Experts
If businesses that committed to biodiversity do not want to stop at greenwashing their activities, further expertise is needed. In this section you can find the profiles of experts in the field of biodiversity, ecosystem conservation and the integration of biodiversity into corporate responsibility and sustainable business management. We focus on european stakeholders since we have to deal with it on a global scale!
Stefan Hörmann
Global Nature Fund - Project Director
Degree in Political and Administrative Science.
Current position: Project Director at Global Nature Fund.
More then 10 years experience in international project management. Key topics: Business and ...
Germany
Ernesto Aguirre
Fundación Global Nature - Technical Assistant
Current Position: Technical Assistant at "European Campaign Business and Biodiversity"
With parents Biologists, he continued the tradition and has a degree in Biology. Coming soon he'll get a Maste...
Spain
Amanda del Río
Fundación Global Nature - Project manager
Current position: "European Campaign Business and Biodiversity" Project manager
Degree in Environmental Sciences - Postgraduate in Rural Development.
Experience in Wetlands restoration and c...
Spain
Patrick Trötschler
Bodensee-Stiftung - Vice Managing Director
M.Sc. (Agriculture), specialized in nature protection and development of rural areas, project manager for Bodensee-Stiftung since 2000, experienced in marketing of regional/organic food, sustainable a...
Germany
Director Daan Wensing
Expertise Centre Triple E - Director IBM department, International Landscape Auctions, Biobanking and Management Planning
Daan Wensing, director IBM department, International Landscape Auctions, Biobanking and Management Planning
Daan has a background in conservation biology and business administration. He is co-found...
Netherlands
Fritz Lietsch
ALTOP Verlag GmbH - CEO
Since 25 Years engaged in promoting sustainable business and lifestyle by publishing books, magazines, CDs and webportals.
In addition I do consulting for companies and support initiatives organisin...
Germany
Udo Gattenlöhner
Global Nature Fund - Executive Director
Project manager of various national and international projects, i.e.
- Coordination of projects in the agricultural sector
- Coordination of international projects related to lake and water manageme...
Germany
Jobst Münderlein
ALTOP Verlag GmbH - Project coordination / Campaign Website
Since May 2010 I am back in the sustainability arena as part of the editorial team of forum CSR international coordinating the campaign website. Until then, from 2008 I was occupied as a full-time fat...
Germany
Stefan Mielke
Global Nature Fund - Project Manager
Diverse university background in environmental education, environmental planning and environmental management with special focus on climate change and international development
Germany
Tobias Hartmann
Global Nature Fund - Project Assistant
Economist, Project Assistant at Global Nature Fund. Main topics: climate change adaptation and mitigation, forestry, emissions trading, renewable energies, biodiversity protection.
Germany
Simone Blok
Triple E - researcher/consultant
Simone was as a child often found along the river Oude Maas, in the wetlands or along the banks. After her first job as a documentalist / researcher at the National Planning Department, she was press ...
Netherlands
Peter Rumm
FutureCamp Holding GmbH - Head of Business Development
Biologist. Expert for groundwater ecology and drinking water biology. Co-Publisher of "Handbuch zur Umsetzung der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie (2nd Ed, 2006)". Since 2004 Head of Business Development at Fut...
Germany
Arnold van Kreveld
Ulucus Consultancy - co-owner
Biologist, conservationist, writer, presenter, facilitator.
- 15 years at WWF: protected areas, forests, FSC, illegal timber trade, biodiversity, illegal trade in wildlife, tourism.
- 5 years head...
Netherlands
Sophie Townsend
Zoological Society of London - scientific organisation
ZSL Business & Biodiversity Programme Manager, MSc Sust Dev, CEnv, MIEMA. 15 years in conservation field. "Incorporating sustainable practices for zoos and aquariums: a Triple Bottom Line approach" (I...
United Kingdom
Magnus J. K. Wessel
Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) - Policy Officer for Nature Conservation and Species Protection
Germany
Dr. rer. nat. Michael Rademacher
HeidelbergCement Group - Global Manager Biodiversity & Natural Resources
Biology degree (phytogeography, zoology, pedology, limnology)at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany.
PHD: “Vegetation dynamic on man-made gravel areas in the Upper Rhine Valley (Germany) a...
Belgium
Nuno Oliveira
Freelancer - B&B Consultant
Conservation biologist, eco-entrepreneur, headed a consultancy company until July 2010 where it developed several B&B strategies for some of the biggest companies in Portugal (sectors: agribusiness, f...
Portugal
Mike Bitsch
AllgemeinGut e.V.
- It Consultant and Project Manager at Merck KGaA
- Student in Sustainability Management (MBA)- Master Thesis in the area of biodiversity
Germany
Dr. Carsten Roller
VBIO - Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin e.V. – German Life Sciences Association - Manager
Biologist, holder of a doctorate
in microbiology, postdoc in ecotoxicology and biomedical diagnostics.
Head of the Munich office of the VBIO.
Bologna Process expert of the association
Germany
Dr. Jozef Bednár
PDP Spišská Teplica - Project Manager
Education: Commenius University (MSc, MA) and University of Oxford (DPhil)
Environmental scientist and project and fund-raising expert active mainly in Central Europe and Russia (www.ecosiberia.org)
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Slovakia
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