Key Qualifications
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Top level
political, financial and macro-economic advice
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Regional and
national economic development planning and public investment planning
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Sector
development (education, vocational training, labour & social
affairs, health,
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commerce and
industry)
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Public sector
management and reform, institution building
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Privatisation
and restructuring, SME development
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Town &
country planning, land use planning
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Training
(public sector-, parastatal- and business administration &
management)
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University
management
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Project
management, monitoring & evaluation, donor co-ordination
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Education
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1955 - 1958
Vocational Training College, Wuppertal/Germany (parallel to
apprenticeship in a silk weaving mill). Diploma: Business
Administration and Accounting
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1964 - 1968
University of Cologne/Germany. Degree: Diplom-Kaufmann = Master of
Business Administration (MBA)
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1977 - 1980
University of Dortmund/Germany. Degree: Doktor-Ingenieur = PhD (magna
cum laude) in national & regional planning
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Languages
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Language
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Reading
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Speaking
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Writing
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German native language
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English
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5
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Spanish
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5
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3
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French
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5
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3
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3
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Arabic
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1
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1
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Chinese
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1
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Countries of Work Experience Outside Europe
(since 1984)
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Africa:
Botswana (8
years long-term assignment), Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Caribbean:
Cuba, Dominican
Republic
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Pacific:
FSM, Palau, Solomon Islands (4.5 years long-term
assignment)
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Near East:
Egypt,
Jordan/Palestine (3 years long-term
assignment), Syria
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Indian Ocean:
Mauritius, Sri
Lanka
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Far East:
China (2.5
years long-term assignment)
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Employment Record
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From - To
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2001- 2005
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Location
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Honiara/Solomon
Islands
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Organization
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EU, Brussels
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Position
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Adviser to the
Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of National Reform and Planning, and
the Ministry of Provincial Government and Constitution Development
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Description
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Macro-economic,
fiscal and monetary policy advice to government, coordination with
Central Bank and international finance institutions (IMF, WB, ADB),
advice on Solomon Islands’ investment policy, and on the
conversion of Solomon Islands’ provinces into states in a new
federal system and its economic and financial consequences
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From - To
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1996 - 2000
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Location
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Gaborone/Botswana
- Mbabane/Swaziland – Linden/Germany
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Organization
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GTZ,
Eschborn/Germany
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Position
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Consultant for
SADC (Southern African Development Community)
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Description
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- Design and
preparatory phases of CESPAM, the regional “centre of
excellence” for public sector administration and management
of SADC in Gaborone/Botswana
- Various
consultancies in Southern Africa, esp. in the Rep.of South Africa
concerning trade relations, public management, transport infrastructure
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From - To
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1996
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Location
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Manila/Philippines
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Organization
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GTZ,
Eschborn/Germany
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Position
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Consultant with
NEDA (National Economic and Development Agency)
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Description
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Strengthening
NEDA’s planning capacity and preparing its decentralization
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From
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1993 - 1995
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Location
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Shanghai/China
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Employer
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GOPA
Consultants, Bad Homburg/Germany
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Position
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Director of
CDMC – Chinese-German Management Centre - and professor of
management
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Description
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- Supervision of
all studies and courses for Chinese top executives in state and
parastatal enterprises, internal management of the centre
- Co-ordinator of
all short-term experts and foreign lecturers assigned to the Centre
- Adviser to the
State Economic Commission of the Province of Shanghai
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From
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1988 - 1992
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Location
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Gaborone/Botswana
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Employer
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GTZ,
Eschborn/Germany
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Position
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Sector
co-ordinator (chief economist and principal planning officer), later on
chief technical adviser in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry
of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP)
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Description
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Co-editor of
the 6-year National Development Plan VII (1991 – 1997) for
Botswana. Editor of the sector plans for education, health, social
affairs, and public sector management. Co-ordinator of
Botswana’s development co-operation with Germany and the EU
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From
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1988
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Location
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Lilongwe/Malawi
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Employer
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GTZ,
Eschborn/Germany
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Position
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Consultant in
the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), Economic Planning and
Development (EP & D)
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Description
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Establishing a
standard scheme for the appraisal of public investment projects
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From
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1984 - 1987
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Location
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Amman/Jordan
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Employer
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HAC
Consultants, Eschborn/Germany
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Position
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Head of the
German advisory mission to the Ministry of Planning
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Description
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Follow-up and
annual revision of the 5-year development plan (general plan and
investment program), participation in setting up the first regional
development plan for Palestine, establishing a national information
centre and a computer-based output- and benefit monitoring system for
all development projects of the country
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