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Germanwatch

Board and Staff

Board of Directors and Honorary Chair

Board of Directors

Honorary Chair

Divisons

Executive Board
Press
Communication and Fundraising
Project Funding and Communication
Education for Sustainable Development
German and European Climate Policy

Organisation Chart

International Climate Policy
Corporate Accountability
World Food, Land Use, and Trade
Future-proof Finance
Finance, Personell, and Administration
IT and Infrastructure

Executive Board

Christoph Bals

Chief Policy Officer

Dr. Gerold Kier

Chief Administrative Officer

Katharina Hierl

Senior Advisor to the Chief Policy Officer

Katharina Blasche

Assistant to Executive Board and Board of Directors

Sandra Ulsperger

Senior Advisor to the Chief Administrative Officer

Lutz Weischer

On parental leave // Head of Policy Berlin

Press

Stefan Küper

Press Spokesperson

Katarina Heidrich

Please send press enquiries at presse@germanwatch.org

Communication and Fundraising

Johannes Heeg

Parental leave // Head of Division – Communication and Fundraising

Fabian Kaske

Parental leave // Head of Division – Communication and Fundraising

Dr. Marlene Becker

Senior Climate Litigation Communication Officer

Christoph Bornemann

Editor and Public Relations Officer

David Hübner

Senior Officer – Fundraising and Philanthropy

Lukas Kiefer

Officer for strategic Communication

Francesca Mascha Klein

Legal officer for strategic litigation

Nikola Klein

Editor and Public Relations Officer

Stefanie Kocksch

Assistant - Communications and Events

Janina Longwitz

Editor and Public Relations Officer

Christian Marquardt

Senior Officer - Social Media and Communications

Tobias Regesch

Senior Digital Communication Officer

Caroline Schroeder

Climate Litigation Communication Officer

Merle Neehuis

Voluntary Social Year in Politics 2024/25

Mia Brähler

Student Assistant

Hanna Fuhrmann

Parental leave // Head of Division – Communication and Fundraising

Pascal Molinario

Head of Division – Communication and Fundraising
(currently absent)

Paula Onnebrink

Student Assistant

Project Funding and Communication

Susanne Laudahn

Senior Advisor – Project Funding and Communication

Education for Sustainable Development

Stefan Rostock

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

Daniela Baum

Senior Advisor – Education for Sustainable Development / Regional Hub for Sustainability Strategies West RENN.west

Melanie Gehenzig

Senior Advisor – Education for Sustainable Development

Marie Heitfeld

Parental leave // Policy Advisor – Education for Sustainable Development

Aylin Lehnert

Policy Advisor – Education for Sustainable Development

Carina Spieß

Policy Advisor – Education for Sustainable Development

Dr. Katja Thiele

Policy Advisor – Education for Sustainable Development

Simon Zerzawy

Voluntary Social Year in Politics 2024/25

German and European Climate Policy

Oldag Caspar

Head of Division – German and European Climate Policy

Dr. Simon Wolf

Head of Division – German and European Climate Policy

Sylwia Andralojc-Bodych

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

Kai Bergmann

Senior Advisor – German Low-Carbon Policy

Johanna Graf

Policy Advisor – Digitalisation and Climate Protection, Co-ordinator – Digitalisation

Marion Guénard

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

Charly Heberer

Senior Advisor – EU Climate Policy

Friederike Hildebrandt

Co-ordinator – Bits & Bäume

Anja Köhne

Senior Policy Advisor – Climate-neutral Mobility, Focus Aviation

Lena Kolle

Policy Advisor - Energy Policy, Power Grids and Participation

Jacob Rohm

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

Henri Schmitz

Policy Advisor - Energy Policy and Society

Dr. Simon Schreck

Policy Advisor – Hydrogen and Climate Neutrality

Dr. Manfred Treber

Special Advisor - Climate Science and Transport

Tilman von Berlepsch

Policy Advisor – Climate Neutral Industry

Johanna Wiechen

Policy Advisor – Industrial Transformation and Circular Economy

Meret Busch

Voluntary Social Year in Politics 2024/25

Ricarda Hille

Student Assistant

Leoni Rath

Academic staff – Coordination Office Bits & Bäume

International Climate Policy

Petter Lydén

Head of Division – International Climate Policy

Laura Schäfer

Head of Division – International Climate Policy

Lina Adil

Policy Advisor – Climate Change Adaptation and Loss & Damage

Verena Allert

Senior Advisor – Energy Transition Collaboration Western Balkans

Jan Burck

Senior Advisor – Low-Carbon Strategies & Energy, Project Lead Climate Indices (On leave until 31.08.2025)

Lalit Chennamaneni

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

Alexandra Goritz

Senior Advisor – Climate Foreign Policy

Vera Künzel

Senior Advisor – Climate Change Adaptation and Human Rights

Kerstin Opfer

Policy Advisor – Energy Policy and Civil Society – Africa

Barbara Pongratz

Policy Advisor - Germany-China Energy and Climate Diplomacy

Giovanni Maurice Pradipta

Policy Advisor – German-Indonesian Civil Society Dialogues

Lisa Schultheiß

Policy Advisor – Climate Risk Management and Loss & Damage

Rixa Schwarz

Senior Advisor – Climate and Development – India

Thea Uhlich

Policy Advisor – Low-Carbon Strategies & Energy

Martin Voß

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

Monica Tavares

Student Assistant

Lydia Weinreich

Voluntary Social Year in Politics 2024/25

Po Yi Lam

Student Assistant

Corporate Accountability

Cornelia Heydenreich

Head of Division – Corporate Accountability

Luisa Denter

Policy Advisor – Resource Policies and Circular Economy

Sarah Guhr

NGO Co-ordinator Sector Dialogues

Viktoria Reisch

Policy Advisor – Resource Policies and Mineral Supply Chains

Svenja Schöneich

Policy Advisor – Resource Policies, Mineral Supply Chains and Corporate Accountability

Finn Robin Schufft

Policy Advisor – Corporate Accountability

World Food, Land Use, and Trade

Konstantinos Tsilimekis

Head of Division – World Food, Land Use and Trade

Katharina Brandt

Senior Advisor – Agricultural Policy

Felix Domke

Policy Advisor - Agricultural and Climate Policy

Marek Hoferichter

Voluntary Social Year in Politics 2024/25

Future-proof Finance

David Ryfisch

Head of Division – Future-proof Finance

Ute Sudmann

Head of Division – Future-proof Finance

Bertha Argueta

Senior Advisor – Climate Finance and Development

David Eckstein

Senior Advisor – Climate Finance and Investments

Dr. Anja Carolin Gebel

Policy Advisor – Development Banks and Climate

Julia Grimm

Senior Advisor – Climate Finance and Adaptation

Christian Gröber

Policy Advisor – International Financial Architecture Reform

Paul Healy

Policy Advisor – Sustainable Finance

Eva Kleemann

Policy Advisor – Sustainable Finance

Nouhaila Zaki

Policy Advisor – International Taxation for Climate Action

Julia Reidt

Voluntary Social Year in Politics 2024/25

Finance, Personnel, and Administration

Yvonne Horstink

Head of Division – Finance, Personnel and Administration

Ulrike Koll

Head of Division – Finance, Personnel and Administration

Heike Blankenstein

Senior Finance and Project Controlling Officer

Amelie Bornemann

Finance and Project Controlling Officer

Lisa Claus

Senior Finance and Project Controlling Officer

Maria Fiedler

Finance and Project Controlling Officer

Marie Genger

Senior Personnel Officer

Anne-Maria Illés

Finance and Project Controlling Officer

Julia Keller

Personnel Officer

Judit Mays

Senior Personnel Officer

Tanja Morgner

Finance and Project Controlling Officer

Christine Noel

Senior Finance and Project Controlling Officer

Brigitte Rolfes

Finance and Project Controlling Officer

Sandra Röttger

Senior Personnel Officer

Andrea Taubert

Secretariat and Project Assistance Bonn Office

Jenna Voß

Secretariat and Project Assistance Berlin Office

Heike Zbick

Senior Finance and Accounting Officer

Kira Gatzemeier

Student Assistant

IT and Infrastructure

Karsten von Berg

Head of Division – IT and Infrastructure

Alexander Festl

IT and Infrastructure specialist

Udo Pracht

IT and Infrastructure specialist

Board of Directors

Silvie Kreibiehl

Chairwoman of the Board of Directors

Dr. Artur Runge-Metzger

Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors

Michael Windfuhr

Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors

Sven Harmeling

Member of the Board of Directors

Anne-Kathrin Kirchhof

Member of the Board of Directors

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Lorenzen

Member of the Board of Directors

Fiona Marker

Member of the Board of Directors

Prof. Dr. Maike Sippel

Member of the Board of Directors

Dr. Klemens van de Sand

Member of the Board of Directors

Katharina Blasche

Assistant to Executive Board and 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.

Honorary Chair

Klaus Milke

Honorary Chairman Germanwatch and Chair of the Foundation for Sustainability

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Organigramm Germanwatch e.V. - englisch

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