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
Finance Hilal Akrami

Finance Manager
Middle East and North Africa Unit Sabah Al Nakouzi

Project Assistant
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
Finance Uta Bieber

Finance Manager
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Cora Bieß

Junior Project Manager
Yemen Unit Ronja Birk

Junior Project Manager
Executive Office Tom Breese

Junior Project Manager
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Theresa Breitmaier

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

Senior Project Manager
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Claudia Cruz Almeida

Junior Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Rebecca Davis

Project Manager
Middle East and North Africa Unit Jan Deeg

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
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Anna Dorothea Wunderlich

Junior 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
Middle East and North Africa Unit Nadine Francis-Pohle

Project Manager
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Janina Gäde

Logistics Officer
Regional Peace Support Janel B. Galvanek

Head of Department
Europe Unit Armani Gambaryan

Project Manager
Executive Office Rachel Gasser

Senior Advisor
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

Senior Researcher and Project Manager
Conflict Transformation Research Karin Göldner-Ebenthal

Researcher
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Pascal Grimm

Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Berite Gudeta

Dialogue Track Officer
Middle East and North Africa Unit Christian Gülisch

Head of Unit
Turkey team Ekrem Güzeldere

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
Executive Office Isabel Kleitsch

Conference Coordinator
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Anne Kruck

Advisor
Executive Office Isabella Lauber

Project Manager
Human Resources Nino Lawrinenko

HR Generalist
Monitoring and Evaluation team Maja Leo

Advisor
Conflict Transformation Research Johanna Lober

Senior Project Manager
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
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Ramzi Merhej

Trainer, Dialogue Support
Fundraising Elisabeth Meyer

Strategic Partnerships 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

Senior Advisor
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Dagmar Nolden

Senior Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Paola Ottomano

Project Manager
Conflict Transformation Research Tilman Papesch

Project Manager
Conflict Transformation Research Evelyn Pauls

Researcher and Project Manager
Finance Ulrike Pflanz

Head of Unit
Executive Office Carolin Poeschke

Chief of Staff
Yemen Unit Kenza Rady

Junior Project Manager
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Homyra Rahnoma

Student Assistant
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
Conflict Transformation Research Lilly Riedel

Student Assistant
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
Fundraising Christine Seifert

Strategic Partnerships 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

Junior Project Manager
Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Laura Steinacher

Junior Project Manager
Conflict Transformation Research Nina Strumpf

Project Manager
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Arrliya Sugal

Junior Project Manager
Finance Malte Tepe

Head of Unit
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Sabine Ulmer

Junior Project Manager
Latin America Unit Barbara Unger

Head of Unit
Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Maria Paula Unigarro Alba

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
Finance and Administration Magdalena Westenhoff

Assistant to the Director of Administration
IT and Facility Management Claus-Dieter Wild

Senior Administrator
Regional Peace Support Oliver Wils

Head of Department, MENA & Yemen
Global Learning for Conflict Transformation Jasmin Wölbl

Junior Project Manager
Europe Unit Oliver Wolleh

Head of Unit
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

Berghof Foundation on Twitter

"We cannot stop to bring different people together and promote this kind of understanding, even though there is a war going on." Ukrainian expert Taras Dzyubanskyy shares how religion can promote understanding and resilience in #Ukraine: https://t.co/jWtwdHzPwN https://t.co/F4Ysuh6O3o
Check out our #Turkey expert @ee_guzeldere's study in @eliamepgr with @evanareteos about identity politics emerging as a crucial factor in the country's upcoming elections amongst the Kurdish population. 👉: https://t.co/4G8BFVZr8y https://t.co/atn5Lx8FVQ
How can religion be used as a tool to bring communities together and help facilitate peace? Our expert @DetweilerNura shares why #peacebuilders and donors should be more open to learn from faith-based actors' expertise: https://t.co/mytEac30Xv https://t.co/FtLC1NHP3p
Our Head of the Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Natascha Zupan participated in @PlattformZKB's workshop on #CrisisPrevention where she discussed with @SuePresa (@IFSHHamburg) how the 🇩🇪 government should restructure #transitionaljustice. https://t.co/0d2hl95GdO