01/10/2011 - At the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International and Security Affairs), funded by the german federal government, he was head of administration. At the Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze (Centre for International Peace Operations), affiliated with the german federal foreign office, he served in the same function. Now Sven Oliver Arndt brings all this excellent experience to the PIK where this month he starts as – what else – head of administration.
“The PIK is an institution with rapid growth – at the same time it cannot at all fully rely on institutional funding but has to compete for third party funding,” Arndt points out. “That’s a challenge I found to be interesting.” He graduated in public management and is, he says, “an administration guy to the bones”. However, the best administration, he says, “is the administration no-one even notices”.
