Looking back on my professional journey, one theme stands out: my work has always been about creating safe, empowering spaces where individuals and teams can grow, learn, and thrive.

I feel incredibly fortunate to have built my career in fields that resonate deeply with my sense of purpose. From my early days as a journalist for an investigative news magazine in Austria and the U.S., covering social issues, to my later role as a communications professional and team leader with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) — my driving force has always been the desire to make a meaningful impact.

As an intercultural trainer, university lecturer on transcultural collaboration, and trainer, mentor, and coach in the international humanitarian sector, I’ve continued to align my work with what matters most to me: fostering a world that is more socially just, inclusive, and compassionate.

Today, as a proud member of the Climate Coaching Alliance, I bring a systemic perspective on our planet’s crisis into my coaching practice. I offer a safe setting for clients to explore their relationship with nature, gain clarity on the impact they want to make, and build resilience in the face of today’s global challenges.

I deeply believe in the transformative power of coaching. Time and again, I have witnessed how it sparks profound change. I trust in people’s ability to grow and overcome challenges—and I consider it an honor to walk alongside them on that journey.

My home base is in Vienna where I live with my husband. I am a proud mother of two sons in their twenties. My leisure time passions are hiking, traveling and vegetable gardening.

My values in a nutshell: Radical kindness & unwavering optimism.

My services are available in English, German, French, and Spanish.

• Since 2025: Independent Coach & Facilitator
• Since 2022: Lecturer for Intercultural Collaboration and Leadership & Team Dynamics at Sigmund Freud Universität, Vienna.
• Since 2021: Lecturer for Transcultural Studies at Universität für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna.
• Since 2020: Coach for Médecins Sans Frontières global staff.
• 2016 – 2024: Head of Field Comms Learning, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Assumed international leadership role on capacity building, training and learning solutions for MSF field communications.
• 2007 – 2016: Director of Communications, Ärzte ohne Grenzen / Médecins Sans Frontières Austria: Led the communications department of the Austrian MSF section and contributed, as member of the management team, to the development and the steering of the organization.
• 2004 – 2006: Editor for Ärzte ohne Grenzen / Médecins Sans Frontières Austria.
• 1999 – 2006: Freelance Journalist.
• 1994 – 1998: U.S.A. correspondent for Profil and other German-language media, based in New York City.
• 1991 – 1994: Journalist for the Austrian news magazine Profil.
• 1988 – 1991: Studies & work as German teacher in Barcelona.
• 1990: Master’s in Romance Studies, University of Vienna.

Professional Development – Main Certifications & Accreditations:

• 2025: Konfliktmanagement & Mediation – Wirtschaftsakademie Wien
• 2024: Climate Change Coaching Mastery – Climate Change Coaches, B Corp.
• 2024: ORSC Fundamentals – Organisation & Relation, Systems Coaching – CRR Global
• 2024: Online Teamcoachings Gestalten – Systemische Aus- & Fortbildungsakademie “Coachingbande”
• 2019: Co-Active Coaching – Lead Out of the Box Leadership Ltd.
• 2016: Methods for Evaluation in Medical Humanitarian Programmes
• 2013: Intercultural Systemic Coach, interculture e.V., Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena
• 2012: Intercultural Trainer, IKUD Seminare, Göttingen