The Netherlands
Stefan Szepesi is director at WesselinkVanZijst, a Dutch consultancy company specialized in multiparty public policy negotiations and the method of Strategic Stakeholder Engagement (SSE). He is an IMI mediator and former diplomat for the EU and the UN. Stefan has a keen interest in domestic and international multi-party negotiations on complex policy issues, especially in the fields of climate, commerce (trade) and conflict. He is the founder of the Negotiation & Public Service expertise network and has trained civil servants, diplomats, and employees of nonprofits in the Netherlands and abroad.