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Our Staff

Türkan Karakurt, Director

Türkan Karakurt is the co-director at FES Geneva and is responsible for FES programs in the fields of Labour Standards and Human Rights. She is a Sociologist and a graduate of the German Institute for Development (Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik). Ms. Karakurt is a member of the FES staff since 1990 and has worked in various countries.
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Dr. Winfried Veit, Director

Winfried Veit shares with Türkan Karakurt the direction of FES Geneva. He is responsible for FES activities in the areas of International Trade and Conflict Resolution. He is an Economist and Political Scientist, and graduated from the Free University of Berlin (Germany). He has directed FES offices in various countries and held different positions in the FES head office, amongst them editor of it’s journal “International politics and society”.
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Anita Brenneke, Finance, Administration and Organization

Anita Brenneke is the Office Manager at FES Geneva since 1995. She is responsible for all administrative and financial matters and is the leading hand in the organization of programs.
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Yvonne Theemann, Program Assistant, Media and Organization


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Steffen Grammling, Program Officer / Trade and Development

Steffen Grammling joined FES Geneva as Program Officer in March 2006. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Bonn (Germany) and is a graduate of the German Development Institute. Since 2003, he has been conducting research and managing capacity building projects on various aspects of trade and development. From 2004-2006, he worked as Senior Project Manager for InWEnt Capacity Building International.
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Felix Kirchmeier, Program Officer / Human Rights

Felix Kirchmeier works as Program Officer at FES Geneva since February 2006. He holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Freiburg (Germany). Before joining FES, Felix completed an internship at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Research and Right to Development Branch.
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