I am a bilingual (German-English) dual citizen (USA & Australia) living in Cape Town, South Africa with extensive international work, living and educational experience. My formal education is international studies and economics with a specialisation in economic development, especially in Africa. My relevant professional work experience is in international banking as well as economic research. The latter includes preparing and presenting economic specialist reports forming part of environmental impact assessments for various public and private projects in tourism, real estate and transport, as well as tailor-made reports for companies needing to identify and quantify their contributions in terms of GDP, jobs, taxes, foreign exchange, and corporate social investment spending as well as economic and technology spin-offs.