Tess is the Head of Administration at the CoE. She has around 25 years’ experience in engineering consultancy in the coordination, management and implementation of International Financial Institution (IFI) and donor-financed infrastructure development projects. While working for the international consulting division of a German multi-utility company, she was deployed to countries as diverse as Afghanistan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.  

Prior to joining the CoE, Tess worked for 7 years in business development, supporting the preparation of bids for IFI-financed projects in the Caucasus and Central Asia.  

Tess holds a bachelor’s degree in Modern Languages from Coventry Polytechnic. A native speaker of English, she also speaks fluent German, has a good command of Polish, a working knowledge of French and Russian as well as basic Italian.