Organisation
This is us
Here we introduce you to our dedicated and diverse team who are passionate about promoting sexual and reproductive health, gender equality and fighting poverty and inequality around the world. We combine policy, communications, research and project management expertise. Through strategic partnerships and close collaboration with governments, civil society organisations and other stakeholders, we work to achieve sustainable change and implement programmes and projects in East Africa.
Find out more about the people behind the DSW who are working together for a fairer and healthier world in which young people in particular can realise their full potential.
Executive Team
The Executive Team is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Foundation within the framework of the Rules of Procedure. It is bound by the Foundation’s Statutes, the Rules of Procedure for the Board and the guidelines and instructions of the Board. The Executive Team, is accountable to the Board and reports on current business, projects, activities and finances.
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Executive Director
Telephone: +49 511 94373-0
Email: hannover@dsw.org
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Deputy Executive Director | Director Projects & Programmes
Telephone: +49 511 94373-0
Email: hannover@dsw.org
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Officer to the Executive Team
Telephone: +49 511 94373-26
Email: shari.kupilas@dsw.org
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Head of Digital Transformation & Business Development Unit
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-17
Email: shane.ohalloran@dsw.org
Executive Board
The Executive Board of DSW appoints the Executive Director and monitors their activities. Honorary members are elected for a period of three years.
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Chairperson of the Board of Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW), publisher of the Kölnische Rundschau
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Board member of Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW), Managing Director of the Fiat Panis Foundation
The Team
Management of the country offices & partner organisation
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Country Director DSW Ethiopia
Telephone: +251 116457803
Email: dsw-ethiopiaat@ethionet.et
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Country Director DSW Tanzania
Telephone: +255 27 2555020
Email: dsw-tz@habari.co.tz
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Country Director DSW Kenya
Telephone: +254 20 3572302
Email: info@dswkenya.org
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Executive Director Action 4 Health Uganda (Partner organisation)
Telephone: +256 414 200801
Email: info@a4huganda.org
Fundraising
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Head of Fundraising Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373-15
Email: sina.rabe@dsw.org
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Fundraising Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-13
Email: carola.ahlborn@dsw.org
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Senior Fundraising Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-32
Email: anke.witte@dsw.org
Institutional Funding and Partnership
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Head of Institutional Funding & Partnership Unit
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-14
Email: ann-christin.buck@dsw.org
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Senior Institutional Funding & Partnership Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-26
Email: matthias.epe@dsw.org
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Institutional Funding & Partnership Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-11
Email: johanna.rosenwirth@dsw.org
Communication
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Head of Communication | Spokeswomen
Telephone: +49 511 94373-20
Email: nicole.langenbach@dsw.org
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Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-19
Email: elias.domsch@dsw.org
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Senior Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-12
Email: nils.hartung@dsw.org
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Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-35
Email: marei.hueckelheim@dsw.org
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Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-42
Email: leigh-ann.mcsweeney@dsw.org
Projects & Programmes
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Head of Project Management Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373-25
Email: miriam.riechers@dsw.org
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Senior Project Management Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-16
Email: peter.kroll@dsw.org
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Senior Project Management Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-27
E-Mail: florian.paulus@dsw.org
Advocacy Germany
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Advocacy Officer Germany
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-20
Email: christine.hassemer@dsw.org
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Advocacy Officer Germany
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-15
Email: tanja.siebenbrodt@dsw.org
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Advocacy Officer Global Health R&D Germany
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-12
Email: mara.scherner@dsw.org
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Advocacy Officer SRHR
Germany
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-11
Email: marlene.weck@dsw.org
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Project and Office Management Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-16
Email: ursel.zetsche@dsw.org
Advocacy Africa
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Head of Strategic Advocacy Alliances
Telephone: + 32 2 50490-56
Email: kate.tibone@dsw.org
Advocacy EU
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Senior Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–69
Email: rosa.castro@dsw.org
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Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 615 02 01
Email: nitya.george@dsw.org
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Communciations Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–66
Email: sylvia.githugu@dsw.org
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Head of Brussels Office | Head of Advocacy Unit, EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–63
Email: lisa.goerlitz@dsw.org
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Senior Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–64
Email: gianmarco.grindatto@dsw.org
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Senior Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–67
Email: agustin.martin@dsw.org
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Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490-65
Email: steffie.neyens@dsw.org
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Projects & Human Resources Officer
Telephone: +32 2 50490–60
Email: sandrine.remy@dsw.org
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Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–62
Email: ffion.storerjones@dsw.org
Monitoring & Evaluation
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Head of Monitoring & Evaluation Unit
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-13
Email: doerthe.mueller@dsw.org
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Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-25
Email: gabriel.torres@dsw.org
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Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069–24
Email: lora.yousef@dsw.org
Human Resources & Administration
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Head of Human Resources/Administration Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373–34
Email: jana.ottenberg@dsw.org
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Human Resources & Administration Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373–36
Email: stephanie.althaus@dsw.org
Finance
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Head of Finance Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373-40
Email: axel.urbanik@dsw.org
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Finance Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-24
Email: elisabeth.bormann@dsw.org
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Head of Finance Unit East Africa
Telephone: +49 511 94373-0
Email: berna.lule@dsw.org
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Finance Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-29
Email: franziska.senf@dsw.org
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Finance Officer
Telephone: + 49 30 2400069-21
Email: julia.ostermann@dsw.org
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is an honorary body that appoints, counsels, supports and monitors the Executive Board.
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Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, auditor and tax consultant, healthcare expert
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Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, former DSW Executive Director (2008-2020), expert on population dynamics, reproductive health and rights
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Founder of DSW, company founder and author
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Medical doctor and senior consultant, expert in reproductive health and population dynamics
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Europe Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Social entrepreneur
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Former Vice President of Bayer Pharmaceuticals, family planning expert
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board is made up of recognised public figures who advise the Executive Board, the Board of Trustees and the Executive Team on professional matters on a voluntary basis.
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Former Member of the German Parliament, former President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
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Advisor on international women’s rights & health issues
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Former Member of the German Parliament, former Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), former Federal Minister.