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Choose between four fields of knowledge: I want to grow as an entrepreneur

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We all experienced the huge potential of the Climate-KIC during the Journey or the PiP. The CKAA mentoring programme puts this potential to good use. We envision a programme that encourages and supports the development of transferable and professional skills within the CKAA. Get to know all our mentors in the following pages.

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Name: Martina Prox (1) Place of residence: Hamburg

Occupation: Entrepreneur and Marketing and Sales Executive Role Model: Nelson Mandela

Field of specialism: Mentor relationships, IT and Sustainability Software, International Capacity Building Transferable skills: Entrepreneurship and Business development. HR & IT Consulting, Leadership

Name: Jelmer de Winter (2) Place of residence: Amsterdam

Occupation: Master student Role Model: Nelson Mandela

Field of specialism: Sustainable Energy Engineering, Carbon Capture and Climate Issues, Innovation Transferable skills: Understanding of the bigger picture of energy supply. International experience

Name: Tatiana Garcia (3) Place of residence: Valencia

Occupation: PhD student Role Model: My father

Field of specialism: Construction and Civil Engineering Transferable skills: Knowledge on structures and construction, environmental issues related

Name: Olivier Membrive (4) Place of residence: Paris

Occupation: PhD Student Role Model: -

Field of specialism: Climate Sciences, Physics and GHG Remote Sensing Transferable skills: Knowledge of GHG, Physics, Meteorology, Ocean Circulation, Atmosphere, Sensing

Name: Francisca Molina (5) Place of residence: Valencia

Occupation: PhD Candidate Role Model: Kent Robinson

Field of specialism: Architectural and building sciences and Architectural design and materials Transferable skills: Research methodology and project management

Name: Kevin Ramirez (6) Place of residence: Paris

Occupation: Consultant Role Model: Richard Feynman

Field of specialism: Eco-innovation, CO2 management and sustainability reporting Transferable skills: Project management and communication

Name: Joost Meijer (7) Place of residence: Utrecht

Occupation: Civil servant Role Model: Dag Hammarskjld

Field of specialism: Project management, policy and governance in renewable energy Transferable skills: Critical analysis, presentations and policy making

Name: Karim Douch (8) Place of residence: Paris

Occupation: PhD Candidate Role Model: -

Field of specialism: Scientific research and electrical engineering Transferable skills: Scientific communication

Name: Sebastian Dehling (9) Place of residence: Berlin

Occupation: Graduate, about to get a new job. Role Model: Elon Musk and kindergarden kids

Field of specialism: Entrepreneurship and project management Transferable skills: Business model design, business development and strategy

Name: Bastian Manz (10) Place of residence: London

Occupation: PhD researcher Role Model: -

Field of specialism: Climate-related sciences Transferable skills: Hydrology, and among else, geostatistics, GIS and remote sensing

Name: Diana Ssser (11) Place of residence: Hamburg

Occupation: PhD Researcher Role Model: David McTaggart and Mahatma Gandhi

Field of specialism: Climate-related sciences, project management, volunteering work and NGOs Transferable skills: (among else) Knowledge related to climate change and issues on being a researcher

Name: Antoine Ebel (12) Place of residence: Paris

Occupation: Intern at the French ministry Role Model: I dont have one (yet) !

Field of specialism: Project management, volunteering work and NGOs, work in international organizations Transferable skills: Writing a compelling climate story, voicing the interests and concerns of our generation

Name: Tom Bijkerk (13) Place of residence: Brussels

Occupation: European Affairs (Lobbying towards EU) Role Model: Richard Branson

Field of specialism: Project management, work in international organizations, water management Transferable skills: Communication, presentation, understanding the EU processes, lobbying the EU

Name: Darcy Dwyer (14) Place of residence: The Hague

Occupation: Master student Role Model: Denise McKahn

Field of specialism: Work in international organizations, entrepreneurship and energy in the Middle East Transferable skills: Decision-making, networking and cross-cultural learning

Name: Ignacio Vicente Chanz (15) Occupation: European project manager Place of residence: Valencia Role Model: International project managers Field of specialism: Project management, work in international organizations, entrepreneurship Transferable skills: International business, business development plan, project feasibility

Name: Marvin Kant (16) Place of residence: Berlin

Occupation: Student Role Model: Anonymous

Field of specialism: Project Management and volunteering work and NGOs Transferable skills: Project/time management, technology/project/idea assessment

Name: Anouk Vlug (17) Place of residence: Ede-Netherlands

Occupation: Student Role Model: I have more role models that are a role model for an specific area.

Field of specialism: Climate science Transferable skills: Earth, Artic and climate science related skills

Name: Sajendra Man Bajracharya (18) Place of residence: Wageningen

Occupation: Student Role Model: Steve Jobs

Field of specialism: Integrated Climate System Sciences Transferable skills: How to do team work with culturally diverse team

Name: Estefania Tapias (19) Place of residence: Zurich

Occupation: PhD Student and research assistant Role Model: -

Field of specialism: Achitecture, sustainable urban design and planning Transferable skills: Scientific research, tools for urban analysis and simulaion, project management, teaching

Name: Chris Monaghan (20) Place of residence: Amsterdam

Occupation: Chief of Operations Role Model: Elon Musk

Field of specialism: Environmental Policy Transferable skills: Running a business, leadership building, financing, product development

Name: Anniek Elemans (21) Place of residence: Wageningen

Occupation: Student Role Model: Coaches of journey

Field of specialism: Climate related sciences and project management Transferable skills: Environmental analysis (LCA) and Environmental and agricultural systems

Name: Prageeth Jayathissa (PJ) (22) Place of residence: Zurich

Occupation: Master student Role Model: Elon Musk

Field of specialism: Mechanical/Energy Engineering Transferable skills: Electrical/Chemical/Nanotech Engineering, Business Management, IT

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The rating in the table below is a self-assessment provided by the mentors:

For more information, feel free to contact us at: mentoring@ckaa.eu