Our Team

The core of the highly qualified staff is located at the headquarters of ADT Project Consulting GmbH in Bonn, Germany. The two managing directors, Birgit Maier-Stein and Yves Tohermes are supported by fulltime employees with a variety of fields of know-how, experience in different countries and a wide range of language skills. As a strongly motivated and engaged team, it is our duty to solve the tasks and problems assigned to us successfully and thus do justice to the responsibility given to us by our clients and project partners.

Yves Tohermes
Yves TohermesManaging Director

  • M.Sc. Agriculture
  • M.Sc. Agricultural Economics and Management
  • Consultant for Feed Value Chains
Birgit Maier-Stein
Birgit Maier-SteinManaging Director

  • Agricultural Engineer with specialisation in Agricultural Economics
  • Food/Feed Safety and Quality Management
  • Sustainable Supply Chains
Eduard Lutz
Eduard LutzAccounting and Finance

  • Economist and Financial Accountant
  • Since 1996 financial and project accountant with ADT
Dr. Conny Schäfer
Dr. Conny SchäferProject Manager

  • Agricultural Engineer with major in Livestock Production
  • PhD in Tropical Animal Breeding
  • Management Animal Traceability Solution Platform
  • Project Management Animal Identification and Traceability
  • Project Monitoring and Evaluation Expert
Aigul Lennartz
Aigul LennartzProject Assistant Manager

  • MBA in Agriculture
  • Expertise in media and communication
  • Public relation activities and event management
  • Central services at ADT’s headquarters in Bonn
  • Technical and administrative support
lyanuoluwa Anere
lyanuoluwa AnereProject Manager

  • MSc in Agricultural and Food Economics
  • BSc in Economics & Finance
  • Multiple years of experience in development research & projects
Jonas Ruwoldt
Jonas Ruwoldt Project Manager

  • Dipl. -Ing. agr. Agricultural Science
Bakdaulet Tursynbay
Bakdaulet Tursynbay

  • MSc. in Agricultural Management
Dr sc. agr Jörg Krapoth
Dr sc. agr Jörg KrapothProject Team Leader China

PhD in Animal Breeding and Animal Husbandry

Henrik Delfs
Henrik DelfsDeputy Project Team Leader China

M.Sc. in Animal production

Haoye Yang
Haoye YangProject Assistant China

BA Business Informatics

Hans Georg Hassenpflug
Hans Georg HassenpflugProject Team Leader Ukraine

  • International Long term expert, Project Manager within the bilateral cooperation project “Improvement of Education at Agricultural Colleges in Ukraine”
  • Promotion of vocational training at agricultural colleges in Ukraine
Andriy Getya
Andriy GetyaDeputy Project Team Leader Ukraine

  • National Long term expert, Deputy Project Manager
  • Promotion of vocational training at agricultural colleges in Ukraine
Kateryna Yanyk
Kateryna Yanyk Project Assistant Ukraine

  • M.Sc. in International relationships, social communication and regional geography
  • M.Sc. in Philology and translation (German and second foreign language)
  • Promotion of vocational training at agricultural colleges in Ukraine
Ekkehard Schröder
Ekkehard SchröderTeam Leader Indo German Seed Project

  • M.Sc. in Agriculture with specialisation in Agricultural Economics
  • From 2000 to end of 2022 Managing Director of ADT Project Consulting GmbH
  • Directing and backstopping of international technical assistance and training projects (i.e. BMEL, GIZ, KfW, EU, WB, USAID, FAO etc)
  • Implementation of project management approaches and tools in international development cooperation
  • Main technical experiences: Value chain development (particularly related to dairy & meat), Agricultural production systems for crop, forage and livestock, Good agricultural practices and related training and consultancy
Dr. Raghavendra Kavali
Dr. Raghavendra KavaliNational Project Coordinator
India

  • National Long term expert, Project Coordinator “Indo-German Cooperation on Seed Development”, India
  • Support the coordination and implementation of all project activities
Dr. Sowmini Sunkara
Dr. Sowmini SunkaraNational Project Coordinator
India

  • National Long term expert, Project Coordinator “Indo-German Cooperation on Seed Development”, India
  • Support the coordination and implementation of all project activities
Uwe Weddige
Uwe WeddigeProject Team Leader Kazakhstan

  • Teamleader in the bilateral project “Strengthening of dairy farming competences for the sustainable development of milk production in Kazakhstan“
Ainagul Ayaganova
Ainagul AyaganovaDeputy Project Team Leader Kazakhstan

  • Deputy Teamleader in the bilateral project “Strengthening of dairy farming competences for the sustainable development of milk production in Kazakhstan“
Darigul Temirbayeva
Darigul TemirbayevaProject Assistant / Translator Kazakhstan

  • Project Assistant and translator in the bilateral project “Strengthening of dairy farming competences for the sustainable development of milk production in Kazakhstan“
Pratyush Ranjan Singh
Pratyush Ranjan SinghDeputy Project Team Leader India

  • National Long-Term Agri-Business Expert for the “Indo-German Cooperation on Agricultural Market Development”
  • Professional working experience in the topics of rural producer collectives, agricultural marketing and business development, natural resource management, climate smart agriculture and digital agricultural systems
  • Planning and implementation of capacity building measures for national/ state level agricultural marketing institutions, Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs) and agricultural value chain systems
Gajjan Singh Verma
Gajjan Singh Verma Project Assistant India

  • Project Assistant in the bilateral project “Indo-German Cooperation Project on Agricultural Market Development in India” und “M.Sc. in Agriculture”
Oleg Osaulyuk
Oleg OsaulyukProject Team Leader Ukraine

  • Team Leader “German-Ukrainian expert dialogue on the sustainable development of the fruit and vegetable sector”
  • Agricultural Specialist
Karl Daniel Klee
Karl Daniel KleeEducation and training specialist Ukraine

  • Education and training specialist  in project “German-Ukrainian expert dialogue on the sustainable development of the fruit and vegetable sector”
  • Ph.D in Arts in Education
Anna Sakhonchyk
Anna SakhonchykExpert for agricultural advisory services Ukraine

  • Expert for agricultural advisory services
  • MBA in Agriculture Management
Albina Pryimak
Albina PryimakProject Assistant Ukraine

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