Christof Sonderegger

Deputy Head of Section at SECO Economic Cooperation and Development

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

Christof is geographer by training. The topics of urban development, water, climate change and sustainable development were accompanying Christof during the last fifteen years of his career while he has managed projects on IWRM, urban water supply and sanitation, urban mobility, e-governance and urban resilience. Christof has lived and worked in South-Asia and Sub-Sahara Africa. As program manager he was in charge of SECO’s infrastructure projects in Peru, Bolivia an subsequently in Ukraine and Colombia. Christof was also engaged in advancing SECO’s economic cooperation strategy in the urban mobility and the water sector and was a member of the steering board of the Swiss Water Partnership. As Deputy Head of Section Christof leads a team of 6 Program Managers in charge for SECO's infrastructure financing projects in Western Balkans, Ukraine and Kirgistan. Specialties: infrastructure financing, water supply &sanitation services, IWRM, sustainable urban development, Urban mobility, governance, political economics, water governance, capacity development, consulting, gis, information systems, natural resources, project management, risk assessment

Experience

  • SECO Economic Cooperation and Development (9 yrs)
    • Deputy Head of Infrastructure Financing Section
      Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

      I am heading the team of 6 program managers responsible for the infrastructure financing portfolios of SECO in Western Balkans, Ukraine and Kirgistan. Key areas of intervention are in the field of sustainable urban development, urban transport, climate change, water and sanitation, energy efficiency and renewable energy.

    • Program Manager Ukraine and Colombia
      Mar 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Program Manager Peru
      Aug 2017 - Feb 2023 · 5 yrs 7 mos

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (7 yrs 7 mos)
    • Deputy Programme Director, Water Programme
      Oct 2015 - Jun 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Programme Management for the action areas Water resources management, climate change adaptation and water stewardship. Advising the Zambian Ministry for Water and the national regulator in WRM and organizational development, strategy development and capacity development.

    • Senior Advisor Water resources Management and Climate Change
      Mar 2013 - Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Manage a project with the objective to consider climate change in water resources management and monitoring. Support the ministry of water in the establishment of the water resources management authority. Initiate and manage water stewardship initiatives.

    • Advisor E-Governance
      Jul 2011 - Mar 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Leading e-governance team with aim to digitize administrative processes in municipalities and to introduce One Stop Service Centers for better service provision of the municipalities

  • International Expert at Consulting German Technical Cooperation in GIS Project for Urban Poverty Mapping
    Oct 2009 - May 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Consulting a GIS Project for Urban Poverty Mapping

  • Consultant at save the children Denmark / Sweden
    Sep 2009 - Apr 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Enhancing project cycle management including the application of GIS for monitoring and reporting

  • Consultant at SDC - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
    Jul 2010 - Sep 2010 · 3 mos

    Responsible for conducting a feasibility study to improve project and portfolio monitoring and reporting by applying GIS