Dr. Rainald Steck

German Foreign Service from 1972 to 2010

Senior posts in the German diplomatic service

• Head of the Protocol Department of the Federal Foreign Office (2006-2010)
• Roving Ambassador in the ministry’s Department for the United Nations (2003-2004)
• Ambassador in Lomé, Togo (1992-1996),in Dakar, Senegal (1999-2003) and in Kabul, Afghanistan (2004-2006)

Current activities

• Lecturing activities

Languages: English, French, Italian

Main focus of consultancy

• Africa
• Afghanistan
• Protocol, organization of events, training of protocol officers
• Training of public executive staff abroad
• Speeches and lectures

Projects

• “Western Indian Ocean – Diplomatic Training Initiative” in fall 2015, a two-week training seminar for top-level executives in key ministries in Madagascar (together with Catoir and Weber)
• Protocol training for the staff of various ministries and organizations
• Masters course at University of Tübingen on “Doing Business in Africa” (together with others)

Positions and roles

Member of the Advisory Board of NUMOV /German Near and Middle East Association