Nora Herzog

The German Indian Startup Exchange Program (GINSEP) is an initiative by the German Startups Association (GSA) supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). GINSEP seeks to promote the German-Indian economic relations in the field of startups as an impartial first point of contact and neutral facilitator of business contacts and opportunities between both countries.

Assisting in planning and execution of events, exhibitions, travels and conferences for Startups. Events included among others the Growth Company Forum(http://growthcompanyforum.de), Startup Camp Berlin (https://scb17.de), the IFA Startup Days 2017, and various Delegation Trips to San Francisco, New York, Tel Aviv and India. In the role of GINSEP Project Lead (German Indian Startup Exchange Program): building a long-term sustainable bridge between the German and Indian Startup ecosystems (http://ginsep.co).

Team assistant in the events team for Bosch and Siemens at the IFA, a large electronics fair in Berlin.

Underwater Photography. Sales and Production of photographs.

Diving instructor and Personal assistant to the Management at Princess Divers in Thailand. Organisation of local beach and dive site clean-ups. Retail management, dive site set-up and management, preparing briefings, customer relations, sales, risk and health and safety management.

- On and off-site participation in a variety of high profile projects and management conferences - Duties included preparing briefings, managing budgets, planning/writing the storybook for the event, preparing detailed assessments of venues and suppliers, brainstorming creative concepts and ideas, and evaluating event feedback - Designed and wrote a newsletter to be sent out twice a year to all hostesses who work at Credit Suisse events

- Project Management internship at a successful Berlin based Destination Management Company - Duties included checking and updating offers, negotiating deals with Hotels and preparing contracts - Dealt directly with clients, and organized and coordinated site visits for existing and prospective clients - Took responsibility for a number of client-facing projects/tasks. Updated and maintained databases

I worked as a Logistics Coordinator during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Duties included dealing with the clients of a large corporate sponsor of the Olympic Games. This involved arranging accreditation for employees, dealing with management at both the central London location and several Olympic venues and responding to issues relating to ticketing, travel (flights, trains, etc.) and the various welcome events.

As an Intern my core responsibilities included monitoring press coverage, compiling monthly Media Round up, receiving and dealing with press enquiries. I also created a database with medical experts for journalists to browse through when looking for a comment on a health story for the Olympics. Interviewed, filmed and interacted with senior members of medical staff and edited their videos.

I played an active role in the management of a 'summer only', city based events centre. This was also Berlin's largest outdoor arena for viewing matches from the football world cup (12,000m ). Furthermore, I was responsible for print, online, and TV clippings. I created a database of potential clients and an extensive marketing presentation, which was then used by management to actively prospect clients.