Sonja Ruetzel

Background

About Sonja Ruetzel

Passionate event manager in the international development sector with extensive experience creating impactful capacity-building programs, leading global teams, and cultivating strategic partnerships. Expert in managing complex projects from concept through execution, with a hands-on approach to delivering on time, budget, brand, and mission. Currently focusing on effectively applying digital technology and data for development and humanitarian programs tackling global health, climate-smart agriculture, disaster relief and resilience, education and digital literacy, financial inclusion, and digital diversity. Addressing critical themes including data privacy, user-centered design, and digital capacity building. Working in the event sector for nearly two decades has given me sound knowledge of researching, developing, and executing profitable and impactful large-scale conferences, virtual events, workshops, peer-learning discussions, webinars, podcasts, reports, and whitepapers from topic generation to successful completion in a wide range of industries.