Analyzes risk of export transactions to be underwritten by federal export credit guarantees. Prepares decision memos for underwriting decisions by the federal inter-ministerial committee.Advises exporters and financial institutions on the different risk mitigation instruments provided by the federal government and how to incorporate them into export transactions.

Built financial model and arranged EUR 520 million project financing for German hospital PPP project. Conducted scenario/ sensitivity analysis and compared different financing options. Coordinated due diligence process, in particular financial model audit. Developed hedging strategy and coordinated financial close process. Wrote going concern report for EUR 650 million German motorway PPP project company. Developed excel tool to determine short-term liquidity. Analyzed project- and contract documentation. Liaised with company staff and commercial lenders. Built forecast model and wrote report for cabinet review regarding the transfer of all German federal motorways to a commercially organized company. Coordinate assumptions with ministerial staff presented model to decision makers. Built financial model and arranged structured financing for EUR 82 million German research center project. Ran funding competition, negotiated with lenders and coordinated financial close process. Built operating model for German hospital PPP project company. Coordinated input of actuals data and managed interface to company accounting. Taught company staff to use the model and presented model to commercial lenders. Audited financial model for EUR 65 million Austrian motorway PPP project. Checked model against commercial and multilateral financing documentation. Supported financial close process. Wrote commercial due diligence report for equity investment into German proton therapy project. Analyzed market- and revenue potential, operations, investment- and financing plan. Liaised with project developers and investors.

Assisted teaching a class of Public Finance. Taught office hours, graded problem sets and examinations.

Public-Private Partnership Policy: Writing an Action Plan for the Government of Jamaica to implement a new PPP policy; reasearch for and writing of a PPP manual for Jamaica; research for and contribution to a report on the role of Private Equity funds in mitigating climate change, research for a presentation on global capital flows and their relation to infrastrucutre policy.

Public Sector and Healthcare Consulting:Data collection and analysis, including liaising with managerial accounting staff, for a market assessment and long term strategy formulation for a regional hospital; creation of a data evaluation tool for a target setting project for 15 public health insurance companies; various research tasks.

Cultural and Media Relations with the Arab World: Coordination of a variety of projects for a cultural initiative in the Arab world, including concerts, plays, food fairs and literature seminars; writing of the department’s contribution to the ministry’s annual report to parliament on foreign cultural relations and a report on the Arabic TV program of “Deutsche Welle” TV.