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Ambassador Nicole Menzenbach
Nicole Menzenbach has been German Ambassador to New Zealand since October 2022.
Curriculum vitae
1986 - 1992 Studies of Economics and Business Administration at Albertus-Magnus University, Cologne
1993 - 1995 PhD Fellow at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Technical University, Chemnitz Studies of Economics and Business Administration at Albertus-Magnus University, Cologne
1995 – 1998 Advisor to Member of Parliament, Joschka Fischer, Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn
1998 - 2005 Senior Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joschka Fischer, Cabinets Office, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berlin
2005 – 2008 Minister Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Lisbon/Portugal
2008 - 2011 Director of the German Information Center South Asia, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, New Delhi/India
2011 - 2012 Senior Advisor for International Markets at the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Berlin
2012 - 2014 Senior Advisor for Afghanistan Multilateral Affairs, Task Force Afghanistan and Pakistan, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berlin
2014 - 2017 Head of Division for Higher Education, Science and Academic Relations Policy, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berlin
2017 - 2018 Fellow at Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
2018 - 2022 Consul General of Germany to the New England States
Since October 2022 German Ambassador to New Zealand