicaragua to Luxembourg, Slovakia and Poland
Administrative Director at a state-owned company in Managua

Ulrich Boysen

Agriculture and Food Industry

Before joining the Agency for Business and Economic Development in 2018, Ulrich Boysen worked for ten years in North and West Africa and was responsible for projects that modernise the agricultural and food sector at the African Development Bank and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

The economics graduate is familiar with the perspective of small and medium-sized enterprises and the structures of global supply chains from his many years of work in the German agricultural and food industry: as Managing Director of the German Fruit Trade Association, Boysen was involved in the introduction of sustainability standards. "It is important to me to inform about procedures and instruments of development cooperation and to shape effective cooperation between public and private actors in the partner countries of German development cooperation," Boysen notes.

Key Career Positions

Programme Coordinator at GIZ, Agricultural Development Programme, in Burkina Faso
Programme Manager at GIZ, Competitive African Rice Initiative, in Nigeria
Agribusiness Coordinator at the African Development Bank in Tunisia
Managing Director of the German Fruit Trade Association (DFHV) e.V.

Almuth Dörre

Director (acting)

Altmuth Dörre is the acting director of the Agency for Business and Economic Development since February 2022. As an expert at the interface of development cooperation and the private sector, Almuth Dörre has worked in various regions and positions in Germany and abroad: she was responsible for sales in German-speaking Europe for an Indian polyester yarn manufacturer and was seconded as an expert for development cooperation (DC Scout) to the Bavarian Centre for Foreign Trade. She has been involved in various private sector development projects for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Her professional career has taken her to the Balkans, India, Guatemala and Belgium, among other places. "There is much more to Made in Germany than high-quality products. It also includes compliance with social and environmental standards, the involvement of local workers and, above all, high-quality training. This additional entrepreneurial commitment is a clear competitive advantage for the German economy," Dörre highlights.

Key Career Positions

Senior Consultant at the Agency for Business and Economic Development
Consultant for Development Cooperation (seconded by BMZ) at Bavaria Trade and Invest
Project Manager at the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in Kosovo
Marketing/sales German-speaking Europe for an Indian polyester yarn manufacturer

Hans-Joachim Hebgen

Financing, Textile Economy, develoPPP, InfoDesk Ukraine und Östliche Partnerschaft

Hans-Joachim Hebgen has worked for more than 30 years at DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH in managerial positions, most recently as the Director of the Department for Development Programmes and Advisory Services.

The business economist has advised numerous medium-sized companies, particularly in the development of internationalisation strategies, and accompanied them in structuring and financing their investments in developing countries. "My focal points have included the systematic preparation of foreign investments, assessment of partner, project and country risks, and clarification of financing issues. I am also happy to advise on these topics at AWE," he says. As the person in charge, Hebgen implemented various funding programmes, especially programmes of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). He has published numerous how-tos on the subject of foreign investment.

Key Career Positions

Head of the Department for Development Programmes and Advisory Services at DEG
Employee of DEG, since 1986 as head of department in various functions
Lecturer at the Wirtschaftsvereinigung Bergbau e.V. and the Fachvereinigung Auslandsbergbau e.V. in Bonn

Carolin Welzel

International Organisations, develoPPP, InfoDesk Ukraine

Senior consultant Carolin Welzel joined the Agency for Business and Economic Development in 2018 from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Gmbh. She has many years of experience at the interface of business and politics and extensive expertise from working with associations and chambers. Experiences abroad have taken her to Asia and Africa; most recently, she managed the collaborative project with the Federation of German Industries (BDI) in East Africa for GIZ.

At our office, Welzel is the contact for international organisations such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank or the EU, which offer German companies interesting business opportunities - but which are still underused. "Many companies shy away from this path in order to place their foreign business on a broad foundation. I am committed to ensuring that more medium-sized companies in particular expand their network and get to know the development banks," says Welzel.

Key Career Positions

Contract manager and project manager for the cooperation project between GIZ and BDI in East Africa
Development cooperation scout for the GIZ at the Potsdam/Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce and at the BDI
Contract manager for a GIZ project in North Africa, topic: cooperation between associations
Project manager for e-government and CSR at the Bertelsmann Foundation

Malte Drewes

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Malte Drewes is a consultant at the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights at the German Agency for Business and Economic Development. The German government's offer is aimed at companies and associations: they can obtain free, individual and confidential advice on the implementation of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP). As part of the team, Drewes supervised the further development of the German-language version of the CSR Risk Check - a tool that can be used to identify potential risks along global supply and value chains.

Mr Drewes' focus is on advising companies. In addition, he raises awareness of the topic in the business community through lectures, panel discussions and the organisation and moderation of workshops. Between 2013 and 2017, Mr Drewes worked at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva and Berlin, where he most recently coordinated the technical contribution to the German G20 Presidency 2017.

Jenny Ohme

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Jenny Ohme has been part of the Helpdesk team since 2017. She previously worked abroad for eight years, primarily on the African continent, and gained experience in various areas of German-African cooperation, including at KfW and various political foundations. Ohme studied politics and economics in Pretoria, Cape Town, Paris and Berlin, specialising in international development and human rights.

Sabine Peters-Halfbrodt

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights for the Food Industry

Sabine Peters-Halfbrodt has been working as a consultant in the food industry for the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights since 2019. This sector-specific advisory service is a cooperation between the Helpdesk and the Federation of the German Food Industry (BVE).

After more than two decades in the food industry, Sabine Peters-Halfbrodt most recently works as an independent consultant. She has extensive experience and knowledge in marketing, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility, and has been involved with social, environmental and human rights standards in the industry for years. She is experienced in developing integrated commodity strategies and programmes for agricultural commodities, where human rights due diligence is an essential component.

This sector-specific consultancy service is the result of a cooperation between the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights and the Federation of German Food and Drink Industries (BVE).

Key Career Positions

Independent consultant for sustainable business
More than 20 years in various functions at Mondelēz International (formerly Kraft Foods)

Dr. Katrin Merhof

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Dr Katrin Merhof has been an advisor at the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights since 2024. Previously, she advised the KfW Development Bank as an in-house lawyer. There she was responsible for structuring new financing projects and drafting and negotiating contracts with KfW's partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America. She also worked as a consultant in the Federal Chancellery, where she was responsible for foreign trade issues. She focussed on the interaction between foreign trade and development policy, international debt, foreign trade promotion and financing instruments and the area of business and human rights.

For her doctoral thesis on the protection of labour rights in the Colombian flower industry, she was awarded the prize for practice-relevant development research by the Verein für Socialpolitik and KfW.

Michaela Streibelt

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Michaela Streibelt is a lawyer, lecturer and consultant in the field of business and human rights. She has been working for the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights since the end of 2020 and is responsible for legal developments. Previously, she worked as a lawyer in the areas of litigation and environmental law as well as in a human rights organisation in business and human rights. During her legal traineeship, she worked for a major international law firm, a federal authority and an international human rights organisation.

Corinna Peters

Information and Communications Technology, Digitalization

Corinna Peters joined the AWE team in September 2022 and advises companies on the funding and financing instruments of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Her focus is on the information and communications technology (ICT) sector as well as the cross-sector topic of digitization. She is especially focused on providing networking opportunities for relevant players and helping to find synergies.

Prior to joining AWE, Ms. Peters worked for the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), where she provided policy advice to the BMZ on digital agribusiness topics, helped to further relevant measures and lead interdisciplinary focus groups. Prior to that, she worked for several years in the private sector as a consultant for clients such as the Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) mbH, as well as SMEs and foundations engaged in the development context, advising them in the area of international funding.

Key Career Positions

Policy advisor for the BMZ
Head of international focus groups on agribusiness and digitalization within GIZ
DEG-Consultant for the topic "Improvement of project-administration-processes in promotion-related business"
Consultant for a medium-sized software company

Johannes Maximilian van Lingen

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Johannes Maximilian van Lingen is a consultant at the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights by the German Federal Government at the German Agency for Business and Economic Development. As part of his law studies in Berlin, Beijing and Tokyo, Johannes specialized in company law, human rights and Chinese law. In the free and confidential consultations for the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights, Johannes consults German companies in German, English or Chinese on the practical implementation of human rights due diligence processes. Drawing on experiences at the German Federal Foreign Office and corporate law firms in Berlin, Taipei and Tokyo, Johannes is specialized in human rights due diligence for German companies in politically sensitive areas.

Languages: German, English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish

Dr. Jana Heinze has been working as an independent consultant for the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights since 2023. As an expert in business and human rights, Dr. Jana Heinze has more than 12 years of experience at the interface between companies, governments, non-governmental organizations, associations, academia and trade unions. She has also been a lecturer and adjunct professor in Berlin since 2018. She studied sociology, media and communication studies, business administration, and international and European law in Göttingen and Helsinki and holds a PhD in sociology.

Jenny Ohme

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Jenny Ohme has been part of the Helpdesk team since 2017. She previously worked abroad for eight years, primarily on the African continent, and gained experience in various areas of German-African cooperation, including at KfW and various political foundations. Ohme studied politics and economics in Pretoria, Cape Town, Paris and Berlin, specialising in international development and human rights.

Corinna Peters

Information and Communications Technology, Digitalization

Corinna Peters joined the AWE team in September 2022 and advises companies on the funding and financing instruments of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Her focus is on the information and communications technology (ICT) sector as well as the cross-sector topic of digitization. She is especially focused on providing networking opportunities for relevant players and helping to find synergies.

Prior to joining AWE, Ms. Peters worked for the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), where she provided policy advice to the BMZ on digital agribusiness topics, helped to further relevant measures and lead interdisciplinary focus groups. Prior to that, she worked for several years in the private sector as a consultant for clients such as the Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) mbH, as well as SMEs and foundations engaged in the development context, advising them in the area of international funding.

Key Career Positions

Policy advisor for the BMZ
Head of international focus groups on agribusiness and digitalization within GIZ
DEG-Consultant for the topic "Improvement of project-administration-processes in promotion-related business"
Consultant for a medium-sized software company

Carolin Welzel

International Organisations, develoPPP, InfoDesk Ukraine

Senior consultant Carolin Welzel joined the Agency for Business and Economic Development in 2018 from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Gmbh. She has many years of experience at the interface of business and politics and extensive expertise from working with associations and chambers. Experiences abroad have taken her to Asia and Africa; most recently, she managed the collaborative project with the Federation of German Industries (BDI) in East Africa for GIZ.

At our office, Welzel is the contact for international organisations such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank or the EU, which offer German companies interesting business opportunities - but which are still underused. "Many companies shy away from this path in order to place their foreign business on a broad foundation. I am committed to ensuring that more medium-sized companies in particular expand their network and get to know the development banks," says Welzel.

Key Career Positions

Contract manager and project manager for the cooperation project between GIZ and BDI in East Africa
Development cooperation scout for the GIZ at the Potsdam/Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce and at the BDI
Contract manager for a GIZ project in North Africa, topic: cooperation between associations
Project manager for e-government and CSR at the Bertelsmann Foundation

Karla Luzette Beteta Brenes

Women in Business

Karla Luzette Beteta Brenes joined the team of the Agency for Business and Economic Development in 2019. From her time in the diplomatic service, most recently in a senior position as ambassador, she brings valuable expertise and a strong network.

Key Career Positions

Ambassador of the Republic of Nicaragua to Germany
Ambassador of the Republic of Nicaragua to Luxembourg, Slovakia and Poland
Administrative Director at a state-owned company in Managua

Ulrich Boysen

Agriculture and Food Industry

Before joining the Agency for Business and Economic Development in 2018, Ulrich Boysen worked for ten years in North and West Africa and was responsible for projects that modernise the agricultural and food sector at the African Development Bank and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

The economics graduate is familiar with the perspective of small and medium-sized enterprises and the structures of global supply chains from his many years of work in the German agricultural and food industry: as Managing Director of the German Fruit Trade Association, Boysen was involved in the introduction of sustainability standards. "It is important to me to inform about procedures and instruments of development cooperation and to shape effective cooperation between public and private actors in the partner countries of German development cooperation," Boysen notes.

Key Career Positions

Programme Coordinator at GIZ, Agricultural Development Programme, in Burkina Faso
Programme Manager at GIZ, Competitive African Rice Initiative, in Nigeria
Agribusiness Coordinator at the African Development Bank in Tunisia
Managing Director of the German Fruit Trade Association (DFHV) e.V.

Almuth Dörre

Director (acting)

Altmuth Dörre is the acting director of the Agency for Business and Economic Development since February 2022. As an expert at the interface of development cooperation and the private sector, Almuth Dörre has worked in various regions and positions in Germany and abroad: she was responsible for sales in German-speaking Europe for an Indian polyester yarn manufacturer and was seconded as an expert for development cooperation (DC Scout) to the Bavarian Centre for Foreign Trade. She has been involved in various private sector development projects for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Her professional career has taken her to the Balkans, India, Guatemala and Belgium, among other places. "There is much more to Made in Germany than high-quality products. It also includes compliance with social and environmental standards, the involvement of local workers and, above all, high-quality training. This additional entrepreneurial commitment is a clear competitive advantage for the German economy," Dörre highlights.

Key Career Positions

Senior Consultant at the Agency for Business and Economic Development
Consultant for Development Cooperation (seconded by BMZ) at Bavaria Trade and Invest
Project Manager at the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in Kosovo
Marketing/sales German-speaking Europe for an Indian polyester yarn manufacturer

Hans-Joachim Hebgen

Financing, Textile Economy, develoPPP, InfoDesk Ukraine und Östliche Partnerschaft

Hans-Joachim Hebgen has worked for more than 30 years at DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH in managerial positions, most recently as the Director of the Department for Development Programmes and Advisory Services.

The business economist has advised numerous medium-sized companies, particularly in the development of internationalisation strategies, and accompanied them in structuring and financing their investments in developing countries. "My focal points have included the systematic preparation of foreign investments, assessment of partner, project and country risks, and clarification of financing issues. I am also happy to advise on these topics at AWE," he says. As the person in charge, Hebgen implemented various funding programmes, especially programmes of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). He has published numerous how-tos on the subject of foreign investment.

Key Career Positions

Head of the Department for Development Programmes and Advisory Services at DEG
Employee of DEG, since 1986 as head of department in various functions
Lecturer at the Wirtschaftsvereinigung Bergbau e.V. and the Fachvereinigung Auslandsbergbau e.V. in Bonn

Carolin Welzel

International Organisations, develoPPP, InfoDesk Ukraine

Senior consultant Carolin Welzel joined the Agency for Business and Economic Development in 2018 from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Gmbh. She has many years of experience at the interface of business and politics and extensive expertise from working with associations and chambers. Experiences abroad have taken her to Asia and Africa; most recently, she managed the collaborative project with the Federation of German Industries (BDI) in East Africa for GIZ.

At our office, Welzel is the contact for international organisations such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank or the EU, which offer German companies interesting business opportunities - but which are still underused. "Many companies shy away from this path in order to place their foreign business on a broad foundation. I am committed to ensuring that more medium-sized companies in particular expand their network and get to know the development banks," says Welzel.

Key Career Positions

Contract manager and project manager for the cooperation project between GIZ and BDI in East Africa
Development cooperation scout for the GIZ at the Potsdam/Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce and at the BDI
Contract manager for a GIZ project in North Africa, topic: cooperation between associations
Project manager for e-government and CSR at the Bertelsmann Foundation

Malte Drewes

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Malte Drewes is a consultant at the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights at the German Agency for Business and Economic Development. The German government's offer is aimed at companies and associations: they can obtain free, individual and confidential advice on the implementation of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP). As part of the team, Drewes supervised the further development of the German-language version of the CSR Risk Check - a tool that can be used to identify potential risks along global supply and value chains.

Mr Drewes' focus is on advising companies. In addition, he raises awareness of the topic in the business community through lectures, panel discussions and the organisation and moderation of workshops. Between 2013 and 2017, Mr Drewes worked at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva and Berlin, where he most recently coordinated the technical contribution to the German G20 Presidency 2017.

Jenny Ohme

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Jenny Ohme has been part of the Helpdesk team since 2017. She previously worked abroad for eight years, primarily on the African continent, and gained experience in various areas of German-African cooperation, including at KfW and various political foundations. Ohme studied politics and economics in Pretoria, Cape Town, Paris and Berlin, specialising in international development and human rights.

Sabine Peters-Halfbrodt

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights for the Food Industry

Sabine Peters-Halfbrodt has been working as a consultant in the food industry for the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights since 2019. This sector-specific advisory service is a cooperation between the Helpdesk and the Federation of the German Food Industry (BVE).

After more than two decades in the food industry, Sabine Peters-Halfbrodt most recently works as an independent consultant. She has extensive experience and knowledge in marketing, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility, and has been involved with social, environmental and human rights standards in the industry for years. She is experienced in developing integrated commodity strategies and programmes for agricultural commodities, where human rights due diligence is an essential component.

This sector-specific consultancy service is the result of a cooperation between the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights and the Federation of German Food and Drink Industries (BVE).

Key Career Positions

Independent consultant for sustainable business
More than 20 years in various functions at Mondelēz International (formerly Kraft Foods)

Dr. Katrin Merhof

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Dr Katrin Merhof has been an advisor at the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights since 2024. Previously, she advised the KfW Development Bank as an in-house lawyer. There she was responsible for structuring new financing projects and drafting and negotiating contracts with KfW's partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America. She also worked as a consultant in the Federal Chancellery, where she was responsible for foreign trade issues. She focussed on the interaction between foreign trade and development policy, international debt, foreign trade promotion and financing instruments and the area of business and human rights.

For her doctoral thesis on the protection of labour rights in the Colombian flower industry, she was awarded the prize for practice-relevant development research by the Verein für Socialpolitik and KfW.

Michaela Streibelt

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Michaela Streibelt is a lawyer, lecturer and consultant in the field of business and human rights. She has been working for the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights since the end of 2020 and is responsible for legal developments. Previously, she worked as a lawyer in the areas of litigation and environmental law as well as in a human rights organisation in business and human rights. During her legal traineeship, she worked for a major international law firm, a federal authority and an international human rights organisation.

Corinna Peters

Information and Communications Technology, Digitalization

Corinna Peters joined the AWE team in September 2022 and advises companies on the funding and financing instruments of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Her focus is on the information and communications technology (ICT) sector as well as the cross-sector topic of digitization. She is especially focused on providing networking opportunities for relevant players and helping to find synergies.

Prior to joining AWE, Ms. Peters worked for the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), where she provided policy advice to the BMZ on digital agribusiness topics, helped to further relevant measures and lead interdisciplinary focus groups. Prior to that, she worked for several years in the private sector as a consultant for clients such as the Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) mbH, as well as SMEs and foundations engaged in the development context, advising them in the area of international funding.

Key Career Positions

Policy advisor for the BMZ
Head of international focus groups on agribusiness and digitalization within GIZ
DEG-Consultant for the topic "Improvement of project-administration-processes in promotion-related business"
Consultant for a medium-sized software company

Johannes Maximilian van Lingen

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Johannes Maximilian van Lingen is a consultant at the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights by the German Federal Government at the German Agency for Business and Economic Development. As part of his law studies in Berlin, Beijing and Tokyo, Johannes specialized in company law, human rights and Chinese law. In the free and confidential consultations for the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights, Johannes consults German companies in German, English or Chinese on the practical implementation of human rights due diligence processes. Drawing on experiences at the German Federal Foreign Office and corporate law firms in Berlin, Taipei and Tokyo, Johannes is specialized in human rights due diligence for German companies in politically sensitive areas.

Languages: German, English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish

Dr. Jana Heinze has been working as an independent consultant for the Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights since 2023. As an expert in business and human rights, Dr. Jana Heinze has more than 12 years of experience at the interface between companies, governments, non-governmental organizations, associations, academia and trade unions. She has also been a lecturer and adjunct professor in Berlin since 2018. She studied sociology, media and communication studies, business administration, and international and European law in Göttingen and Helsinki and holds a PhD in sociology.

Jenny Ohme

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Jenny Ohme has been part of the Helpdesk team since 2017. She previously worked abroad for eight years, primarily on the African continent, and gained experience in various areas of German-African cooperation, including at KfW and various political foundations. Ohme studied politics and economics in Pretoria, Cape Town, Paris and Berlin, specialising in international development and human rights.

Corinna Peters

Information and Communications Technology, Digitalization

Corinna Peters joined the AWE team in September 2022 and advises companies on the funding and financing instruments of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Her focus is on the information and communications technology (ICT) sector as well as the cross-sector topic of digitization. She is especially focused on providing networking opportunities for relevant players and helping to find synergies.

Prior to joining AWE, Ms. Peters worked for the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), where she provided policy advice to the BMZ on digital agribusiness topics, helped to further relevant measures and lead interdisciplinary focus groups. Prior to that, she worked for several years in the private sector as a consultant for clients such as the Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) mbH, as well as SMEs and foundations engaged in the development context, advising them in the area of international funding.

Key Career Positions

Policy advisor for the BMZ
Head of international focus groups on agribusiness and digitalization within GIZ
DEG-Consultant for the topic "Improvement of project-administration-processes in promotion-related business"
Consultant for a medium-sized software company

Carolin Welzel

International Organisations, develoPPP, InfoDesk Ukraine

Senior consultant Carolin Welzel joined the Agency for Business and Economic Development in 2018 from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Gmbh. She has many years of experience at the interface of business and politics and extensive expertise from working with associations and chambers. Experiences abroad have taken her to Asia and Africa; most recently, she managed the collaborative project with the Federation of German Industries (BDI) in East Africa for GIZ.

At our office, Welzel is the contact for international organisations such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank or the EU, which offer German companies interesting business opportunities - but which are still underused. "Many companies shy away from this path in order to place their foreign business on a broad foundation. I am committed to ensuring that more medium-sized companies in particular expand their network and get to know the development banks," says Welzel.

Key Career Positions

Contract manager and project manager for the cooperation project between GIZ and BDI in East Africa
Development cooperation scout for the GIZ at the Potsdam/Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce and at the BDI
Contract manager for a GIZ project in North Africa, topic: cooperation between associations
Project manager for e-government and CSR at the Bertelsmann Foundation

Your Industry Experts

Karla Luzette Beteta Brenes

Women in Business

Key Career Positions

Ulrich Boysen

Agriculture and Food Industry

Key Career Positions

Almuth Dörre

Director (acting)

Key Career Positions

Hans-Joachim Hebgen

Financing, Textile Economy, develoPPP, InfoDesk Ukraine und Östliche Partnerschaft

Key Career Positions

Carolin Welzel

International Organisations, develoPPP, InfoDesk Ukraine

Key Career Positions

Malte Drewes

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Jenny Ohme

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Sabine Peters-Halfbrodt

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights for the Food Industry

Key Career Positions

Dr. Katrin Merhof

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Michaela Streibelt

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Corinna Peters

Information and Communications Technology, Digitalization

Key Career Positions

Johannes Maximilian van Lingen

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Jenny Ohme

Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights

Corinna Peters

Information and Communications Technology, Digitalization

Key Career Positions

Carolin Welzel

International Organisations, develoPPP, InfoDesk Ukraine

Key Career Positions

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