Crisis & Resilience

Marina Schneider is CEO and Managing Partner of Blacksd Global, with a strong profile in international business leadership, organisational build-up, governance and social impact. She has played a significant role in building and scaling several organisations, including Deutscher Hilfsbund, German Relief Association, and Bundesverbraucherhilfe, Federal Consumer Rights Association of Germany, while also contributing to the development of national startup structures. Her experience spans executive leadership, legal and regulatory advisory, data protection, stakeholder communication, political advocacy, governance structures, sales leadership, operational coordination and the management of professional networks.

Marina has led teams, built organisational functions and carried substantial responsibility across legal, finance, operations, governance and strategic communication contexts. Her work is shaped by a distinctly international perspective, with strong networks across Europe, the United States, Asia and particularly the Middle East. As an executive leader, she supports organisations in structuring responsibility, building resilient leadership systems, managing complex stakeholder environments and translating ambitious institutional and entrepreneurial ideas into scalable, internationally connected organisations.

Daniel R. M. Kirsch is a Senior Partner with more than 20 years of leadership, sales and organisational experience in staffing, recruiting and professional services environments. He combines deep commercial management expertise with a strong advisory profile at the intersection of organisation, leadership, sales performance and culture. Over the course of his career, he has held senior leadership roles with responsibility for regional and nationwide sales organisations, teams of up to 50 people and P&L and budget responsibility of up to €35 million. His work is shaped by a strong operational mindset, international experience and a clear understanding of how strategic ambitions are translated into effective structures, leadership routines and measurable execution.

Daniel supports companies, founders and leadership teams in sharpening roles, decision paths, collaboration models, sales operating systems, leadership effectiveness and cultural alignment. His consulting approach follows a clear logic of diagnosis, structuring and implementation, combining strategic perspective with pragmatic execution, clear communication and a strong focus on sustainable organisational impact.

Shabnam Sharifolmolk Hamedani is a Senior Partner with a distinctly international profile, specialising in cross-border business development, institutional coordination and strategic market access, with a particular focus on the Middle East. Her professional background is shaped by high-responsibility work in public health administration, crisis coordination and operational planning in Frankfurt, Europe’s leading financial and institutional hub. In her role within the public health environment, she contributed to emergency planning structures and coordinated testing-related processes across more than 12 hospitals, giving her a rare understanding of institutional resilience, stakeholder alignment and execution under pressure.

As Special Representative of the Deutscher Hilfsbund, she combines international perspective, administrative discipline and strategic relationship-building to support organisations in navigating complex environments, building trusted partnerships and translating institutional ambition into structured, credible and actionable initiatives across markets.