Team

Mobilising finance for the sustainable transformation of the economy

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Kathrin Russner

Coordinator, Strengthening Sustainable Finance in Senegal

Kathrin Russner is an economist specialising in international cooperation and risk analysis and management. Since June 2025, she has been the coordinator of the Project ‘Strengthening Sustainable Finance in Senegal’ at GIZ, the German Agency for International Cooperation. She has extensive experience in technical assistance programmes at GIZ and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the areas of microfinance, public finance, governance of extractive industries and collaboration with the private sector.

Our team

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Angelika Frei-Oldenburg

Head, Sustainable Economic Transformation and Sustainable Finance Global Project

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Makaio Witte

Head of Sustainable Finance, Sustainable Economic Transformation and Sustainable Finance Global Project

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Hayder Al-Bagdadi

Head of Financial Systems Development, Sustainable Economic and Financial Systems Sector Project

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Felix Steinberg

Director of CATAL1.5°T – LATAM Platform