Wolfgang Gressmann, Head of Operations

IASCI’s Head of Operations, Mr. Wolfgang Gressmann joined IASCI in January 2006 and adds substantial operational knowledge to the organization. In 2005 he assumed responsibility as Head of Mission of the German Government’s Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) to Sri Lanka.

Between 2004 and 2005 he coordinated the Regional Information Exchange Programme of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. Prior to this engagement he was the Regional Director for South Eastern Europe of the German NGO Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB). In this function, he was in charge for the development and implementation of one of the largest reconstruction and refugee return programs carried out by an NGO for the European Commission.

Earlier, he worked in the field of emergency relief and as journalist, among other countries in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Georgia, Pakistan, India, Guatemala, Morocco and Egypt.

Mr. Gressmann holds a graduate degree in Sociology from the University of Hamburg, Germany.