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Sandra Retzer

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Country Director at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
📍 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sandra Retzer is the Country Director for Ghana at GIZ, the German agency for international cooperation. With over 25 years of experience in sustainable development, renewable energy, and infrastructure across 20+ countries, she has a significant background in Sino-German policy from her 15 years in China. She holds a Master of Science degree.

Outside of her official duties, Sandra is a certified Mindfulness and Mental Health Coach. She is passionate about cross-cultural exchange, shaped by her own study-abroad experience, and actively pursues learning in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She dedicates time to mentoring and coaching executives and junior managers on their career paths.

She is a certified coach who uses yoga, meditation, and breathing exercises in her practice.

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Experience
31 Years
Current Role
Country Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Sustainable Development
Her entire career at GIZ and Younicos has focused on sustainability, from renewable energy and battery storage to current projects supporting agricultural value chains in Ghana.
Cross-Cultural Exchange
Cites her own study-abroad experience in China as a pivotal career moment and recently encouraged Ghanaian students to embrace new cultural and academic horizons in Europe.
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Career

Work history

7-2026
Country Director
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
1-2021
Director (Client Liaison and Business Development Department)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
2-2019 - 1-2021
Director Development Policy Forum
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
9-2014 - 1-2019
Head of Sustainable Energy, Mobility, Urbanisation and Infrastructure
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
5-2010 - 8-2014
Managing Director Asia-Pacific
Younicos
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Education
2010 - 2014
Chair of Organisational Theory & HRM
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
1998 - 2004
Master of Science
FernUniversität in Hagen
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