Staff Update

IGCC welcomes our new Deputy Director General & Head of DEinternational Services

Ute Brockmann, Deputy Director General & Head of DEinternational Services, IGCC from January 2023. She successfully completed her Studies of Law after clearing State Examination in Law, Germany (1998 – 2003). Thereafter, she pursued Legal Traineeship amongst others German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin; German Embassy, Canberra; State Chancellery & Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania till 2005.

In 2005 she completed the State Examination in Law (from Graduation to Fully Qualified German Lawyer).

From 2005 to 2009, she worked as a Consultant CEO for the Department and Industry, Technology & Environment Department, Schwerin Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Germany. Within this tenure, she was on Assignment to the EU Representation of the Northern German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, Brussels in 2008.

After that, she moved out into the wider chamber world.

Ms. Brockmann headed the Legal & Investment Advisory Department (prior: Deputy Head) in the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul from 2009 – 2012.

From 2012 to 2016, she served as Deputy Managing Director, Head of Administration and Head of EU Projects at the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Morocco. Simultaneously, she was the Coordinator of EuroCham Morocco in Casablanca.

In 2017, Ms. Brockmann became the Deputy Managing Director, Head of the Vocational Education and Training Dept., and Head of Corporate Services in the German-Indonesian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Jakarta & worked till 2021.

In 2022 she became the Director of European Policy, EU Foreign Trade Promotion, EU Financing Instruments Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, and EU Representation, in Brussels.

In connection with languages, Ute Brockmann is fluent in German, English and French.

She can be contacted at ute.brockmann@indo-german.com

Name: Ferdinand Schlechta

Position: Manager – Market Intelligence

Location: Pune

Personal Details & Profile 

Hometown

Berlin

Qualifications 

B.A. Political Science, M.A. Modern South Asian Studies

Interests & Hobbies

Cycling, Reading, Cooking

At the IGCC

Term 

2 years

Department 

Delegations Department

Field of Interest 

Economic and political relations between India and Germany

Email ID 

ferdinand.schlechta@indo-german.com

 

Name: Rakulan Selvaratnam              

Position:  Manager - Vocational Education and Training

Location: Pune

Personal Details & Profile 

Hometown

Gummersbach

Qualifications 

B.Sc. Logistic

Interests & Hobbies

Carnatic Music, Mridangam, Philosophies, Psychologies, Tracking, Yoga

At the IGCC

Term 

Two Years

Department 

DUALpro

Field of Interest 

Dual Vocational Education, Agile Project Management, Human Resources Development, Pedagogy, Organisational Learning

Email ID 

Rakulan.Selvaratnam@indo-german.com