Rainald Roesch

Lawyer, Diploma of Law (Sydney 2015), Master of Arts (Sydney 2018),

German Foreign Service from 1974 to 2009

Senior posts in the German diplomatic service

• Head of Division for Human Resources and Budget for the United Nations at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin
• Deputy Head of Division for South America at the Federal Foreign Office
• Alternate Executive Director for Germany at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London
• Ambassador in El Salvador
• Minister at the embassy in Bogota

Current activities

Research

Board member of German Australian Welfare Association (Sydney)

Languages:  English, French and Spanish

Main focus of consultancy

• Central and South America
• Australia

Publications:

• Master thesis on “The Annexation Crisis 1883-84 and its Repercussions on Australian-German Relations”
• History of the German Lutheran Congregation in Sydney

Positions and roles

• Member of the Board of the German Australian Welfare Association (Sydney)
• Member of the Board of the German Lutheran Congregation in Sydney