Bernd Papenkort
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Regional Coordinator, Balkans
Bernd Papenkort is Regional Coordinator of
Oxford Leadership Academy™ in the Balkans.
He is a former senior military officer with a
top training background in the German General Staff and the British
Army Staff College. He held command functions within national and
multinational military formations in peace support operations with
NATO and the UN, and was later Director for Security Policy at the
German Armed Forces General Staff College.
Bernd holds a Master Degree in Business and Management from the
University of Darmstadt.
During his career he has worked at the political - military
interface in national government institutions and international
organisations. His team in NATO prepared the first phase of NATO's
Partnership for Peace activities. He was then engaged in the design
and implementation of NATO/ UN peace support operations in the
Balkans and had senior level functions as Military Advisor to the
High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and as Senior
Military Advisor to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary
General in BiH.
In the course of his career, he has gained manifold experiences
in leadership at all levels of command, including international
multidisciplinary policy design and decision making within national
parliaments and international organisations. He has an outstanding
expertise in developing aims and organisational concepts for new
and large international efforts and to ensure the alignment of
people and strategy in complex multinational operations. He is now
using this expertise to conduct high level leadership coaching and
training for key public opinion makers in politics, governments and
business.
He has worked with international institutions such as the UN,
NATO and the EU. He has been engaged, among others, by the Folke
Bernadotte Academy Sweden, the Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel,
WISCOMP Foundation for Universal Responsibility New Delhi,
Management Centre Turkey/Middle East Managment Centre Dubai and the
Oxford Leadership Academy UK. He has worked with staff from
international companies such as Nokia Siemens Network,
DaimlerChrysler, Coca Cola, Telekom, EADS, GRC Dubai UAE, and other
companies in South East Europe.
He believes that in this time of rapid transition all leaders
and organisations at various levels need
- to realize and engage in a changing world order
- to see opportunities in adversity - they must attain the
courage to lead
- to structure the required change processes in their
organisations - they must ensure alignment of people with strategy
by using appropriate tools, processes and strategies.
Bernd offers consulting, coaching and training in the areas of
Leadership, Change Managment and Strategic Synchronisation.
He is a visiting professor for security policy and practical
management issues at various universities in South East Europe. He
is married and has 2 daughters.