Peter-Alexander Sondermann

Long-time experience in industry association management on national and European level; emphasis on environmental topics; support to industrial enterprises in the "Brussels legislative jungle"; representation of particaular interests towards policy and decision makers on European level

As a freelance consultant I assisted various shipping companies at Antwerps (Belgium) to arrange logistical and economic agreements with Baltic sea shipping industries.

As the Interim Secretary General my duty consisted in the representation of the mineral wool producers' interest to the political deciders at the e.g. German energy saving legislation and its execution and within similar areas.

As Secretary General I predominantly had to do all the Brussels lobbying work of REACH for the aerosol producers' associations of Europe (e.g. international Dangerous Goods transport legislation/ European Waste Catalogue)

As a free-lance consultant I focussed on the needs of SME and their international expansion, including overcoming their language barriers when organising foreign country industry events. Organisation of joint business fairs' events

As Secretary General to the franchisors' association I advanced the idea of franchising on the German employment market, including franchise promotion events such as fairs, conferences etc.

As secretary general of this industrial association I repreesented the interests of that group to political and consumer organisations' representatives

Industry association General Secretary as lobbying locutor to other associations' or politics' representatives