Who we are
Sujoy Chatterjee, Managing Director
Before moving into the social sector Sujoy Chatterjee has spent a decade in managing logistics for a leading Indian manufacturing company. As serial entrepreneur he has deep interest in the area of entrepreneurship and in applying technology for social innovation.
Jörn Ziegler, Managing Director
Jörn Ziegler has broad experience in the not-for-profit sector since three decades. Previous jobs include management positions with the International Society for Human Rights and World Vision Deutschland. Since 2001, Jörn Ziegler is CEO of ChildFund Deutschland e.V.
Sarah Gekeler, Senior Project Manager
Sarah Gekeler is responsible for communication and partnership development of new ideas and projects. She regularly visits SOCEO's projects in India and Africa. Since 2018, she is also a voluntary member of the board of Oikocredit Förderkreis Baden-Württemberg e.V.
Alexandra von Salmuth, Project Manager
Alexandra von Salmuth is co-responsible for communication and project management at Soceo. Her work focuses in particular on communication with external stakeholders of Soceo via social media platforms. Previously, she worked in a social media marketing agency and studied marketing and branding. As she wants to actively support nature conservation, she joined Soceo in 2022.
Rebecca Wolfer, Intern
Rebecca Wolfer is currently working as an intern at Soceo and is responsible for project development and communication. She studied journalism, religion and politics at TU Dortmund University. Previously, she worked as a freelance journalist for various print and online media as well as for associations and NGOs.
Prof. Dr. Harald Meier, Academic Advisor
Prof. Meier holds the Chair in International Management at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. For decades he is involved in research and publishing on international project management & Human Resource Management. He has special focus on consulting, training, and quality management.
Eva Kuhn, Academic Advisor
Eva Kuhn is a pro bono academic advisor for SOCEO. She currently works at the University Hospital Bonn and obtains her doctorate at Kiel University. She contributes with her expertise in health and business ethics to SOCEO‘s mission.
Lilli Vigoureux-Gunter, Advisor
Lilli Vigoureux-Gunter volunteers as an advisor. For decades she worked for one of the leading IT-companies, in national and international positions. Due to this background she believes that technology can play an important role in shaping sustainability.
What drives us
Society
Poverty is a moral problem for the free, democratic society apart from its social, cultural or humanitarian manifestations. The freedom of pursuing individual welfare and the responsibility of ensuring a common minimum opportunity for all members to do so, capture the quintessential structural duality of free societies.
Equity
Since decades, development agencies have been trying to address the issue of poverty and inequality. Strategies have been put in to practice to make things easier or cheaper for the poor but rarely equal. Programs have been implemented to build capacity among poor but efforts to develop capability and self-efficacy have been largely omitted.
Opportunity
An opportunity for a sustainable livelihood for all to preserve the dignity of life is the basic premise of a free society. We cannot easily change or undo the existing distribution of resources. However, what we can definitely achieve is to offer all members of the society the capability and the freedom to access available opportunities for individual welfare.
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