Co-owner, coach and consultant for Konzepte GmbH (Königswinter)

Guest Lecturer at the University of Bremen (Mediation)

Self-employed coach, trainer and mediator (Gutjahr & Partner since 1998)

Director of Studies, Quality Manager and senior trainer at Your English Services (YES), Hamburg

Guest Lecturer at the University of Hamburg (Mediation)

Consultant for politicians of the Hamburg Parliament (“Bürgerschaft”)

Doctorate from the University of Hamburg, Germany

Visiting Researcher at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK

Visiting Researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, UK

Guest Lecturer at Colgate University, New York and Visiting Researcher at the Center for Defense Journalism, Boston University, USA

Participant in the pilot of the European University Center for Peace Studies, Burg Schlaining and Vienna, Austria

Assistant researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH), Hamburg, Germany (Scholarship of the Volkswagen Foundation)

Trainer for communication, mediator and English teacher (sparetime engagement)

Ghost negotiator, negotiation coaching, assisting international negotiation teams

External project leadership, coaching for project managers, project management support

Leading international and/or virtual teams

personal and professional strategy, managing change, business process management, handling crises, personal growth

German and English (native speaker); French and Dutch (basic)

Diploma, University of Hamburg, Germany

Studies of Political Science, English and History, University of Hamburg, Germany

Studies of History and Political Science at Newcastle Polythechnic, UK

Studies of Social Science, History and English at the University of Oldenburg, Germany

Internship at the Riverside Church, New York, USA

“Abitur”, Gymnasium Horkesgath, Krefeld, Germany

Techniques of Improvisation Theatre for Trainers

Instructor for Mediators (Certificate of the National Union of of Business Mediators - BMWA)

Licence to conduct DISG® Tests, Seminars and Coaching

Quality Auditor – ISO 9000 (TÜV, Hamburg)
Systemic Consulting in organisations (König & Volmer, Paderborn)

Provocative Therapy (certificate of Deutsches Institut für Provokative Therapie, Munich)

Personality training (Team Dr. Rosenkranz, Munich)

Theater Therapy (Gestalt Institut, Hamburg)

Psychodrama (Psychological practice, Karin Peterson, Hamburg)

Humanist Psychology (University of Hamburg)

NLP (Landesinstitut für Lehrerbildung, Hamburg)

Zen Meditation (Gundula Meyer, Ohof)

Mediator training; certified in Germany as “Mediator (BM)” [200 hours]