Team & Board
Office Staff
Ischtar Khalaf-Newsome
Co-CEO & Head of Advisory Services
Family Lawyer (England & Wales), Mediator
Magdalena Jańczuk
Co-CEO
Administration and Social Sciences (M.A.), Mediator
Elina Lauterbach
Advisory Service (Helpline) Adviser & Project Assistant
Kerstin Depenbrock
Assistant to the CEOs, Financial & Administration Manager, EU Project Assistant
Dr. Blanka Illés
Marketing Executive, Project Officer
Lawyer (Hungary), Mediator
Board of Directors
The constitution of the Board reflects the principle of biprofessionality promoted by the MiKK e.V. model of cross-border family mediation.
Chair
In Memoriam: Isabel Fernández de Castillejo y Peetsch
Lawyer, Cooperative Practioner, Guardian ad Litem, Mediator, Translator
fernandez@transandlaw.com
www.transandlaw.com
Vice Chair
Olav Sydow
Lawyer, Licensed Mediator BM ®
sydow@streitschlichter-berlin.de
www.streitschlichter-berlin.de
Deputy Chair
Gert Nilsson Eldrimner
Mediator, Facilitator, Lecturer, Attorney-at-law
gert.nilsson@eldrimner.se
eldrimner.se
Timm Uekermann
Graduate Pedagogue, Mediation Trainer PLIB-REGC, Mediator BAFM®, Systemic Coach DGB, State Recognized Interpreter, Authorized Translator of Documents (OLG Schleswig)
t.uekermann@googlemail.com
Isabel Pape
Judge at the Berlin Landgericht
info@mikk-ev.org
Swetlana von Bismarck
(BAFM appointed)
Lawyer, Guardian ad Litem, Mediator (BAFM)
Christian Hartwig
(BM appointed)
Mediator BM®, Mediation Trainer BM®, Transformative Mediator™ (ISCT)
christian.hartwig@bmev.de
transformativemediation.de
Founder and Patron of MiKK
Christoph C. Paul
Lawyer and Notary (rtd), Mediator (BAFM)
cornelius.paul@yahoo.de
www.paul-partner.eu
As founder and sponsor of MiKK for many years Christoph C. Paul was appointed as its inaugural patron. Christoph C. Paul was awarded the Cross of Merit on the Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany for his voluntary commitment to the implementation of mediation in international conflicts involving children.