Thomas Henschel is founder and owner of the Mediation Academy Berlin (MAB) and the SIGNET Association for Advanced Thinking for Cooperation. With more than 20 years of experience as a manager, mediator, trainer and coach he is a highly demanded consultant for senior management and complex strategic challenges both by corporations and government organizations.

His message and philosophy is that people confronted with conflictuous and challenging situations carry all necessary personal resources for positive and value- adding solutions. Co-operation is the key to create value by following a systemic thinking-pattern and a structured communication process.

Some of his career cornerstones are 10 years Senior Manager at the Bertelsmann Foundation with international responsibilities as the head of the global network for Tolerance, Human Rights and Democracy. Later he was the founder of the European School of Governance at the University of Erfurt. Furthermore, he is consultant and trainer for Siemens, Puma and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in the field of negotiation, mediation and leadership. As an expert for conflict resolution he is frequently asked by the German government and international organizations such as the OIE, FAO and other UN organizations to facilitate international multi-stake-holder negotiations and change processes.

Current FUBiS courses:

• International Peace Mediation and International Negotiations (FUBiS Term II 2024)