Organisation
This is us
Here we introduce you to our dedicated and diverse team who are passionate about promoting sexual and reproductive health, gender equality and fighting poverty and inequality around the world. We combine policy, communications, research and project management expertise. Through strategic partnerships and close collaboration with governments, civil society organisations and other stakeholders, we work to achieve sustainable change and implement programmes and projects in East Africa.
Find out more about the people behind the DSW who are working together for a fairer and healthier world in which young people in particular can realise their full potential.
Executive Team
The Executive Team is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Foundation within the framework of the Rules of Procedure. It is bound by the Foundation’s Statutes, the Rules of Procedure for the Board and the guidelines and instructions of the Board. The Executive Team, is accountable to the Board and reports on current business, projects, activities and finances.
Executive Director
Telephone: +49 511 94373-0
Email: hannover@dsw.org
Deputy Executive Director | Director Projects & Programmes
Telephone: +49 511 94373-0
Email: hannover@dsw.org
Officer to the Executive Team
Telephone: +49 511 94373-26
Email: shari.kupilas@dsw.org
Head of Digital Transformation & Business Development Unit
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-17
Email: shane.ohalloran@dsw.org
Executive Board
The Executive Board of DSW appoints the Executive Director and monitors their activities. Honorary members are elected for a period of three years.
Chairperson of the Board of Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW), publisher of the Kölnische Rundschau
Board member of Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW), Managing Director of the Fiat Panis Foundation
The Team
Management of the country offices & partner organisation
Country Director DSW Ethiopia
Telephone: +251 116457803
Email: dsw-ethiopiaat@ethionet.et
Country Director DSW Tanzania
Telephone: +255 27 2555020
Email: dsw-tz@habari.co.tz
Country Director DSW Kenya
Telephone: +254 20 3572302
Email: info@dswkenya.org
Executive Director Action 4 Health Uganda (Partner organisation)
Telephone: +256 414 200801
Email: info@a4huganda.org
Fundraising
Head of Fundraising Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373-15
Email: sina.rabe@dsw.org
Fundraising Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-13
Email: carola.ahlborn@dsw.org
Senior Fundraising Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-32
Email: anke.witte@dsw.org
Institutional Funding and Partnership
Head of Institutional Funding & Partnership Unit
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-14
Email: ann-christin.buck@dsw.org
Senior Institutional Funding & Partnership Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-26
Email: matthias.epe@dsw.org
Institutional Funding & Partnership Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-11
Email: johanna.rosenwirth@dsw.org
Communication
Head of Communication | Spokeswomen
Telephone: +49 511 94373-20
Email: nicole.langenbach@dsw.org
Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-19
Email: elias.domsch@dsw.org
Senior Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-12
Email: nils.hartung@dsw.org
Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-35
Email: marei.hueckelheim@dsw.org
Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-42
Email: leigh-ann.mcsweeney@dsw.org
Projects & Programmes
Head of Project Management Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373-25
Email: miriam.riechers@dsw.org
Senior Project Management Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-16
Email: peter.kroll@dsw.org
Senior Project Management Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-27
E-Mail: florian.paulus@dsw.org
Advocacy Germany
Head of Advocacy Germany Unit | Head of Berlin Office
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-28
Email: maren.jesaitis@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer Germany
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-20
Email: christine.hassemer@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer Germany
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-15
Email: tanja.siebenbrodt@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer Global Health R&D Germany
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-12
Email: mara.scherner@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer SRHR
Germany
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-11
Email: marlene.weck@dsw.org
Project and Office Management Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-16
Email: ursel.zetsche@dsw.org
Advocacy Africa
Head of Strategic Advocacy Alliances
Telephone: + 32 2 50490-56
Email: kate.tibone@dsw.org
Advocacy EU
Head of Brussels Office | Head of Advocacy Unit, EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–63
Email: lisa.goerlitz@dsw.org
Senior Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–69
Email: rosa.castro@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 615 02 01
Email: nitya.george@dsw.org
Senior Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–64
Email: gianmarco.grindatto@dsw.org
Senior Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–67
Email: agustin.martin@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490-65
Email: steffie.neyens@dsw.org
Projects & Human Resources Officer
Telephone: +32 2 50490–60
Email: sandrine.remy@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–62
Email: ffion.storerjones@dsw.org
Communciations Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–66
Email: sylvia.githugu@dsw.org
Monitoring & Evaluation
Head of Monitoring & Evaluation Unit
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-13
Email: doerthe.mueller@dsw.org
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-25
Email: gabriel.torres@dsw.org
Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069–24
Email: lora.yousef@dsw.org
Human Resources & Administration
Head of Human Resources/Administration Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373–34
Email: jana.ottenberg@dsw.org
Human Resources & Administration Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373–36
Email: stephanie.althaus@dsw.org
Finance
Head of Finance Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373-40
Email: axel.urbanik@dsw.org
Finance Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-24
Email: elisabeth.bormann@dsw.org
Head of Finance Unit East Africa
Telephone: +49 511 94373-0
Email: berna.lule@dsw.org
Finance Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-29
Email: franziska.senf@dsw.org
Finance Officer
Telephone: + 49 30 2400069-21
Email: julia.ostermann@dsw.org
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is an honorary body that appoints, counsels, supports and monitors the Executive Board.
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, auditor and tax consultant, healthcare expert
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, former DSW Executive Director (2008-2020), expert on population dynamics, reproductive health and rights
Founder of DSW, company founder and author
Medical doctor and senior consultant, expert in reproductive health and population dynamics
Europe Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Social entrepreneur
Former Vice President of Bayer Pharmaceuticals, family planning expert
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board is made up of recognised public figures who advise the Executive Board, the Board of Trustees and the Executive Team on professional matters on a voluntary basis.
Former Member of the German Parliament, former President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Advisor on international women’s rights & health issues
Former Member of the German Parliament, former Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), former Federal Minister.