Dr Peter Rehwinkel

Peter Rehwinkel is a former Member of Parliament, Senator and Mayor in The Netherlands and now runs a global crisis management consultancy. Rehwinkel has headed several national and international delegations on disaster response and recovery and was involved with the World Bank, UN-agencies like UNOCHA, UNISDR, UNDP and UN-Habitat, USAID, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the European Commission. The Worldwide Association of Cities and Municipalities, United Cities Local Governments (UCLG), asked Peter Rehwinkel to lead an international delegation to survey help after the flow of displaced Syrians in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.

Peter Rehwinkel recently started International Disaster and Crisis Management. IDCM has its base in Barcelona, the international hub of disaster and crisis management. Barcelona hosts the United Nations City Resilience Programme. Peter Rehwinkel targets both governments and companies with training and lectures like: Crisis? What Not To Do! Businesses, in his view, should be able to deal with a take over bid, a strike or a cyber attack.