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Chair and Team

In addition to the main conference in February, the Munich Security Conference team organizes different events and manages the preparation of various publications.

WI, Stoltenberg, Rudolph & Franke

Wolfgang Ischinger, Präsident des Stiftungsrats der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz

Prof. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Ischinger

President of the Munich Security Conference Foundation Council and Chair of the MSC

Jens Stoltenberg

Incoming Chair

Ambassador Rainer Rudolph

Vice-Chair

Dr. Benedikt Franke

Vice-Chair and Chief Executive Officer

Executive Director, MSC Foundation

Board of Directors

Andreas Block

Director of Communications

Prof. Dr. Tobias Bunde

Director of Research & Policy

Member of the Executive Board, MSC Foundation

Jamel Flitti

Director of Programs

Marcel Lewicki

Director of Partnerships & Development

Deputy Secretary General, MSC Foundation

Ulrike Strauss

Chief Operating Officer & Head of Strategic Projects

Secretary General, MSC Foundation

Lisa Marie Ullrich

Director of Programs

Member of the Executive Board, MSC Foundation

Sara-Sumie Yang

Chief Financial Officer / Chief Human Resources Officer

Member of the Executive Board, MSC Foundation

Team

Daniela Antony

Team Assistant & Travel Management

Susanne Attenberger

Human Resources Manager

Lukas Baake

Partnerships Manager

Cornelia Barth

Senior Project Manager / Team Lead

Martina Bechmann

Senior Manager, Administration & Process Management / Team Lead

Paul Maria Beck

Event Manager

Tim Bisinger

Working Student, Policy

Teresa von Boeselager

Senior Project Manager & Team Lead, Strategic Projects

Svenja Bounin

Project Manager

Fara Breuer

Program & Engagement Manager

Juliana Burger

Junior Project Manager

Randolf Carr

Senior Policy Advisor

Róisín Cronin

Editor

Dr. Valentin Daur

Senior Researcher

Bert Dullin

Public Funding & Grants Manager

Dr. Sophie Eisentraut

Head of Research & Publications

Lena Engel

Human Resources Manager

Florence Joséphine Fontaine

Project Manager

Portrait of Steffen Frank, Junior Project Manager, Munich Security Conference

Steffen Frank

Junior Project Manager

Fynn-Niklas Franke

Publications Manager

Theresa Fuchs

Senior Communications Manager (on parental leave)

Mariyana Georgieva

Assistant to the Chairman

Luisa Gorihsen

Working Student, COO Office

Julia Katharina Groß

Working Student, Chairman’s Office

Christina Guschall

Senior Accounting Manager & Team Lead

Julia Hammelehle

Senior Policy Advisor

Andreas Hartwich

Event Manager

Oliver Hector

Junior Event Manager

Carolin Hehr

Special Assistant to the Chairman / Team Lead

Mike Heidenreich

Partnerships Manager, Board Relations

Portrait of Vanessa Hofmann, Project Manager

Vanessa Hofmann

Project Manager

Niklas Hutz

Special Assistant to the CEO

Evgenia Ivanchuk

Communications Manager

Moritz Jahn

Project Manager, Strategic Projects

Portrait of Tim Jost, Working Student, Communications

Tim Jost

Working Student, Communications

Portrait of Lydia Jungkind, Working Student, Participation

Lydia Jungkind

Working Student, Participation

Anja Kattermann

Assistant to the CEO

Martin Kerl

Senior Communications Manager

Ahmad Khalaf

Working Student, C&F

Viviane Kleine

Junior Project Manager, CFO/CHRO

Lorenz Klingele, Assistant to the CEO, Munich Security Conference

Lorenz Klingele

Assistant to the CEO

Natalie Knapp

Senior Publications Manager

Mario Knödler

IT Systemadministrator

Portrait of Hanna Knutsen, Junior Partnerships Manager, Munich Security Conference

Hanna Knutsen

Junior Partnerships Manager

Julian Kocik

IT Junior Project Manager

Dr. Nicole Koenig

Head of Policy

Paula Köhler

Policy Advisor

Marta Kolodziejczyk-Gawronska

Public Funding & Grants Manager / Team Lead

Dr. Nora Kürzdörfer, Senior Researcher, Munich Security Conference

Dr. Nora Kürzdörfer

Senior Researcher

Noppadon Kumkampon

Financial Accountant

Isabell Kump

Policy Advisor

Brian Bo Lakämper

Working Student, CEO Office

Nico Lange

Senior Fellow, Zeitenwende-on-tour-Initiative der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz

John Lawrence

Project Manager, COO Office

Florian Lehner

Partnerships Manager

Fidelis Licht

Working Student, Participation

Tadeus Viktor Liebhold

Working Student, Chairman's Office

Maximilian Lister

Partnerships Manager

Isabelle von Loeben

Senior Program Manager

Felix Loos

Senior Project Manager / Team Lead

Nardine Luca

Project Lead Middle East Consultation Group (ext.)

Andreas Meißner

Graphic Designer

Sofia Meranto

Senior Policy Advisor Middle East Consultation Group

Iva Miteva

Senior Communications Manager

Amadée Mudie-Mantz

Policy Advisor

Floriane Müller

Partnerships Manager

Anastasiia Nyzova

Project Manager

Portrait of Britt Olowson-Schiebeler, Advisor Middle East / Protocol

Britt Olowson-Schiebeler

Advisor Middle East / Protocol

Katharina Pachmayr

Head of Communications

Jintro Pauly

Policy Advisor

Jenny Peters

Partnerships Manager

Portrait of Annkathrin Pohl, Junior Communications Manager, Munich Security Conference

Annkathrin Pohl

Junior Communications Manager

Moritz Polixa

IT Senior Project Manager

Maximilian Popp

IT Systemadministrator

Annalena Pott

Program & Engagement Manager

Lucas Reineking

Communications Manager

Annabell Reiß

Media Partnerships Manager

Fabio Reith

Junior Project Manager Middle East Consultation Group

Daniel Roithmeier

IT Systemadministrator

Anna-Lena Rösner

Junior Communications Manager

Nour Saad

Working Student, Communications

Valerie Sanders

Head of the CEO Office

Portrait of Angelika Sauerer, Advisor, Strategic Projects

Angelika Sauerer

Advisor, Strategic Projects

Stefanie Scharmann

Project Manager

Julius Schenkel

Senior Project Manager

Karim Schiek

Senior Project Manager

Malte Schilling

Working Student, Programs

Miriam Schmieder

Human Resources Manager

Portrait of Maya Schmitt, Public Funding & Grants Manager

Maya Schmitt

Public Funding & Grants Manager

Hanna Schneider

Senior Program Manager

Jakob Schneider

Working Student, Programs

Benedikt Schuegraf

Working Student, Policy

Marina Sekic

Office Manager

Nathalie Sill, Financial Accountant, Munich Security Conference

Nathalie Sill

Financial Accountant

Leonhard Simon, Communications Manager, Munich Security Conference

Leonhard Simon

Communications Manager

Lisa Simon

Assistant to the CEO (on parental leave)

Judith Sordon

Senior Communications Manager

Kathrin Strahl

Graphic Designer

Daniel Tafelski

Special Assistant, Chairman's Office

Julius Tschernig

Senior Partnerships Manager / Team Lead

Victoria Umbreit

Senior Project Manager / Team Lead (on parental leave)

Valentina Valjak

Senior Project Manager

Antonie Vieregge

Special Assistant to the CFO/CHRO

Ralf Wagner

Senior Military Liaison Officer

Luisa Waschke

Junior Project Manager

Jana Weiss

Project Manager

Dr. Michael Werz

Senior Advisor, North America & Multilateral Affairs

General (ret.) Volker Wieker

Senior Military Advisor

Paulina Zehle

Senior Program Manager / Team Lead

Marie Zeisler

Senior Communications Manager

Marc Ziegler

Project Manager

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