Berghof Foundation

Our People

Our team brings together people of diverse backgrounds and expertise. Learn more about us below.

Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Mohamud Hassan Abdi

Logistical and Financial Officer
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Sharif Abukar Ahmed

Project Manager
Executive Office Mandana Afshar

Innovation Specialist
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Hilal Akrami

Junior Project Manager
Yemen Unit Samah Altaher

Junior Project Manager
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Shahir Amin

Logistics Officer
Middle East and North Africa Unit Ali Anan

Lebanon team
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Michael Arensen

Senior Project Manager
Finance and Administration Sven Arndt

Director of Administration
Europe Unit Bakhtiyar Aslanov

Project Manager
Communications Matthias Auer

Junior Communications Manager
IT and Facility Management Lukas Auer

IT & Office Coordinator
Conflict Transformation Research Beatrix Austin

Head of Department
Middle East and North Africa Unit Lara Azzam

Senior Project Manager
Communications Natalie Baharav

Head of Communications
Yemen Unit Dalia Barsoum

Head of Unit
Yemen Unit Amira Ben Salem

Logistics Officer
Finance Uta Bieber

Finance Manager
Conflict Transformation Research Elias Bosch

Student Assistant
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Theresa Breitmaier

Senior Project Manager
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Victoria Cochrane-Buchmüller

Project Manager
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Claudia Cruz Almeida

Junior Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Rebecca Davis

Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Julian Demmer

Senior Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Kasahun Dender

Project Coordinator
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Nura Detweiler

Project Manager
Conflict Transformation Research Véronique Dudouet

Senior Advisor
Middle East and North Africa Unit Maria El Sammak

Junior Project Manager
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Basir Feda

Head of Unit
Finance Stefan Fortunat

Finance Manager
Middle East and North Africa Unit Nadine Francis-Pohle

Project Manager
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Janina Gäde

Logistics Officer
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Janel B. Galvanek

Head of Unit
Europe Unit Armani Gambaryan

Project Manager
Executive Office Rachel Gasser

Senior Project Manager
Fundraising Amelie Gätjen

Junior Strategic Partnerships Manager
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Hans-Joachim Giessmann

Director Emeritus
Executive Office Andrew Gilmour

Executive Director
Conflict Transformation Research Michaela Glaser

Researcher
Conflict Transformation Research Karin Göldner-Ebenthal

Researcher
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Pascal Grimm

Junior Project Manager
Europe Unit Tamila Gvadzhava

Junior Project Manager
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Charlotte Hamm

Project Manager
Yemen Unit Ali Saif Hassan

Yemen Team
Conflict Transformation Research Johanna-Maria Hülzer

Junior Project Manager
Yemen Unit Calum Humphreys

Junior Project Manager
Finance Michaela Hunger

Finance Manager
Middle East and North Africa Unit Heidi Huuhtanen

Senior Advisor
Human Resources Katarzyna Jäckel

Head of Unit
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Christoph T. Jaeger

Senior Advisor
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Uli Jäger

Head of Department
Yemen Unit Katharina Jautz

Project Manager
Communications Katie Kamins

Social Media Officer
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Narine Karapetyan

Advisor, Mediation and Negotiation
Middle East and North Africa Unit Feras Kheirallah

Senior Programme Manager, Representative – Beirut office
Europe Unit Izzat Khushbakov

Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Mary Kidane

Junior Project Manager
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Anne Kruck

Advisor
Middle East and North Africa Unit Nike Löble

Junior Project Manager
Communications Florian Lüdtke

Media and Communications Manager
Conflict Transformation Research Stina Lundström

Associate Researcher
Middle East and North Africa Unit Hassan Mais

Lebanon team
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Feben Makonnen

Project Officer
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Linda Maurer

Junior Project Manager
Yemen Unit Ramzi Merhej

Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Zainab Mohamed

Project Officer
Middle East and North Africa Unit Mohammed Moneim

Lebanon Team
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Mir Mubashir

Advisor, Dialogue and Mediation Support
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Musa Al Munaizel

Senior Advisor
Yemen Unit Rasha Nagi

Junior Project Manager
Middle East and North Africa Unit Sonja Neuweiler

Head of Unit
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Dagmar Nolden

Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Paola Ottomano

Project Manager
Latin America Unit Tilman Papesch

Junior Project Manager
Conflict Transformation Research Dr. Evelyn Pauls

Researcher and Project Manager
Yemen Unit Vasilis Petropoulos

Student Assistant
Finance Ulrike Pflanz

Head of Unit
Executive Office Carolin Poeschke

Chief of Staff
Middle East and North Africa Unit Nora Rathje

Project Manager
Fundraising Shirin Reuvers

Head of Strategic Partnerships
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Nicole Rieber

Senior Project Manager
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Sonja Riester

Assistant
Yemen Unit Joshua Rogers

Senior Project Manager/Advisor
Thailand team Norbert Ropers

Senior Advisor
Communications Annett Rößling

Communications Manager
Executive Office Johanna Sassenrath

Assistant
Monitoring and Evaluation team Andreas Schädel

Advisor, Monitoring and Evaluation
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Carla Schraml

Advisor Mediation & Negotiation Support
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Niclas Seidlitz

Student Assistant
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Christine Seifert

Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Abass Kassim Sheikh

Senior Project Manager
Accounting Stephan Sojer

Head of Unit
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Carolin Sokele

Junior Project Manager
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Omaidullah Stanikzai

Logistics Officer
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Laura Steinacher

Junior Project Manager
Finance Jenny Stock

Finance Manager
Conflict Transformation Research Nina Strumpf

Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Arrliya Sugal

Junior Project Manager
Finance Malte Tepe

Head of Unit
Latin America Unit Barbara Unger

Head of Unit
Conflict Transformation Research Carolien van Hoof

Student Assistant
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Ingrid Vaz Serschön

Office Assistant
Finance Victor Vigil

Finance Manager
Luxshi Vimalarajah

Senior Advisor, Mediation and Development
Finance Luiza Weinrich

Finance Manager
Accounting Anja Wendlinger

Accountant
IT and Facility Management Claus-Dieter Wild

Senior Administrator
Regional Peace Support Oliver Wils

Head of Department, MENA & Yemen
Europe Unit Oliver Wolleh

Head of Unit
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Isabella Wüstner

Project Manager
Middle East and North Africa Unit Talal Zeidan

Junior Project Manager
Conflict Transformation Research Natascha Zupan

Head of the Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation

Our Board of Trustees

Board of trustees Sandra Breka

Member
Board of trustees Diana Chigas

Member
Board of trustees Hilde Frafjord Johnson

Member
Board of trustees Kjell-Åke Nordquist

Member
Board of trustees Dieter Senghaas

Member
Board of trustees Christian Sundermann

Member
Board of trustees Mathias Terheggen

Member
Board of trustees Johannes Zundel

Chair

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Didn't have a chance to attend @SIPRIorg's 2022 #Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development? You can now watch the recordings from each session where experts in the fields of #climate, peace and #security share insights on enabling peace during crises: https://t.co/O4EgvkIqDw
Since the end of the #ColdWar, #transitionaljustice has been increasingly utilised within #peacebuilding processes. What has been achieved in the last years? What needs to be improved or avoided? Find out more at our online event on 5 July at 16:00 CEST: https://t.co/PddBPcLzcu https://t.co/D1X60ByTgw
Our Head of #Europe Unit Dr. @OWolleh spoke at @TbilisiU with Prof. Dr. Guguli Magradze and our #Tbilisi coordinators @NinoKalandaris5 and @Kokhreidze about possibilities for #dialogue about the past within the Georgian-Abkhazian context. https://t.co/Dq4Y07Guex
The Colombian Truth Commission's findings will lay the groundwork for trust building & coexistence in #Colombia. It’s now crucial that its process is maintained & that policy recommendations are implemented to prevent such casualties from happening again: https://t.co/Z7ePSvytXO