Susanne Weber-Mosdorf

Susanne Weber-Mosdorf is a German national and studied Economics, Legal Sciences and Politics, as well as Administrative and Management Sciences, specializing in Public Law and Financial Sciences at the University of Konstanz. This was followed by work experience at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and advanced studies in Management Sciences at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris, before commencing a career in the higher German civil service. Her professional appointments include several positions in industry as well as regional and federal government where she held - among other responsibilities - portfolios ranging from Environment and Transport to Finances, Social Affairs and Culture. Weber-Mosdorf served four years as Mayor of Kirchheim in Southern Germany and a further four years as Permanent Secretary of State at the Ministry of Family Affairs, Women, Further Education and Art in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. After several years of senior-level experience in the private finance sector and before joining WHO, she was Director-General of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security in Berlin. Her remit in this appointment covered a variety of international themes, including health and social policy in international organizations, analyses of international health and social security systems, international trade policy and WTO-related matters, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance as well as international legal affairs. It was during this time that Susanne Weber-Mosdorf was also the Head of the German delegation at the World Health Assembly and the WHO Regional Committee for Europe. She assumed her role as Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization in January 2006. In 2011 she returnd to Germany where she is teaching at the University of Potsdam and where she is engaged in voluntary work in Culture and Art as well as in social projects.