Romeo Bertolini

Romeo Bertolini is Director of Operations for the NDC Partnership Support Unit and is based in Bonn, Germany. Since 2016 he has co-led the establishment of the Support Unit. He shapes the Partnership’s programmatic and operational work in various areas, including Country Engagement, Operations and Finance and the Office of the NDC Partnership at the UN Campus in Bonn, which he heads.

In 2005, Romeo joined the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) after working for DETECON International, an ICT consulting firm owned by German Telekom. At BMZ, he ICT for the development portfolio, for the Syria and Egypt desks. From 2010 to 2014, Romeo led the cooperation division at the German Embassy in Windhoek, Namibia. After returning to Germany, Romeo joined BMZ’s Special Unit on Climate where he was responsible for mitigation topics, Climate Investment Funds, as well as climate-related communications, press and civil society relations and, following ratification of the Paris Agreement, the setup of the NDC Partnership.  

Romeo studied geography, urban planning, and geology at the Universities of Cologne, Glasgow, and Bonn. From Bonn University, he obtained a master’s degree in economic geography and a Ph.D. in geography/development economics.