Renac Team

Director

  • Corporate management
  • Business development
  • Project controlling
  • Acquisition
  • Licentiate Degree in Biology

Berthold Breid

CEO

Email:    breid[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 60

Business Development & Sales

  • Acquisition and sales
  • Business development
  • MSc in Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies
  • MSc in New Media, Information & Society

Head of Division

Manolita Wiehl

International Business Development and Sales

Email:    wiehl[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 63

  • Acquisition and sales
  • Academic programmes and professional trainings
  • Business development
  • Academic programmes
  • MSc in Environmental Planning
  • BSc in Geographical Science

 

Project Manager

Rayk Albrecht

International Business Development and Capacity Building Projects

Email:    albrecht[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0) 30 5870870 53

Green Hydrogen / Climate Policy / Wind Power / Renewables Grid Integration

  • Grid integration of renewable energy / power system transformation
  • Wind power
  • Lecturer and eEditor
  • Engineer in Technical Environmental Protection

Head of Division

Albrecht Tiedemann

Green Hydrogen / Climate Policy / Wind Power / Renewables Grid Integration

Email:    tiedemann[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 40

  • Consultant for projects within the German Energy Solutions Initiative (Exportinitiative Energie)
  • Project management
  • M.Sc. in Public Policy and Human Development from Maastricht University & United Nations University

Project Director

Christoph Wunsch

Climate and Energy Policy / German Energy Solutions Initiative

Email:    wunsch[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 17

  • International climate & energy policy, green hydrogen
  • Energy partnerships USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
  • International expert delegation trips, conferences and trainings
  • Capacity building programmes in Latin America, Southeast Asia
  • M.Sc. in International Economics

 

Project Director

Cecilia Strandberg

Climate and Energy Policy

Email:    strandberg[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 42

  • International climate and energy policy
  • Policy analyses and recommendations
  • Curricula development
  • Training coordination, implementation and moderation
  • Capacity building in Africa, Latinamerica, Asia and Turkey
  • M.A in Political Culture

Project Director

Charlene Rossler

Climate and Energy Policy

Email:    rossler[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 43

  • Project management and moderation of face-to-face and online trainings
  • Development of learning materials for international capacity projects
  • M.Sc. Environmental Planning; B.Sc. Life Sciences (Biology)

Project Director

Gloria Gabriel

Renewable Energy/ Renewable Energy Finance

Email:    gabriel[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 48

  • Green hydrogen E-learning programmes
  • Hydrogen electrolysers and fuel cell power stations
  • B.Sc. Industrial Engineering
  • M.Sc. Global Production Engineering

Technical Specialist

Yahya Hamed

Green Hydrogen E-Learning Programmes

Email:    hamed[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 49

  • Support of international expert delegation trips to Germany
  • Quality management
  • Organisational development

Project Assistant

Yuly Ruiz Vanegas

 

Email:    ruiz.vanegas(at)renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 67

Bio Energy / Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Finance

  • Expert in energy efficiency, biogas, wind energy and financing of renewable energy systems
  • MBA, Degree in Environmental Engineering 

Head of Division

Volker Jaensch

Bioenergy / Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Finance

Email:    jaensch[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 20

  • Experienced professional in renewable energy and energy efficiency fFinance
  • Development and realisation of international trainings
  • MA in International Economics
  • Undergraduate degree in Finance

Project Director

Alexander Boensch

Green Energy Finance

Email:    boensch[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 22

  • Project management for face-to-face seminars
  • Expert in training methodology and didactics
  • Expert in biogas technology
  • MA in Natural Resource Management

Project Director 

Katharina Hartmann

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Finance

Email:    hartmann[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 24

  • Senior consultant for German export promotion programme
  • Senior management for face-to-face and virtual seminars in MENA, LatAm, Africa
  • Project director capacity building programmes
  • MA in Political Science

 

Project Director

Céline Kittel

Renewable Energy

Email:    kittel[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 13

  • Experienced professional in MSME, agricultural and green finance
  • Senior management experience from managing credit operations in Africa
  • Many years of consulting and training experience in Africa, Asia, MENA and the Caribbean
  • MA in International Economics

 

Project Director

Anne Gossner

Green Energy Finance

Email:    gossner[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 25

  • Project manager with expertise in sustainable development, waste management, research and programme management
  • Masters in Environmental Engineering (M.Eng.)
  • Certified Environmental Conservation Officer and Environmental Manager

 

Project Director

Agnieszka Kedzierska

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Finance

Email:    kedzierska[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 29

  • Project finance and business development
  • Planning, valuation and financial modelling
  • Diploma in International Business
  • BSc. in Engineering & Finance

 

Project Director

Marcelo Montes Iannini

Green Energy Finance

Email:    iannini[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 21

  • Project manager international capacity building services
  • Academic programmes and professional trainings
  • LL.B.  International Law - Law in the International Context of Technology, Politics and Economy

Project Manager

Diana Dardon

Trainings and Academic Programmes

Email:    dardon[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 54

  • Project management for capacity building services
  • Development of online courses
  • BSc Ecological Engineering
  • MSc Integrated Natural Resource Management

 

Project Manager

Rachel Ledig

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Finance

Email:   ledig[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 71

  • Project management for capacity building services
  • Development of online trainings
  • BSc Civil Engineering: Building Physics

 

 

Project Manager

Sven Kohlhoff

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Finance

Email:    kohlhoff[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 27

Solar Energy / Rural Electrification / Energy Efficiency

  • Project management for capacity building services
  • Trainer in photovoltaics, solar thermal and small hydropower
  • Masters MEng in Mechanical Engineering

Head of Division

Katie de Albuquerque

Solar Energy / Rural Electrification

Email:    albuquerque[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 35

  • Business development and international cooperation
  • Project management for capacity building and training services
  • MBA, International Business and Economics Engineering

Project Director

Catalina Avila Morales

Business Development, Trainings and Academic Programmes

Email:    avila[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 68

  • Development of capacity building concepts and programmes
  • Expert (business development) in utility scale solar projects and BES solutions
  • Bac. Law and Political Science; MBA + Speciality Energy Management

Project Director

Rafael Juan Martí

Solar Energy

Email:    juan[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0) 30 58 70870 39

  • Development of capacity building concepts and programmes
  • Expert and trainer for solar off-grid and solar home systems
  • M.Sc. Sustainable Energy Studies

 

Project Director

Jens Brand

Solar Energy / Rural Electrification

Email:    brand[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 38

  • Development and implementation of training programmes for solar and PV
  • Coordinating international teams
  • Business development
  • Master in German Studies and Education

Project Director

Iryna Dzhava

Solar Energy

Email:    dzhava[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 33

  • Project management for capacity building services
  • Management of interdisciplinary and international project teams
  • MBA in Business Management, Bachelor in Agricultural Management

Project Manager

Gérald Lamusse

Solar and Energy Efficiency

Email:    lamusse[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 08

  • Development and implementation of capacity building and training programmes
  • Expert in electricity supplying systems, energy efficiency in buildings
  • Master in  electrical engineering systems of energy consumption

Project Director

Marta Stetsiv

Energy Efficiency Expert

Email:    stetsiv[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 32

  • Development and realization of capacity building services
  • Expert in steering interdisciplinary and international project teams
  • Master of Science in Sustainability Science and Policy; Diploma in International Business

Project Director (parental leave)

Silke Jenssen

Trainings and Academic Programmes

Email:    jenssen[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 36

  • Capacity building and train-the-trainer programmes in renewable energy
  • Expert and trainer in photovoltaic systems and rural electrification
  • Engineering Diploma in Electrical Engineering

Solar Energy Expert (external)

Salem Kadi

Solar Energy / Rural Electrification

Email:    kadi[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 00

  • Trainings and Train-the-Trainer programmes for solar thermal technologies
  • Expert and trainer for solar thermal systems
  • Diploma in Electrical Engineering

Solar Thermal Engineer (external)

Martin Schnauss

Solar Energy

Email:    schnauss[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 00

  • Trainings and Train-the-Trainer programmes for photovoltaics
  • Expert and trainer for rural electrification with photovoltaic systems
  • B.Sc. Photovoltaics and Certified Electrical Installer

Solar Electrical Engineer (external)

Frank Jackson

Solar Energy / Rural Electrification

Email:    jackson[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 00

  • Development of international trainings
  • Expert for photovoltaic systems
  • Ph.D. in Photovoltaics, B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

Senior Technical Advisor (external)

Dr. Hasan Albusairi

Solar Energy

Email:    albusairi[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0) 160 242 4040

International Business Promotion

  • Consultant for renewable energy and energy efficiency export promotion
  • Project management
  • Diploma in Communication Management

Head of Division

Laura Scharlach

International Business Promotion

Email:    scharlach[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 10

  • Account/distribution management, communication, online marketing
  • Intercultural competences, working with worldwide partners, customers, and stakeholders
  • Diploma in Business Communication Expert

Project Director

Lida E. Weisheit

International Business Promotion

Email:    weisheit[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 15

  • Moderation of Consortium Building Processes within the German Energy Solution Initiative
  • Project Management
  • Expert in participatory planning methods
  • MEng in Urban and Regional Planning

 

Project Director

Christiane Vaneker

International Business Promotion

Email:    vaneker[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 14

  • Consultant for renewable energy and energy efficiency export promotion
  • Project management
  • PR and marketing
  • Expert in biogas
  • MSc in Renewable Energy; MA in Communication Science

Project Director

Anja Haupt

International Business Promotion

Email:    haupt[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 12

  • MA in International Public Management
  • MA in Political Science
  • International climate change mitigation cooperation
  • Climate change and energy policy MENA
  • Interational conferences and delegations
  • Project management

Project Director

Dr. Sofia Karimi

International Business Promotion

Email:    karimi[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 28

Academic Programmes and Professional Trainings

  • Coordination of academic programmes
  • Support mechanism for renewable energy
  • MA in Economics and East European Studies
  • MSc Renewable Energies

Head of Division

Uta Zähringer

Academic Programmes and Professional Trainings

Email:    zaehringer[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 50

  • Project director for open trainings
  • Expert in training methodology and didactics
  • Expert in quality assurance in the renewable energy and energy efficiency training sector
  • PhD in Environmental Science

Project Director

Dr. Emilienne Tingwey

Academic Programmes and Professional Training

Email:    tingwey[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 52

  • Support division management in academic programmes
  • Conceptualise trainings on energy and climate topics
  • Expert in capacity building of projects in the education sector
  • Master in Public Policy with a focus on management organisation

 

Project Manager

Tarini Lamba

Academic Programmes and Professional Training

Email:    lamba[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 19

  • Project Management and Consultancy
  • Policy Analysis and Recommendations
  • Capacity-Building and Strategy in Developing Economies
  • MA in Public Policy specialising in Security & Sustainability

Project Manager

Sarah Chávez Arredondo

Academic Programmes and Professional Training

Email:    chavez(at)renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 57

E-Learning and Multimedia

  • E-Learning and blended learning development
  • Online course design and administration

Head of Division

Raquel Cascales

E-Learning and Blended Learning

Email:    cascales[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 46

  • E-Learning text and video editing
  • Online course development coordination
  • MA in Journalism

E-learning Manager

Kira Romashko

E-Learning

Email:    romashko[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 45

  • BAC in Communication + Speciality in Journalism
  • MA in Culture and Literature
  • Project management for capacity building services
  • Online course and training developments
  • E-learning assistance

Project Manager

Romhy Cubas

E-Learning

Email:    cubas[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 44

  •  E-learning design
  • Curriculum development
  • Foreign language teaching
  • Master in Foreign Language Didactics

 

Instructional Designer

Quentin Dagnet

E-Learning and Blended Learning

Email:    dagnet[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 46

Marketing & Communication

  • PR & Marketing strategy
  • Expert in communication
  • Diplom (MS): Media Consultant

Head of Division

Dennis Dührkoop

Marketing and Communication

Email:    duehrkoop[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 64

  • Conceptualisation and design of marketing and teaching material
  • Graphic and video production
  • Website design and management
  • Qualification as specialist editor
  • PhD in Natural Science

 

Creative Director

Dr. Susanne Oehlschlaeger

Marketing and Communication

Email:    oehlschlaeger[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 65

  • Technical and academic editing, intercultural communication, research, and evaluation and assessment
  • English, Spanish
  • PhD in Social Science

Copywriter and Technical Editor

Dr. Miryam Haarlammert

Marketing and Communication

Email:    haarlammert[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 01

  • Language and communication expert (English, Spanish)
  • MSc Integrated Natural Resource Management

Editor

John Anderson

Marketing and Communication

Email:    anderson[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 02

Controlling and Finance

  • Controlling

Head of Division

Gerfried Niggemeyer

Email:    niggemeyer[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 96

  • Technical assistance
  • Administrative assistance

Administration Assistance

Kirill Berschadski

Email:    berschadski[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 92

  • Accounting and Controlling
  • 25 years experience in national and international accountancy
  • BA (hons) Politics and Management

 

Accountant

Christiaan Hofman

Email:    hofman[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 95

  • Office organisation

Office Manager

Aneta Orlowska

Email:    orlowska[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 00

  • Administrative assistance

Administration Assistance

Maria Londoño

Email:    londono[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 91

Organisation and Human Resources

  • Organisational development
  • Quality management
  • Human Resources
  • Change Management
  • Health and Safety
  • MA in International Human Resource Management

Head of Division

Sylvia Lüdecke

Email:    luedecke[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 66

  • Infrastructure manager
  • IT In-house trainings

Senior IT Manager

Sandro Schau

Email:    schau[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 95

  • Lecturer and speaker management 
  • Teaching material management
  • Resource management

Senior Knowledge Manager

Julia Heithecker

Email:    heithecker[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 62

  • Language and communication specialist
  • Spanish and English
  • BA in Interpretation

Translator and Interpreter

Ghislaine Elmira Margarita

Email:    margarita[at]renac.de 
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 78 

  • Language and communication specialist
  • Spanish, Portuguese and English
  • BA in Interpretation

Translator and Interpreter

Camilla Tahan Pohl

Email:    pohl[at]renac.de 
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 79

  • Human Resources
  • BA in Business Administration with focus on Human Resources & Business Law
  • M.Sc. in Strategic Entrepreneurship

Human Resources Officer

Jalda Reißig

Email:    reissig(at)renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 74

  • IT-In-house support
  • IT In-house training
  • B.Sc. Computer Science
  • M.Sc. Computer Science (Informatik)

IT Manager

Shafiqullah Raufi

Email:    raufi[at]renac.de
Tel:        +49 (0)30 58 70870 94