Birgit Gerhardus

Head of Division
Rural Development, Land Rights and Forests of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Birgit Gerhardus is Head of Division for Rural Development, Land Rights and Forests of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). From 2009 to 2013 she worked in the Pan African Department of BMZ. Prior to that she served as Executive Director in the Board of the African Development Bank. Birgit is an agricultural economist by training.