Bio

Employment / Work HistoryActivities
SafaTalents Kulturverein – Vienna, AT
Co-Founder 10.2019 – present
Performance Art: Moving Cont/r/acts
web@ngel against hate speech online, ZARA
Beyond Realities: Multimedia Storytelling and Process
Safa East Venture e.U. – Vienna, AT
Founder 02.2018 – present
Funding Wiener Medieninitiative, Vienna Business Agency 04.2021-10.2022
Crowdfunding Campaign: Raised money for starting a new website and platform connecting Europe and Middle East 06.2018
Coaching and Project Development

Podcast Series about women, talents and people building cultural bridges between Middle East and Europe 10.2020 – present
Start Community Radio, Women on Air / Radio Orange since 10.2020
Start Project Talent Journey in Lebanon and Oman 08.2019 – 03.2020
Created safatalents.com featuring Talent Stories and Podcasts 06.-09.2019


Traveling 2016 – present

Bildungskarenz 06.2015 – 06.2016 educational leave
Started Blog in German language 2017 – present stories of a woman traveling the Middle East
Exploring the Middle East: UAE, Oman, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Palestine
Studying Arabic language and culture for 1 year in Jordan, Oman, Lebanon
Deloitte Consulting (DC) – Vienna, AT 11.1996 – 06.2016
Partner (Geschäftsführerin) Human Capital 07.2008 – 05.2015Business responsibility Talent Management: product lines, Austrian market and consulting teams
Marketing and Sales
Leading client projects
New Business development, Innovation and change management
PR: Public speeches, articles in newspapers, magazines and books
Senior Manager Human Capital 01.2001 – 06.2008Business development: Talent Management
Manager of consultant teams
Project leader
Account leader, clients in private and public sector
Consultant/ Senior Consultant/ Team Leader Human Capital 11.1996 – 12.2000Project manager and expert for public and private sector clients
Education
University of Sheffield, UK 10.1994 – 10.1995
Master of Science Occupational Psychology

University of Vienna, AT 10.1989 – 06.1994
Master of Arts Psychology, Focus on work psychology and organizational development
Skills and Certificates
School of Embodied Arts, Certified Feminine Embodiment Coach 03.2024 – 03.2025

Förderung Wiener Medieninitiative der Austrian Business Agency 03.2020 – 09.2022
Workshops and Mentoring: Podcasting, Storytelling and Literary Journalism

Kreativitätswirtschafts-Coaching C hoch 3 der WKO 01.2021 – 06.2021

Radio Orange 94.0 06.-07.2020 Basic Course for radio-producers; training for producing radio features

Ashoka Mediterranean Visionary Program for Social Entrepreneurs in Athens, Greece 03.2019 – 11.2019

Levantine Institute (Tripoli, Lebanon), Goethe Institute and private teachers (Oman), Sprachzentrum Universität Wien (3 semesters)
Arabic Language and Culture Studies 06.2015 – 06.2016

University of Jordan, OSFRA (Muscat, Oman), Saifi Language Institute (Beyrouth, Lebanon)
Arabic Language and Culture Studies for 1-year full-time Bildungskarenz

IMD, Switzerland March 2013 Leadership and Strategy

Harvard Business School, Boston USA February 2012 Leading Professional Services Firms

NTL Institute
, Maine USA July 2009 Human Interaction Laboratory

Ashridge Business School
, UK June 2005 Finance for Managers
Languages: German (mother tongue), English (fluent), Arabic (A2 Elementary), Spanish (Basic)

University of Applied Sciences bfi, Vienna 2004/5 HR Management Program Lecturer: teacher and traininer

Articles in magazines; Publication: K.Teuchmann: Das Kompetenzmodell bei Deloitte, 2013. In: John Erpenbeck/Lutz von Rosenstiel/Sven Grote (Hrsg.) Kompetenzmodelle von Unternehmen, Schaeffer Poeschel.

Certificates: FECC Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certificate; Competency Modeling: Certificates from Lominger, MBTI, cut-e