• PhD in intercultural communication (University of Chemnitz)

• Magister degrees in Sociology, Philosophy and Psychology

• Since 1997, extensive experience in training and consulting in ‘for-profit’ and ‘not-for-profit’ organisations in Southeast-
  Asia and Europe

• Since 2002, researcher, main subject: the role and relevance of trust in and between organisations, in Europe, USA,
  Southeast Asia, Middle East

• Since 2002, tutor & lecturer for organisational psychology, intercultural communication and international human
  resource management in Indonesia and Germany