Stefan Kraxner, Pmp Email & Phone Number

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

- Lead a team of key and non-key experts to promote a climate-friendly trade, investment and economic affairs related policy analysis, dialogue and cooperation between stakeholders (public and private sector) from EU and GCC at both regional and country levels in the context of the GCC economic diversification process.-Provide coordination and policy support for the EU-GCC Trade & Investment Dialogue and to the Macroeconomic Dialogue.-Establish and maintain an effective network with key institution/stakeholders in GCC countries and in EU.-Organize roundtables / workshops and a yearly business forum between EU and GCC stakeholders for exchange of experience and expertise on topic related to trade, investment and economic affairs.-Monitor the economic diversification process in each of the GCC countries and identify opportunities for EU-GCC cooperation.

Abu Dhabi

- Lead the team for establishing and operating the Competitiveness Office of Abu Dhabi ( defining the strategy and operational model). The office focus on removing the challenges which exist today, that present barriers to all enterprises in order to enhance the competitiveness environment for economic development and growth under the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030. This comprises the advice on methods, policies and initiatives to improve the global competitiveness environment in cooperation with the public institutions, private sector and academics.- Lead the engagement with the World Economic Forum for the yearly Global Competitiveness Report as well as with the World Bank.- Revamp the Program Management Office and Performance Management System including the core processes and management tools; support the execution of high impact strategic projects for the Department (650+ employees) by leading teams of UAE Nationals, such as the Foreign Direct Investment Strategy and Innovation Strategy.- Annual Guest Lecturer at Masdar Institute Abu Dhabi, panelist in various international conference, such as the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC).- Affiliate - the Center for Competitiveness, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

- Set up the Program Management Office of a $65Mn transformational program for a large Abu Dhabi government organization, consisting of 4 team members from Booz& Company, client, IT vendor and other Abu Dhabi government stakeholders. Responsibilities included planning and setting milestones, scope management, risk management, defining and tracking Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and developing a Change Management program - Role included knowledge and expertise transfer to the clients (UAE Nationals) higher management and concerned staff (560+ employees).- Setting the 5-Year strategic priorities and developing KPI’s and targets of an Abu Dhabi Government Entity. Aligning the program of work with strategic outcomes.- Developed and promoted the “Smart Program Management Office Concept” to potential future clients and successfully sold it to two major government entities in Abu Dhabi.- Supported the Abu Dhabi Emirate’s Government in the judicial restructuring process. - Managed the establishment of the Planning & Performance Management department of a government entity; role included design and implementation of core processes such as operational performance management.

Hamburg, Germany

Member of the following committees:European and International Relations Committee of Science and Higher EducationBudget CommitteeSpecial Investigation Deputy member in Committee of the Region (Brussels, Belgium)

- Developed strategies and measures to promote foreign trade, especially for the Asian countries- Provided advice on foreign trade questions and helped enterprises accessing new markets- Prepared and head delegation trips to the Asian countries especially to P.R. China and South Korea- Negotiated sister-city projects on the State level with Shanghai i.e. about the establishment of sister port relation- Organized and actively conducted foreign trade related business symposia with international guest-speakers- Member of the Undersecretary steering committee “China Cluster” of the Government of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Hamburg Area, Germany

- Preparing speeches for the Senator and address speeches- Coordination of different task groups-- Organizing press conferences, preparing press releases and giving statements to the media on behalf of the Senator- Publications in magazines and newsletter

-- Project Team Lead for setting up a professional alliance management for PwC - Designing a strategic management concept for the board of management- Coordination of the alliance management with other countries- Separation from the accounting part of PwC: Prior and Post Day One Activities - Set up the project plan to steer the separation process

Hamburg Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Preparing Speeches and research for initiatives- Coordination of the parliamentary working groups

Pmp- Project Management Professional

Master'S Degree, Business Administration; Finance And Marketing