Mirco holds Masters Degrees in Biological Sciences of the University of Cambridge (UK) and in Environmental Economics of Imperial College London. Before joining hbs in July 2015 as the new Director of hbs’ Myanmar Office, he had been working for more than 15 years in international cooperation for the German Government and the World Bank. Inter alia, he was Head of Cooperation at the German Embassies in Kabul (2004-07) and Bamako (2012-13) and EITI Task Manager for the World Bank in Latin America (Lima, 2010-11). He has profound expertise in environmental and natural resource issues and in fragile and transformation contexts.