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ALUMNA IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Finding your own niche Alumna Lana Djurkin-König is responsible for regional security and corporate business resilience at Ernst & Young GSA The specialities of the large corporation Ernst & Young – tax consultancy, auditing and management consultancy – hardly evoke any associations with crisis management. However, security issues and resilience play a major role at the company. A globally operating network such as Ernst & Young must be well advised and adequately prepared for problems such as pandemics, crime and terrorism. Associate Director Lana Djurkin-König, who completed her MBA in CSR & NGO Management at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in 2014, has been responsible for these tasks for the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) since 2017.
From NATO mission to H-BRS Born in Croatia, Djurkin-König gained special experience in crisis management even before her studies. As an international terrorism expert, she was active in NATO‘s international ISAF mission in Afghanistan. During her time in Afghanistan, Djurkin-König, who by this time had already completed both a Master‘s degree in politics and one in law, worked closely with the international NGO scene. Here she discovered that the topic of security also plays a major role outside the military. This reinforced her desire for a career change – the move from the military sector to the civilian economy. In order to prepare for this career step as thoroughly as possible, the ambitious young woman decided to complete a third Master‘s degree in the English language postgraduate course CSR & NGO Management. “Studying at Hochschule
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg has improved my knowledge in the corporate field immensely. The MBA programme enabled me to develop my leadership skills and work as a project coordinator for the ‘Teaching for Development’ project alongside my studies”, says the alumna.
