Our Team

Vanessa Müller
Corporate Responsibility
Vanessa Müller is the deputy director of Facing Finance e.V. Furthermore, in the annual Dirty Profits Report, she identifies companies around the world that violate internationally recognised norms and standards and profit from it.

Thomas Küchenmeister
Executive Board, Public Relations
Thomas Küchenmeister is the executive director. He founded Facing Finance e.V. 10 years ago with the aim of bringing transparency to the financial world. He is also the spokesperson for the STOP KILLER ROBOTS campaign in Germany.
- Phone:(+49) 30 3266 1681
- Email:kuechenmeister@facing-finance.org

Frederike Potts
Assessment Financial Products
Frederike Potts is the deputy director of Facing Finance e.V.. Furthermore, she examines the portfolios of investment funds with regard to conflict-affected companies in the faire-fonds.info project.
- Phone:(+49) 30 3266 1680
- Email:f.potts@facing-finance.org

Kleopatra Partalidou
Assessment Lending and Investment Policies
Kleopatra Partalidou coordinates the Fair Finance Guide and analyses banks' policies on the basis of ethical, social and ecological criteria.

Luca Schiewe
Divestment Strategy Arms Exporters
As part of the ExitArms.org project, Luca Schiewe researches companies around the world that are involved in arms exports to war zones in order to enable financial institutions and investors to develop appropriate divestment strategies.
- Phone:(+49) 30 3266 1681
- Email:luca.schiewe@facing-finance.org

Emilia Tafel
Educational Work, Foundations
Emilia Tafel is committed to sustainable financial education for young people. In addition, she raises awareness among charitable foundations for more transparent and sustainable investment guidelines.
- Phone:(+49) 30 3266 1679
- Email:emilia.tafel@facing-finance.org