Personal
Claudia was born
in Germany and always had a passion for travelling, and
sailing.
After exploring
Europe and visiting the USA and South America she headed east and
arrived in Australia in the early 80s. “I was amazed by the
vastness of Australia and that I could drink water from a creek
while back home thousands of dead fish had been floating in the
river after a chemical spill. I returned a few times to see
different parts of the continent, but I really loved the
Territory.” Then, a few years later when Claudia met her
partner, she had to think about moving here and decided to give it
a go. For many years their home was Nhulunbuy in NE Arnhemland
where they worked and prepared their sailing yacht for journeys
taking them through the Torres Strait, down the east coast of
Australia, to Noumea, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and the
Louisiades. After spending 9 months sailing through Indonesia,
around the north of Borneo to Thailand it was time to work again
and Claudia returned to Australia in May 2009.
Professional
Claudia has many years
experience working in administration in various positions.
In Germany, she was trained in business administration and
languages and worked several years for the Government of
India’s Department of Tourism and thereafter for a Public
Relations Agency managing a Tourism Development Fund. Then in
Australia, Claudia undertook further studies in tourism and became
a certified international travel agent.
However, work life in
Australia was rather diverse and included working at a remote pearl
farm in NE Arnhemland, being a Trades Assistant on a construction
site and guiding international tour groups through Central
Australia and up the ‘track’ to Darwin. Claudia has
also worked for Indigenous owned companies as Admin/Payroll Officer
for YBE in Nhulunbuy and as Admin/Training Manager at the Nguiu
store on the Tiwi Islands. In 2008 she completed a Diploma in
Indigenous studies at Charles Darwin University.
Position
Claudia joined NAILSMA in
July 2009 to provide administrative assistance to the Carbon
Project team, the Carbon Manager, Operations Manager and other
alliance project groups, as well as providing support to the
Finance Officer.
