People

Head of Product, GoVolunteer e. V.

Mónica is a computer engineer at GoVolunteer e. V. Mónica develops improvements and new features on the platform as well as leading the team and the projects that have to do with the platform. In her free time she enjoys making things, such as furniture, and also knits and sews. Mónica also loves sports, especially swimming, bouldering and yoga, and also enjoys going to the movies and playing board games.

business English language and skills trainer; speaking coach

As a business English language and skills trainer for over twenty-five years, Khushi worked with professionals to develop a standard of language fitting to their position and responsibilities. The target was confident, clear communication and intercultural competence.

For the past ten years, Khushi has been an active member of Toastmasters International – an educational organization which, since 1924, has been dedicated to developing quality communicators and leaders. Currently she serves as Toastmasters Club Growth Director for Denmark, Germany, Norway, and Sweden. A winner of European speech competitions, Khushi coaches speakers, delivers workshops and uses story to inspire and motivate.

staff reporter; editor, Science and Education, Der Tagesspiegel

As a staff reporter and editor, Tilmann covers a wide range of topics such as higher education, humanities and social sciences. He also works for Queerspiegel, the LGBTI section of Der Tagesspiegel. Tilmann studied history and theatre at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Universiteit van Amsterdam.

editor, Süddeutsche Zeitung

Barbara is a journalist with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Before joining the paper in Munich in 2017 she worked for the Berliner Zeitung and spent almost seven years in the UK as a London based political correspondent.

Ideation & Prototyping Lab Lead Data scientist, Technologiestiftung Berlin

Sebastian Meier is an entrepreneur and data scientist. He works at the Ideation & Prototyping Lab at the Technologiestiftung Berlin, a non-profit foundation and think-tank, supporting science and technology. He graduated in Communication and Interface Design and completed his PhD in Geoinformatics at Potsdam University. Before joining the Technologiestiftung Sebastian was a consultant and project lead, working for research institutions, companies and design agencies. For almost a decade Sebastian has been a lecturer at universities throughout Germany, bridging the gap between design, technology and society. His projects focus on data driven innovation, data analytics and visualization as well as human-centered perspectives on software interfaces. Sebastian is involved in meetups and conferences throughout the metropolitan area of Berlin.

district council administrator, Reinickendorf

Tobias was born in 1973 in Wolfenbüttel. He studied law at the University of Trier. Since 2016 he has been district council administrator in Reinickendorf, responsible for youth, family, schools and sport.

CEO, ALBA Berlin Basketball team GmbH

Marco Baldi, CEO of ALBA Berlin, is one of the most successful sport managers in Germany. He has been a part of the ALBA Berlin management since 1990 and has been the force behind its rise to the forefront of European basketball. He won 17 German titles and one European trophy, the Korac Cup, during his career at ALBA Berlin as manager, vice president and CEO. In 2015, Marco was voted as “Euroleague Executive of the Year”, earning this award for the second time in his career.

researcher, Technische Universität TU Berlin

Agota holds a degree in English, Sinology and Comparative Literature (Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest), and a separate degree in Theatre Directing (Academy of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest). She worked as a freelance stage director, translator and project manager (the latter for Hungary-China and EU-China projects), before being assigned as a diplomat for Hungary in China. Having served over five years, she decided to combine her practical experience with research, and moved to Berlin in 2015. She has taught extensively China-related or theatre-related courses at different universities, and is an advocate of the culture of debate. Since 2018 she has been an academic staff member of the China Centre at the Technische Universität TU Berlin.

Sport Marketing, University of Applied Sciences Europe

Stefan is the Vice-Dean of the University of Applied Sciences Europe degree program Sport & Event Management. He received his MBA and his PhD from Freie Universität Berlin, and the German Football Association awarded his PhD thesis with second place at its science award. His main teaching and research areas are sport marketing, sport sponsorship management, ticketing, price management and service marketing. As guest professor, Stefan has taught at the Real Madrid Graduate School and since 2008 he has worked as consultant in the world of sport business.

chair of the Canon Collins Educational and Legal Assistance Trust, journalist, consultant

John Battersby is chair of the Canon Collins Educational and Legal Assistance Trust. Prior to this, he was appointed UK Country Manager of the International Marketing Council of South Africa following a career in South African and international journalism. He was editor-in-chief of the Sunday Independent in Johannesburg from 1996-2001. He served as the New York Times southern Africa correspondent from 1987-89 and as the Christian Science Monitor’s correspondent in the region from 1989-94. From 1994-96 he was the Monitor’s Middle East correspondent based in Jerusalem.