Wolf Kirsten

Wolf Kirsten is Founder and President of International Health Consulting based in Berlin, Germany (www.wolfkirsten.com). His company mission is to help international corporations, organizations and governments improve the quality of life of their respective population through innovative, culturally appropriate, and cost-effective health promotion programs.

 

Mr. Kirsten has published and edited extensively on the global aspects of health promotion and his column “Global Update” appears regularly in the Institute for Health and Productivity Management Journal. He has assisted numerous international corporations with the implementation and coordination of their health promotion programs. His consulting portfolio extends from China to North America to the Middle East, advising companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Cisco, Nokia, and Credit Suisse. He also is a consultant to the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Bahrain for which he has crafted a national health promotion strategy. Mr. Kirsten teaches post graduate courses in health promotion at the Freie Universität in Berlin and the Hochschule Magdeburg and is a sought after speaker and trainer.

 

Prior to founding International Health Consulting, Mr. Kirsten was managing director of the International Institute for Health Promotion at American University in Washington, DC for 8 years. There he built up a global network of over 200 health promotion professionals from various disciplines - medicine, psychology, sociology, physical education, public health/nursing and human resources. He remains actively involved with the IIHP and coordinated global strategy meetings at the University of Heidelberg in Germany in 2007 and at American University in Washington, DC in 2008.

 

Mr. Kirsten received his Master of Science in Health Promotion Management and graduated Magna Cum Laude from American University in Washington, DC. He is a German native and lived many years abroad (United States, England, and China).

 

Website: www.wolfkirsten.com