Marcel Engel

Marcel Engel serves as the Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Netzwerk Deutschland, overseeing a network of over 1200 business signatories and representatives from various sectors since April 2016. Concurrently, Engel holds the position of Senior Advisor for Private Sector Cooperation at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, contributing to international cooperation across multiple fields. Previously, Engel acted as an Independent Business & Sustainability Consultant and spent 17 years in various leadership roles at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), focusing on social capital and sustainable development. Engel's academic background includes a Master of Science in Economic History from The London School of Economics, executive education at Harvard Business School, and credentials in public affairs and hotel management from the University of Konstanz and Les Roches, respectively.