SEFEP - Key Persons


Aaron Ehrlich

Job Titles:
  • Student Assistant IT Support
Aaron Ehrlich joined Agora in April 2021 as a student assistant for IT support. In addition to his job at Agora, he has been studying computer science at Freie Universität Berlin since 2019.

Ada Ruehring

Job Titles:
  • Design & Production Manager
Ada Rühring has been with the Agora Energiewende since June 2019 and is responsible for the design and coordination of the publications and graphic and editorial maintenance of the website. Before joining Agora, she spent many years as a senior designer at a mobile accessories company, where she graphically accompanied the products from development through to sales. Since 2007, she has also been working as an independent media designer for various clients. Ada Rühring holds a bachelor's degree in print and media technology from the Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin and an IHK degree as a media designer for digital and print media.

Alexander Dusolt

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate
  • Senior Associate European Energy Policy
Alexander Dusolt is Senior Associate on European energy policy, market design and integration of renewable energy sources. From 2014 to April 2021, Alexander worked for the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), managing the Network Code and Clean Energy Package Implementation Program, finalizing and implementing the Electricity Balancing Guideline and creating policy papers on market design questions. He started his career at the German transmission system operator TenneT, developing further long term and intraday markets. Alexander Dusolt studied economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, specializing in energy economics at the Universities of Oslo and Cologne.

Alexandra Langenheld

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate

Alina Lyapina

Job Titles:
  • Project Officer
Alina Lyapina works as Project Officer in the international section. Before joining Agora Energiewende she supported several grassroot projects on climate protection and migration and coordinated the work of the NGO alliance One Europe for All - Your Voice Against Nationalism! and the movement Seebrücke from 2018 to 2019. She started her professional career in 2016 at Doctors Without Borders e.V. in the fundraising department. Alina Lyapina studied International Relations and Political Science.

Andreas Graf

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate EU Energy Policy

Anja Katthöfer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Executive Director ( until September 2019 )

Anja Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Finance Officer

Anja Werner

Job Titles:
  • Media Designer Print & Web

Annamaria Kalit

Job Titles:
  • Team Assistant Europe

Annika Buchholz

Job Titles:
  • Management Assistant

Aylin Shawkat

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Industry

Benjamin J. Kees

Job Titles:
  • Head of IT ( until August 2019 )

Bettina Groß

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Manager

Birgit Reck

Job Titles:
  • Team Assistant International

Caroline Paul

Job Titles:
  • Team Assistant Hydrogen

Cecilia Reyes Retana

Job Titles:
  • Student Assistant International / Latin America ( until December 2019 )

Christoph Podewils

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communication ( until March 2021 )

Claire Stam

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager Europe

Claudia Beckmeyer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Executive Director ( until September 2021 )

Craig Morris

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager International Communication ( until July 2021 )

Daniel Argyropoulos

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Global Energy Transition ( until July 2018 )

Daniel Fürstenwerth

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate ( until April 2015 )

Dr. Alice Sakhel

Job Titles:
  • Associate, Energy Statistics and Scenarios ( until September 2019 )

Dr. Barbara Saerbeck

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Key Questions

Dr. Camilla Oliveira

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Latin America and Industry

Dr. Christian Redl

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate European Energy Cooperation

Dr. Claudio Baccianti

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager EU Sustainable Financ
  • Project Manager EU Sustainable Finance

Dr. Fabian Joas

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate EU Electricity Market Industrial Policy and the Energiewende ( until December 2019 )

Dr. Gerd Rosenkranz

Job Titles:
  • Author / Senior Associate Key Issues ( until March 2017 )

Dr. Jahel Mielke - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Head of Communications

Dr. Joanna Mackowiak

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate ( until July 2016 )

Dr. Kwanghee Yeom

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate South Korea

Dr. Matthias Deutsch

Job Titles:
  • Programme Lead Hydrogen

Dr. Ming Yin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor China Power

Dr. Oliver Sartor

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor Industry

Dr. Patrick Graichen

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director ( until December 2021 )

Dr. Shuwei Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate ( until December 2019 )

Dr. Stephanie Ropenus

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate ( until July 2019 )

Dr. Supawan Saelim

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager SEA

Dr. Thies F. Clausen

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate ( until July 2016 )

Dr. Utz Tillmann

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor Industry

Ema Jülich

Job Titles:
  • Team Assistant International

Fabian Hein

Job Titles:
  • Analyst Energy Statistics and Scenarios

Farah Mohammadzadeh Valencia

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Training Programme Energy Transitions ( until January 2021 )

Fiona Seiler

Job Titles:
  • Student Assistant Industry ( Untl October 2021 )

Frank Peter

Job Titles:
  • Director Industry Programm
  • Director Industry Programme

Frank Steffe

Job Titles:
  • Head of the Executive Director 's Office ( until December 2021 )
  • Senior Associate Key Questions ( until January 2022 )

Frauke Storch

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate for the Activities in China ( until May 2017 )

Georg Thomaßen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Project Management Team
  • Analyst ( until October 2021 )

Gloria Watzinger

Job Titles:
  • Social Media Manager

Gniewomir Flis

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Hydrogen ( until December 2021 )

Hai Long Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Analyst International Energy Data and Modelling

Heiko Stubner

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate ( until October 2013 )

Helen Burmeister

Job Titles:
  • Project Officer Climate - Neutral Industry

Helena Kansanen

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager ( until July 2020 )

Ina Klose

Job Titles:
  • Manager Finance and Controlling

Janek Steitz

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Janne Görlach

Job Titles:
  • Manager Press and Communications

Jeannine Dressler

Job Titles:
  • Associate, Administration and Finance ( until October 2019 )

Jesse Scott

Job Titles:
  • Director International Programm

Kevin Oswald

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Associate ( until July 2018 )

Kevin Tu

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor China

Lars Waldmann

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate ( until October 2015 )

Li (Isadora) Wang

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor China Industry

Lidia Wojtal

Job Titles:
  • Project Lead International Network INETTT

Louis Rischkau

Job Titles:
  • IT Administrator

Mackenzie Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager EnerTracks

Manuela Henderkes

Job Titles:
  • Receptionist

Mara Marthe

Job Titles:
  • Head of the Executive Director 's Office ( until December 2021 )

Marianna Morra-Skryabina

Job Titles:
  • International Outreach Manager

Marie Haßheider - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Head of HR

Markus Steigenberger - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Mathis Rogner

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Southeast Asia

Matthias Buck

Job Titles:
  • Director Europe

Matthias Deja

Job Titles:
  • Student Assistant HR

Maxi Matzanke

Job Titles:
  • Events and Communications Officer

Michael Schäfer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Policy ( until December 2020 )

Michaela Holl

Job Titles:
  • Project Lead EU Green Deal

Milena Fahrholz - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Head of Finance

Monika Olszewski

Job Titles:
  • Manager Finanzen Und Controlling

Murielle Gagnebin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate EU and French Energy Policy

Naila Saleh

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Nele Mohr

Job Titles:
  • Project Assistant ( until December 2019 )

Nelly Azaïs

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Nga Ngo Thuy

Job Titles:
  • Project Officer International Coal Transition

Nikola Bock

Job Titles:
  • Senior Executive Events

Nina Zetsche

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Hydrogen ( until December 2021 )
  • Senior Associate Climate - Neutral Industry ( until August 2021 )

Olaf Malden

Job Titles:
  • Team Assistant Climate - Neutral Industry

Oleksandra Kovalenko

Job Titles:
  • Officer Project Controlling

Oliver von Eitzen Toni

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Project Management Team
  • Student Assistant Industry

Parag Patil

Job Titles:
  • Student Assistant Data Hub ( until September 2021 )

Paul Münnich

Job Titles:
  • Project Officer Climate - Neutral Industry

Philipp Daniel Hauser

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Project Management Team
  • Programme Lead Climate - Neutral Industry

Philipp Litz

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate

Prof. Dr. Barbara Praetorius

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics ( Main Focus on Environmental Economics ) / Deputy Director ( until March 2017 )

Rainer Baake

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director ( until January 2014 )

Robin Emlein

Job Titles:
  • Team Assistant Europe

Samarth Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Analyst International Energy Data and Modelling

Sandy Rosenhauer

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Manager

Sara Linowski

Job Titles:
  • Student Assistant EnerTracks

Shirin Langer

Job Titles:
  • Team Assistant DE Power / Heat ( until September 2021 )

Simon Müller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Project Management Team
  • Director Germany

Sonja Risteska

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Southeast Europ
  • Project Manager Southeast Europe

Sophie Krüger

Job Titles:
  • Ecological Volunteer ( until May 2019 )

Sophie Wei

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Project Coordinator

Stefan Tidow

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate ( until December 2016 )

Susanna Mocker

Job Titles:
  • Advisor ( until April 2018 )

Tamara Lagurashvili

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager

Thipyapa Chatprasop

Job Titles:
  • Project Officer / Team Assistant

Thomas Kouroughli

Job Titles:
  • Analyst International Energy Data and Modelling

Thorsten Lenck

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate

Ulrike Salva

Job Titles:
  • Project Officer EnerTracks

Vincenzo Franza

Job Titles:
  • Programme Lead Energy Analysis

Wido K. Witecka

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Industry

Yu-Chi Chang

Job Titles:
  • Student Assistant International Energy Modelling

Zhou Yang

Job Titles:
  • Advisor China
  • Advisor China / Partner

Žaneta Vašková

Job Titles:
  • Student Assistant Media Design