Thomas Finkel

Personal Data

• Born 1970
• Business administration studies at the University of Frankfurt am Main and Cordoba (Argentina)
• Graduate diploma in business administration
• 16 years practical experience in consulting, training, advisory services and project management in international development cooperation projects
• 1996 – 1999 organisational development and business advisor in Argentina and the region
• 2000 – 2003 GTZ project manager for development partnerships with the business community (PPP) in Germany with focus on South East Asia
• 2003 – 2007 advisor and programme director for GTZ`s private sector development programme in Vietnam
• Since late 2007 senior consultant at COMO in Hamburg, since July 2009 managing director
• Working languages: German, English, Spanish

Service offering

• Consulting and training in private sector development with focus on local and regional economic development, business and investment climate, value chains and green growth / climate change
• Conceptualisation, initiation and implementation of development partnerships with the business community (PPP), including training and advisory to stakeholders
• Training and consulting services for private companies in Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainability strategies, supply chain management and production management
• Project planning and evaluation
• Strategy and concept development in the above mentioned focus areas
• Monitoring and advisory services in cooperation projects in Germany and abroad

Professional emphasis

• Private Sector Development
• Regional and local economic development 
• Value chains
• Development partnerships
• Sustainable stragegies and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Green growth / climate change