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Board and Staff

Board of Directors and Honorary Chair

Divisons

Organisation Chart

Executive Board

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Christoph Bals

Chief Policy Officer
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Dr. Gerold Kier

Chief Administrative Officer
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Katharina Hierl

Senior Advisor to the Chief Policy Officer
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Silvia Josten

Assistant to Executive Board and Board of Directors
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Brigitte Rolfes

Senior Knowledge Management and Process Organisation Officer
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Lutz Weischer

Head of Policy Berlin

Please send enquiries to the Executive Board or the Board of Directors at assistenz-pg@germanwatch.org

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Press

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Stefan Küper

Press Spokesperson
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Katarina Heidrich

Senior Press Officer

Please send press enquiries at presse@germanwatch.org

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Communication and Fundraising

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Hanna Fuhrmann

Head of Division – Communication and Fundraising
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Lukas Bergheim

Senior Editor and Public Relations Officer
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David Hübner

Senior Officer – Fundraising and Philanthropy
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Nikola Klein

Senior Editor and Public Relations Officer
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Francesca Mascha Klein

Legal officer for strategic litigation
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Stefanie Kocksch

Assistant - Communications and Events
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Jessica Link

Social Media and Communications Officer
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Sakaria Qushta

Coordinator - Face-to-face communication
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Tobias Regesch

Senior Digital Communication Officer
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Caroline Schroeder

Climate Litigation Communication Officer
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Julia Baumert

Voluntary Year 2025/26
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Merle Neehuis

Student Assistant
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Johannes Heeg

Senior Officer for Strategic Communication (currently absent)
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Fabian Kaske

Head of Division – Communication and Fundraising (currently absent)

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Project Funding and Communication

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Susanne Laudahn

Senior Advisor – Project Funding and Communication

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Education for Sustainable Development

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Stefan Rostock

Head of Division – Education for Sustainable Development, Promoter for Climate & Development in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Melanie Gehenzig

Senior Advisor – Education for Sustainable Development
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Marie Heitfeld

Policy Advisor – Education for Sustainable Development (currently absent)
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Carina Spieß

Policy Advisor – Education for Sustainable Development
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Thea Stellpflug

Voluntary Year 2025/26

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German and European Climate Policy

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Dr. Simon Wolf

Head of Division – German and European Climate Policy
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Sylwia Andralojc-Bodych

Senior Advisor – EU Climate Policy and Polish-German Co-operation
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Felix Gill

Policy Advisor – Climate Neutral Industry
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Marion Guénard

Senior Advisor – EU Climate Policy and Franco-German Co-operation
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Charly Heberer

Coordinator EU Climate Policy
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Anja Köhne

Senior Policy Advisor - Climate Neutral Aviation
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Jacob Rohm

Senior Policy Advisor – Climate-neutral Mobility, Co-ordinator – Transport
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Henri Schmitz

Policy Advisor - Energy Policy and Society
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Dr. Simon Schreck

Senior Advisor – Hydrogen and Climate Neutrality
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Dr. Manfred Treber

Special Advisor - Climate Science and Transport
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Johanna Wiechen

Policy Advisor – Industrial Transformation and Circular Economy
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Cornelia Nieding

Student Assistant
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Tomke Spangenberg

Student Assistant

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International Climate Policy

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Petter Lydén

Head of Division – International Climate Policy
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Laura Schäfer

Head of Division – International Climate Policy
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Verena Allert

Senior Advisor – Energy Transition Collaboration Western Balkans
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Jan Burck

Senior Advisor – Low-Carbon Strategies & Energy, Project Lead Climate Indices
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Lalit Chennamaneni

Policy Advisor – Indo-German Climate and Development Co-operation
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Alexandra Goritz

Senior Advisor – Climate Foreign Policy
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Vera Künzel

Senior Advisor – Climate Change Adaptation and Human Rights
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Magdalena Mirwald

Policy Advisor - Climate Change Adaptation and Loss & Damage
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Kerstin Opfer

Senior Advisor – Energy Policy and Civil Society – Africa
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Dr. Madlen Peter

Senior Advisor – Low-Carbon Strategies & Energy
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Barbara Pongratz

Policy Advisor - Germany-China Energy and Climate Diplomacy
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Giovanni Maurice Pradipta

Policy Advisor – German-Indonesian Civil Society Dialogues
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Lisa Schultheiß

Policy Advisor – Climate Risk Management and Loss & Damage
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Rixa Schwarz

Senior Advisor – Climate and Development – India
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Martin Voß

Policy Advisor – Climate Diplomacy and Co-operation – Asia/China
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Orpha Fiedler

Student Assistant
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Royyan Mas

Student Assistant
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Monica Tavares

Student Assistant
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Lydia Weinreich

Student Assistant

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Corporate Accountability

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Cornelia Heydenreich

Head of Division – Corporate Accountability
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Juliane Bing

Senior Advisor - Corporate Accountability
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Luisa Denter

Policy Advisor – Resource Policies and Circular Economy (currently absent)
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Sarah Guhr

NGO Co-ordinator Sector Dialogues (currently absent)
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Franziska Koop

Policy Advisor – Resource Policies and Circular Economy
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Dr. Carolin Puhl

Policy Advisor - Corporate Accountability and NGO Coordinator Sector Dialogues
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Svenja Schöneich

Senior Advisor – Resource Policies, Mineral Supply Chains and Corporate Accountability
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Finn Robin Schufft

Policy Advisor – Corporate Accountability

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Agriculture and Food

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Konstantinos Tsilimekis

Head of Division – Agriculture and Food
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Katharina Brandt

Senior Advisor – Agricultural Policy
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Felix Domke

Policy Advisor - Agricultural and Climate Policy

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Future-proof Finance

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Ute Sudmann

Head of Division – Future-proof Finance
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Lina Adil

Policy Advisor - Climate Finance and Adaptation Finance
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David Eckstein

Senior Advisor – Climate Finance and Investments
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Dr. Anja Carolin Gebel

Senior Policy Advisor - Public Finance and Climate
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Julia Grimm

Senior Advisor – Climate Finance and Adaptation (currently absent)
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Paul Healy

Policy Advisor – Sustainable Finance / Resource Policies and Circular Economy
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Eva Kleemann

Policy Advisor – Sustainable Finance
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Nouhaila Zaki

Policy Advisor – International Taxation for Climate Action
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Carmen Wabnitz

Voluntary Year 2025/26

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Finance, Personnel, and Administration

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Yvonne Horstink

Head of Division – Finance, Personnel and Administration
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Ulrike Koll

Head of Division – Finance, Personnel and Administration

There are currently 14 employees working in the Finance, Human Resources, and Administration department, both full-time and part-time.

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Board of Directors

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Silvie Kreibiehl

Chairwoman of the Board of Directors
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Dr. Artur Runge-Metzger

Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors
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Michael Windfuhr

Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors
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Norbert Gorißen

Member of the Board of Directors
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Sven Harmeling

Member of the Board of Directors
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Dr. Karl-Eugen Huthmacher

Member of the Board
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Anne-Kathrin Kirchhof

Member of the Board of Directors
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Parul Kumar

Member of the Board of Directors
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Prof. Dr. Stefanie Lorenzen

Member of the Board of Directors
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Fiona Marker

Member of the Board of Directors
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Prof. Dr. Maike Sippel

Member of the Board of Directors
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Dr. Klemens van de Sand

Member of the Board of Directors

The honorary role as a member of Board of Direction of Germanwatch is carried out on a personal basis and independently from other institutions. Information on professional activities and memberships in other bodies is provided solely for the sake of transparency.

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Honorary Chair

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Klaus Milke

Honorary Chairman Germanwatch and Chair of the Foundation for Sustainability

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