- More than 30 years of international experience as an advisor/consultant, project/programme manager, managing director, team leader, coach/trainer, marketing/market and business/value chain development expert, sales engineer, project/programme evaluator

• Many long-term and short-term assignments for support to procurement, input supply, financing, production, quality management, know-how and technology transfer, capacity/institution building incl. stakeholder training programmes, services, organization/management, marketing/sale, export/trade promotion and business-, SME-, rural/regional development (incl. rural tourism, diversification of the rural economy, value chain analysis, business planning/financing of investments, policy/stakeholder advice).

- Expert in agribusiness and agriculture (plant/animal production, farm analysis/business planning, horticulture, fruit growing, fish farming, organic food, promotion and marketing of traditional food products, food safety, environmental issues/soil improvement, ecologcy, climate change aspects)

- Focus EU-funded projects in Eastern Europe (Belarus, Ukraine) / Eastern transition countries (Mongolia, Tajikistan), Caucasus (Azerbajian, Georgia), South-Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Northern Macedonia, Kosovo, Moldova, Romania) and Mediterranean region (Lebanon, Maroc, Turkey)

- Identification, preparation, planning, design, financing, implementation, administration, co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation of private, bi- and multilateral technical assistance and investment projects; contacts/clients world-wide.

- Linkages and contacts with agricultural, SME-/business and rural/regional development projects, producers, input suppliers, processors, small industries, retail shops, supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, traders, wholesale markets, logistic service providers, buyers/consumer organizations, cooperatives, NGOs, professional and business promotion/branch associations, information centres, media sector, trade organizations, financial institutions, business advisory extension services, development agencies/funds, humanitarian health programmes, programming and management authorities, regional and district directorates, universities, vocational schools, research institutes, inspection services, food safety offices, authorities/ administrations and organizations/political bodies at local, regional, national and international level.