SUSTAIN CONSULT - Key Persons


Achim Gehrke

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant

Almut Finke


Birgit Timmer

Job Titles:
  • Executive Manager
  • Consultant and Project Manager in the Fields of Economic Development
  • Consulting Projects
Birgit Timmer is one of three founding partners as well as Executive Manager of SUSTAIN CONSULT, which was founded in 2001. Birgit Timmer's occupational activity primarily deals with the branches of regenerative Energy Technology and Energy Industry, Water Industry, Waste Management and the Health Industry. Her work emphasizes on the development of regionally located industrial clusters, the moderation of collective initiatives, the coaching of regional political players as well as on the realization of regional political seminars. Birgit Timmer graduated from the University of Dortmund in 1993 with a Degree in Spatial Planning. Succeeding a one-year period during which she acted as a free-lance consultant, she joined a Consulting Company in 1994 where she acted as Consultant and Project Manager in the fields of Economic Development and Cluster Management. Birgit Timmer is an accomplished and highly-skilled Project Manager, Moderator and Mediator.

Dr. Torsten Sundmacher

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Associate at the University of Hannover
  • Consulting Projects
  • Founding Company Member and Partner
Torsten Sundmacher is a founding company member and partner of SUSTAIN CONSULT. His occupational activity is primarily concerned with the fields of Environmental Economics, Health Economics and Industrial Politics as well as Strategic Development, Industrial Location and Regional Industrial Cluster Management. In addition to the above-mentioned fields, Torsten Sundmacher commands further expertise in the fields of Energy Industry, Mechanical Engineering and Health Industry. Upon conclusion of his studies of Management, Economics and Social Sciences in 1996, Torsten Sundmacher received a scholarship from the German Research Council (DFG) and worked as a Scientific Associate at the University of Hannover, Germany. In 1999, he joined a consulting company for two years. In 2001, Sundmacher received his PhD. Since 2001, he has held the position of Academic Assistant at the University of Duisburg as well as being an active partner of SUSTAIN CONSULT. Sundmacher, T.: Methodical and Application-based Fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment Against the Background of Its Use in SMEs [In German: Methodische und anwendungsbezogene Grundlagen der Ökobilanzierung vor dem Hintergrund ihres Einsatzes in KMU]. Hannover, 1999

Inger Korflür

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
  • Senior Consultant
Inger Korflür is working since 2006 as a Senior Consultant and Project Manager for SUSTAIN CONSULT. Inger Korflür´s occupational activity primarily deals with the branches of metal working industry and mechanical engineering. Her work emphasizes on the development of industrial clusters, the moderation of collective initiatives and the consulting of companies and works councils particularly with regard to safeguards jobs and locations. Inger Korflür graduated from the University of Dortmund in 1998 as a business graduate. Succeeding a one-year period during which she worked as a scientist at the university of Dortmund, she joined a Consulting Company in 1999 where she acted as Consultant and leaded an initiative for the machine building industry.

Iskra Kondova

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant

Ralf Löckener

Job Titles:
  • Executive Manager

Thomas Gebauer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant