New Counsellor for Economic Commercial Environmental Affairs at the German Embassy on Duty Welcoming the new Principal of the German School Kuala Lumpur On 1 August 2016 Mr Jens Brinckmann 50 started work as the Counsellor for Economic Commercial and Environmental Affairs at the German Embassy in Kuala Lumpur He is on secondment from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Berlin During an earlier posting at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Jakarta Indonesia as Economic Officer from 2005 2009 he already gained experiences within the South East Asian region Mr Brinckmann is accompanied by his Indonesian wife Ms Fransiska Britasari and his two children aged 15 and 3 His very first working visit in Kuala Lumpur was to the MGCC where he met with Executive Director Mr Bernbeck and General Manager Mr Brandt to learn about the MGCC and its departments functions and tasks Mr Brinckmann and the MGCC representatives expressed their intentions to continue the good and close cooperation of MGCC and the Economic Affairs Department of the German Embassy Dr Ulrich Mayer is the new Principal of the German School Kuala Lumpur DSKL since 1 August 2016 Dr Mayer is married with two adult children and a three year old grandson The 52 year old mathematician with a doctoral degree first held a teaching position as a mathematics and physics teacher in the public school system after completing his studies and teaching practice Subsequently he served as a senior consultant in a management consultancy for occupational pension schemes for several years until 2007 In the summer of 2007 Dr Mayer who through his honorary executive board office in a private primary school never really burnt the bridges to the school sector assumed the overall educational and business management of the Schloss Schule Kirchberg a private boarding high school Transferring from the Schloss Schule Kirchberg to DSKL after nine years Dr Mayer fulfilled his initial ambition of his career as a teacher to be working at a German school abroad Particularly close to his heart besides educational and business management issues of a modern school are cross cultural encounters with the host country german inStitUtiOnS 37 Mr Jens Brinckmann Counsellor for Economic Commercial and Environmental Affairs at the German Embassy in Kuala Lumpur Dr Ulrich Mayer Principal of the German School Kuala Lumpur DSKL

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