Rainer Kolshorn CV

Name:    Rainer Kolshorn
Electronic Business Card    http://www.cefe.net/people/kolshorn/
Website    http://www.cefe.net/
Date of Birth:    31st of January 1942
Profession:    Owner/Manager CEFE-International
Years with the Firm:    52 Months
Nationality:    German
Country Experiences:    Short-, Mid- and Long-Term Missions in
Argentina, Bhutan, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, China, Dominican Republic, East Timor, El Salvador, Finland, Fiji, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lao PDR, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
Key Qualifications:    Founder of the CEFE Training Concept; new business creation programmes; business expansion programmes; small enterprise development; informal sector promotion; training specialist (business creation and expansion), project designs and appraisals in small enterprise development, local economic development, rural development, reconstruction programmes

Education:
University of Münster
Date    1996
Diplom Kaufmann (MBA)
German    Mother tongue
English        Excellent (speaking)    Excellent (reading)    Excellent (writing)
French        Good (speaking)    Good (reading)    Good (writing)
Spanish        Good (speaking)    Very Good (reading)    Good (writing)
Portuguese    Fair (speaking)    Fair (reading)    Fair (writing)

Experience Record:
Since 08/2003

• CEFE International Owner/Manager
• Adviser of the Government of Chile (Reform of the Chilean Training and Education  System for MSMEs)
• Member of the Steering Committee of Donor Agencies for Small Enterprise Development

01/1995 – 07/2003 GTZ Programme Director CEFE International

• Implementation of CEFE-activities in more than 130 countries
• Programming, monitoring and appraising of more than 150 long-term projects on CEFE-activities
• Supervising a pool of 2500 trainers and experts and a network of 1500 institutions
• Research & Development.

10/1991 - 12/1994 GTZ Head of section

• Small enterprise development
• Programming, monitoring and appraising of 70 projects worldwide with 60 experts abroad and 7 professional staff members, in Asia projects in Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Nepal, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka,  Lao PDR, Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore
• Management of the section
• Deputy department head 404

10/1989 - 09/1991 GTZ Senior Programme Officer Small Enterprise Development

• Small and medium industries development
• Programming, monitoring and appraising of 70 projects worldwide with 60 experts abroad and 7 professional staff members

01/1986 - 09/1989 GTZ Project Officer in charge of programming, appraising and supervising projects (inter alia) in

Small and Medium Industries Promotion
Kenya
• Kenya Industrial Estates, Nairobi, Informal Sector Programme
• Kenya Institute of Management, Nairobi, Small Enterprise Unit
Uruguay
• Fundasol, Montevideo: Apoyo al la Microempresa
    Nepal
• Small Business Promotion Project, Kathmandu
• Bhaktapur Development Project
Philippines
• Partnership Project chamber of commerce and Industry, Kassel
• Cebu/Cagayan de Oro; Chamber of Crafts
Malawi
• Rural Growth Centre Project, Lilongwe, Economic Promotion Unit
Brazil
• Belo Horizonte, Employment and Income Generation Unit
    Worldwide
• CEFE-International, Eschborn, Pilot Programme on Small Business Creation
  

5/1983- 12/1985 GTZ Kathmandu, Nepal Teamleader
Small Business Promotion Project
(National Project on Small Enterprise Creation and Expansion with activities  in training of (potential) entrepreneurs, counselling services and credit)

10/1979- 04/1983 GTZ Kathmandu, Nepal
Small Business Advisor
Bhaktapur Development Project, Economic Promotion Unit
(In charge of Business Creation Programme, Export Promotion, Skill Training)

07/1976- 09/1979 Frankfurt, Germany
Rainer Kolshorn Associates Freelance Consultant
Selected Sample of Activities:

• Feasibility Study Zelezarna Jesenice, Yugoslawvia (Team Leader for World Bank)
• Market Research on Office Equipment and Computers (Advisor for International Data Corporation Deutschland)
• German Post Ministry; Feasibility Study Telecommunication in the 90's (Advisor for Metra Divo, Arthur D. Little
• Feasibility Study on Telecommunication 2000 for German Post Ministry (Team Leader for Roland Berger, Munich)
• National Productivity Council, New Delhi, India (Marketing Trainer for GTZ)
• Bhaktapur Dev. Project, Nepal (Management Advisor Women's Tayloring Coop. for GTZ)

07/1974- 06/1976 Frankfurt, Germany
Metra Divo Head Department (ppa)
Vice Director and Manager Corporate Sector World

• Electronics
• Computer and Information Industry
• Machinery
• Heavy Metal and Semi-finished goods

07/1971- 06/1974 Frankfurt, Germany
Divo Inmar GmbH    Senior Consultant

• Electronics
• Computer and Information Industry
• Machinery
• Heavy Metal and Semi-finished goods

09/1969- 06/1971 Frankfurt, Germany
Divo Inmar GmbH    Consultant

• Electronics
• Computer and Information Industry