Michael Okrob Email & Phone Number

Potsdam, Brandenburg, Deutschland

• Kinnings Foundation is the private philanthropic foundation of Rubin Ritter, Robert Gentz and David Schneider, the founders of Zalando SE. We invest in promising social impact organisations with highly ambitious.
• Foundation Building and Strategic Direction: Spearheaded the establishment of the Kinnings Foundation, steering it from inception towards a forward-looking strategy, "Kinnings 2024+". Played a pivotal role in team.
• Brand Development and Network Expansion: Executed a significant brand transformation and established a new corporate identity, positioning the foundation as a recognisable and engaging entity. Strengthened regional.
• Partnership and Capacity Building: Built a portfolio of 15 impact partners, offering close collaboration with Senior Leadership Teams on strategic and operational matters, facilitating access to relevant partners.
• Advocacy and Regional Engagement: Championed the interests of East German civil society, establishing the foundation as a vital connector and advocate. Instrumental in promoting regional perspectives at national.
• Achieving Market Position and Distinction: Transitioned the foundation from startup phase to a prominent, professionally recognised organisation with a unique competitive edge. This was achieved through strategic.

• TFD is a leading social enterprise, specialising in educational and civic leadership. The organisation is a member of the global Teach For All alliance.
• Co-founded one of Germany’s leading social enterprises in the field of education, recruited the original management team, devised the initial strategic plan and attracted core funding in its founding year.
• Act as strategic advisor on political matters to the executive team.

• Successfully lobbied the state government of NRW and key stakeholders (parliament, unions, employers) to continue and expand the programme; solicited donations by foundations and business in excess of 200k EUR p.a.
• Led a team of 6 full-time employees and 15 volunteers; founded and ran Teach First Deutschland’s first satellite office in Düsseldorf.

• EDUCATION Y is a social-profit organisation, specialising in innovative education programmes. Originally founded by Vodafone Stiftung Deutschland, EdY today collaborates with more than 1,400 schools and pre-school.
• Successfully developed new partnership models, attracting the single-highest funding commitment (1.3m EUR) ever awarded to the organisation.

Düsseldorf Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, Deutschland

• START is an award-winning operative foundation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Hertie-Stiftung. With close to 3,000 scholars and alumni, START operates a leading democracy education programme for young talents with a.
• Successfully led a 24-month transformation process, redefining the foundation’s vision, mission and values in close collaboration with the boards. Won the PHINEO “Wirkt-Siegel” for distinguished social impact in.
• Expanded START’s core programme to all German Länder, attracting 3 new key donors for Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg (in total: >700k EUR).
• Substantially raised the level of programme quality, introducing state-of-the-art impact management standards. Significantly improved public outreach, based on a comprehensive communication strategy and new corporate.
• Manage a team of 21 employees (4 direct reports) and 24 affiliated state coordinators; responsible for an annual budget of ~4.0m EUR (including ~1.5m EUR of external funding).
• Represent the foundation at 14 Länder governments and at the federal government, primarily on the ministerial and state-secretary level.

• Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children.
• Raised annual income by 46 percent (+1.6m EUR) to >5m EUR for innovative partnership programmes in support of children’s rights. Devised a strategic plan to increase income from corporate and foundation partnerships to.
• Developed a strategy, governance and management structures for the newly established department, leading a team of 10 employees.
• Represented Save the Children at and built relationships with key clients and corporate partners in Germany, the UK and India.

• Consulted clients in different industries (automotive, energy, public/social sector) on strategy, marketing, and sales. Gained international working experience on client-engagement projects in Germany, Belgium, UK.
• Academic leave from 10/2009 to 03/2011

Master, Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Young Professionals Series (Founder)

Executive Education Degree, The Art And Practice Of Leadership Development

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economis, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Student Government; Political Science Honor Society (President); EUROPA!