I’m a General Staff Officer with the German Armed Forces, hold a master`s degree in politcal sciences. My current job is a team leader at an operational-level HQ in Berlin. I have 23 years experience in general management and complex problem solving; divining and delivering strategy under demanding conditions. I have been recognised with several awards for outstanding performance and selected for leadership roles to drive major change initiatives.I love working abroad, also in challenging circumstances. Thus I have spent many months in Africa (Niger, Sudan), lived and worked in France, Poland and the USA for many years. My experience is broad, from team level problem solving in a project, being a programme manager cooperating with various entities across Europe to politico-strategic government positions with the German Foreign Office at the Embassy in Washington, D.C. or the Ministry of Defense.In NATO, I designed, executed and led a transformational change programme for a major HQ. For the German Military I led a planning team to realise a first-of-its-kind exercise ranging from Germany to the North African Desert.Previously, I led a French-German diverse business unit of 130 through a training cycle, planned and executed deployments of a multi-million worth command center and instructed future leaders in various training programmes.I hold a Diploma (equivalent to a master`s degree) in political sciences from the Helmut-Schmidt-University in Hamburg, Germany and was selected to undergo a 2-year-comprehensive course at the German Command and Staff College in preparation of senior strategic positions .