Wolf Kirsten
is Founder and President of International
Health Consulting based in Berlin,Germany (www.wolfkirsten.com).
His company mission is to help international
corporations, organizations and governments
improve the quality of life of their
respective population through innovative,
culturally appropriate, and cost-effective
health promotion programs.
Mr. Kirsten has published and edited
extensively on the global aspects of health
promotion and his column “Global Update”
appears regularly in the Institute for
Health and Productivity Management Journal.
He has assisted numerous international
corporations with the implementation and
coordination of their health promotion
programs. His consulting portfolio extends
from China to North America to the Middle
East, advising companies such as Nokia,
Johnson & Johnson, Cisco, and Saudi Aramco.
He also is a consultant to the Ministry of
Health of the Kingdom of Bahrain for which
he has crafted a national health promotion
strategy. Mr. Kirsten teaches post graduate
courses in health promotion at the Freie
Universidad in Berlin and the Hochschule
Magdeburg and is a sought after speaker and
trainer.
Prior to founding International Health
Consulting, Mr. Kirsten was managing
director of the International Institute for
Health Promotion at American University in
Washington,
DC for 8 years. There he built up a global
network of over 200 health promotion
professionals from various disciplines
-medicine, psychology, sociology, physical
education, public health/nursing and human
resources. He remains actively involved with
the IIHP and coordinated global strategy
meetings at the University of Heidelberg in
Germany in 2007 and at American University
in Washington, DC in 2008.
Mr. Kirsten received his Master of Science
in Health Promotion Management and graduated
Magna Cum Laude
from American University in Washington, DC.
He is a German native and lived many years
abroad (United States, England, and China).ä
Website:
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