Dr. Thomas Holtkamp

Personal data

• Born 1960
• Geography and ethnology studies, Master of Arts
• PHD in geography
• 15 years work experience in organisational development and management consulting in Germany and abroad
• Since 2000 consultant and trainer at COMO, since 2005 associate partner
• Working languages: German, English and French

Further education

• Training in systemic organisational development and management
• Further training in conflict management and mediation (project mediation)
• EFQM-assessor(European Foundation for Quality Management)
• GTZ management model Capacity WORKS for cross-organisational cooperation projects

Service offering

• Organisational development and management advisory services of change projects in Germany and abroad
• Self-assessment and support of comprehensive change processes in the framework of Total Quality Management models, such as EFQM and CAF (Common Assessment Framework for public service organisations), e.g. since 3 years in the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Environment and Water in Morocco
• Advisory services and workshops for the development of mission, vision, values, strategy
• Advisory services and workshops to establish a plan of products, a map of processes and to adjust the organisational structure accordingly, process optimisation
• Capacity WORKS Training and advisory services (14 missions for the GTZ in 2009)
• Advisory services and training in project management: strategic and operational planning, project organisation, monitoring and evaluation, communication, leadership, cooperation and integration
• Personnel development, e.g. executive training, team development, coaching, training in project management, moderation, presentation, communication and intercultural communication
• Training of change practitioners (e.g. GTZ, InWEnt, OD Training currently offered by COMO)
• Coaching and e-coaching of executive staff
• Programme and project appraisal and evaluation

Sector focus

• New Public Management
• Decentralisation
• Education and training organisations
• OD and management consulting provided in sectors such as water resources management, environment, energy and mines, TVET, others

International experience

• Ghana, Ethiopia, Zambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Kenya, Cameroon, Congo
• Morocco, Egypt, Yemen
• Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, India, China
• Romania, Montenegro, Albania