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Core Team

Berlin Economics has both in-house staff, as well as a broad network of experts at home and abroad who are deployed on a regular or topic-specific basis.

Dr Ricardo Giucci

Managing Director

Dr Ricardo Giucci is Managing Director at Berlin Economics. His consulting and researching activities focus on monetary, fiscal and trade policy, as well as regional integration.

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Robert Kirchner

Authorized Representative

Robert Kirchner has been an authorized signatory at Berlin Economics since 2007. He is deputy team leader of the German Economic Team and team leader of the project Low Carbon Ukraine.

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Ilona Kaiser

Financial Accounting

Ilona Kaiser has been an authorized signatory at Berlin Economics since 2019

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Michael von Stackelberg

Bid Manager & HR

Michael von Stackelberg has been the Bid Manager at Berlin Economics since the beginning of 2021. He is responsible for project acquisition and coordination of bid processes as well as managing ongoing projects. Moreover, he is responsible for HR at the company.

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Esmira Aliyeva

Student Assistant

Esmira Aliyeva has been working at Berlin Economics since 2023, serving as a working student in the fields of public relations and project assistance. Currently, she is pursuing her bachelor’s degree at the Free University of Berlin.

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Pavel Bilek

Senior Consultant

Pavel Bilek has been working as a Senior Consultant in Berlin Economics’ Energy and Climate Policy team since 2022.

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Dr Justina Budginaite-Froehly

Project Manager

Justina Budginaite-Froehly has been working at Berlin Economics as a project manager and country coordinator of the German Economic Team in Belarus since November 2022.

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Anna Borduna

Project Assistant

Anna Borduna has been working for Berlin Economics since September 2022 as Projectassistant. She graduated in philology from University of Gorzow.

 

 

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Alejandra Bustamante Taffur

Project Assistant

Alejandra joined Berlin Economics as Project Assistant in 2023.

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Elena Budaragina

Project Manager

Elena Budaragina is an administrative and political scientist and joined Berlin Economics in April 2022 as a project manager in the field of energy and climate policy for the Low Carbon Ukraine Project (LCU).

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Dmitry Chervyakov

Consultant

Dmitry Chervyakov joined Berlin Economics as an Analyst in 2017 and coordinates the activities of the German Economic Team in Armenia.

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Tommaso Ficara

Analyst

Tommaso Ficara works as an analyst in the Energy and Climate Policy team at Berlin Economics since June 2022. 

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Astrid Döring

Accounting Specialist

Astrid Döring has been working at Berlin Economics since 2014. She has been working as an accounting specialist since 2021.

 

 

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Florian Hausner

Working student

Florian Hausner has been working as a working student in Berlin Economic´s Energy and Climate Policy team since April 2023.

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Alina Kunde

Analyst

Alina Kunde joined Berlin Economics in October 2023 and works as an analyst and project manager for the German Economic Team in Moldova.

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Anna Meißner

Project Manager

Anna Meißner has been working for Berlin Economics since 2022 and currently acts as project coordinator for the German Economic Team.

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Diana Pascaru

Project Manager

Diana Pascaru has been working at Berlin Economics as a Project Manager since 2017.

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Garry Poluschkin

Consultant

Garry Poluschkin is a Consultant at Berlin Economics and coordinates the company’s consulting activities in Ukraine. He joined the company in 2019.

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Marie-Aimée Salopiata

Consultant

Marie-Aimée Salopiata joined Berlin Economics in 2022 and works as a consultant and project manager of the German Economic Team in Kosovo. In her capacity as the project and steering manager of the German Economic Team, she is also responsible for the areas of monitoring and evaluation, reporting and external communication

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Felix Schwickert

Analyst

Felix Schwickert joined Berlin Economics in 2024 and works as an analyst and country coordinator. He coordinates the activities of the German Economic Team in Kosovo.

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Dinara Saparova

Analyst

Dinara Saparova has been working as an Analyst in Berlin Economics’ Energy and Climate Policy team since September 2022.

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Daniel Sosa Marquina

Analyst

Daniel Sosa works as an analyst in the Energy and Climate Policy team at Berlin Economics since October 2023. His regional focus is Kosovo, Armenia, and Georgia.

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Sebastian Staske

Consultant

Sebastian Staske has been working for Berlin Economics since 2020 and coordinates the activities of the German Economic Team in Georgia.

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Rouven Stubbe

Consultant

Rouven Stubbe is an energy economist and joined the Energy and Climate Policy team at Berlin Economics in 2021, becoming a consultant in January 2022.
His expertise lies in the area of techno-economic electricity and heat system modelling, integration of renewable energies, sector coupling, CO2 pricing, energy market reforms, hydrogen, as well as cross-sectoral decarbonisation strategies.

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Josefin Sünnemann

Analyst

Josefin Sünnemann joined Berlin Economics in November 2023 and works as an analyst for the German Economic Team.

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Zhongyu Tong

Working student

Zhongyu Tong has been working as a working student in public relations and social media at Berlin Economics since February 2024.

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Lucas Unterberg

Manager Communications

Lucas Unterberg has been Public Relations Manager at Berlin Economics since November 2020. Before joining BE, he worked as a student trainee at the Council of the Baltic Sea States in Stockholm.

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Leoluca Villa

Working student

Leoluca Villa has been working for Berlin Economics since September 2022 as a a working student. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Economics at the Free University of Berlin.

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Woldemar Walter

Consultant

Woldemar Walter works as a consultant at Berlin Economics. He has been coordinating the German Economic Team in Uzbekistan since 2019 and previously coordinated the German Economic Team in Moldova.

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Henriette Weser

Analyst

Henriette Weser works as an analyst in the Energy and Climate Policy team at Berlin Economics since October 2023. Her regional focus is particularly on Moldova, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

 

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