Weltweit – Gesellschaft zur Förderung lokaler Initiativen e. V. Weltweit e. V.

is co-founder of the association. Johannes obtained a Bachelor in Economics at Frankfurt University and a Master in Development Economics in Norway. During his academic career he studied and worked in Argentina, Peru, China and Uganda. After one year of work for the German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)  in Germany and Vietnam on agricultural issues he worked in the private industrial sector but eventually came back to the professional sphere of development cooperation. He is currently working at GOPA Group, the biggest consulting firm in Germany.