Folkmar W.O. Stoecker

• German Foreign Service from 1970 to 2008
• Attorney-at-Law since 2010

Senior Posts in the German diplomatic service: 

• Director North American Affairs, Federal Foreign Office 1994–1998;
• Deputy Chief of Mission, German Embassy Tokyo 1998-2002
• Consul-General, Milan 2002-2006
• Ambassador, Singapore

Current activities

• Consulting on Southeast Asian legal and business affairs

Languages:

• English
• Italian
• French
• Swedish (basics)
• Polish (basics)

Main focus of consultancy

• Europe (esp. German-Italian relations)
• Advising business investments Southeast Asia
• Advising on organizational and HR issues
• Speeches: Talks / conference moderation at conferences on investment opportunities in the South East and on inter-cultural issues

Publications

• Essays on Islam in Southeast Asia (i.a. in “Orient” , monthly of the German Orient Foundation)
• „Reflections of Foreign Ambassadors“ (in „Little Red Dot“, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore)

Positions and roles

• Member of the Board , Association for the promotion of the Jewish History Museum in Warsaw / Poland
• Member of  the Advisory Council of NUMOV (German Near and Middle East Association), Berlin
• Member of  the Advisory Council of  the association „House of the United Nations“,  Berlin
• Member of the German-Italian Center Villa Vigoni, (Menaggio, Italy)