Klaus Oberbauer

Experience

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  Accor; Somatheeram Aryuveda Group; Others

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  Various Hospitality Roles (Food & Beverage)

  • Guest Relation Executive, Somatheeram Ayurvedic Health Resort• Assistant Restaurant Manager, Sofitel Zhengzhou• Various F&B roles in restaurants and private member clubs

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  AIESEC

  Oct 2008 - Apr 2013

  • Successfully designed and implemented a rebranding strategy for a global network with chapters in 110 countries.• Identified external Design Thinking consulting firm and coordinated cooperation to analyse brand research, develop new branding materials and internal branding education programmes.• Establishment of brand piloting community and focus groups across 7 countries.• Creation of branding education tools and methodologies and structuring of online brand education knowledge management system. Show less

  • Global Brand Coordinator

    Oct 2011 - Apr 2013

  • Director of Human Resources, AIESEC in Southern Cone

    May 2011 - Jun 2012

  • Various roles

    Oct 2008 - Jun 2011
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  JBM JustBook Mobile GmbH

  Sept 2012 - Nov 2013

  Operations Manager

  • Managing the operations team with 9 people from 5 different countries.• Structuring, improving and documenting data, content and quality management workflows.• Responsible for customer service (B2C) - dealing with customer requests and complaints.

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  AIESEC

  Oct 2013 - Jun 2015

  Expansion Country Director, AIESEC in Myanmar

  • Grew organization from a 1-person initiative to 9 employees with 3 months financial reserves.• Managed an executive team of 5 people.• Trained executive team in design thinking methodologies and led project development processes with Design Thinking methodologies.• Oversaw leadership development projects for more than 100 local and international individuals.

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  Various & self-employed

  Jun 2014 - now

  Intercultural Consultant & Coach
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  STI Myanmar University

  Aug 2014 - Apr 2016

  Guest Lecturer

  • Planned and taught university-level classes on entrepreneurship and innovation based on Design Thinking methodologies.• Achieved student satisfaction rate of 91%.

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  Impact Hub Yangon

  Jun 2015 - now

  Organizational Development Director & Co-Founder

  • Strategic planning and implementation of social innovation and research programmes, including hackathons for up to 120 participants, 5 startup incubation programmes, small and medium-sized enterprise research for the Myanmar government and seminars for up to 150 guests.• Design and implementation of personal development programmes for all members of the organization to build capacity for the delivery of innovation programmes.• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders for the acquisition of financial and human resources for the implementation of programmes.• Overseeing the implementation of programmes and research projects including team coordination, project costing, budget management, progress and results monitoring, and reporting to funding partners.• Creation of innovation tools for startups and innovators.• Raised funds from and coordinated partnerships with international development and private sector stakeholders such as GIZ, UNDP, Ooredoo, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, DFAT, WWF, Grab, Ooredoo and Swiss Church Aid. Show less

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  UNICEF

  Apr 2016 - Apr 2017

  Innovation Lead Myanmar

  • Project management and facilitation of innovation projects across UNICEF Myanmar country programmes.• Led staff training initiatives on design thinking and other innovation methodologies.• Created Design Thinking-focused teacher training project for more than 100 secondary teachers reaching over 10,000 students.• Liaised with internal and external stakeholders for the implementation of 4 non-traditional development projects.• Managed overall budget for innovation projects.

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  Confidential

  Sept 2017 - May 2019

  Operations Consultant

  • Coordinated the office setup of a large international donor organization• Successfully established legal and financial requirements for operations in 6 countries, in coordination with the regional COO• Successfully developed a range of operational policies (HR, office safety & emergency, etc.) in coordination with global departments

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  SecondMuse

  May 2019 - Jan 2023

  Program Manager, Indonesia Office

  • Overseeing the creation and expansion of an innovation program to reduce ocean waste pollution by improving waste management across Indonesia.• Fundraising and partnership development with key waste management stakeholders.• Capacity development and coaching of the project team.

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  PT Halmahera Persada Lygend (HPAL)

  Feb 2023 - now

  Sustainability Manager
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  Harita Group

  Feb 2023 - now

  Sustainability Manager

  Development and implementation of the Sustainability/ESG strategy, in coordination with the Director of Sustainability, and the Board of Directors- Leading the strategy development and implementation for Sustainability-related external stakeholders, including clients, investors, banks, international government entities, and national & international NGOs - Overseeing the identification and mapping of key sustainability trends- Overseeing the preparation of the company to report against relevant reporting standards, including IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, GRI, TCFD and Indonesian regulatory requirements - Leading the interaction with ESG rating agencies, and overseeing the collection and disclosure of ESG rating-relevant data - Leading the establishment of Sustainability-related projects with third parties, including landscape-based nature risk assessment, human rights due diligence, and multi-stakeholder initiative development- Overseeing the implementation of Sustainability/ESG-related data collection and visualization mechanisms- Overseeing the implementation of Sustainability/ESG-related competitor research and benchmarking Show less