• In manager position at the, so far biggest EU military crisis management operation, EUFOR Tchad/RCA and as responsible for EU Military Staff Intelligence Production Gustav worked in support of the EU High Representative for External Relations, Permanent and Security Committee and Military Committee decision making on strategic level, mainly concerning crisis management issues.

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• Gustav confronted areas of operational planning for the set-up, reorganization and closure of field operations, analysis related to early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management, conflict resolution and post-conflict rehabilitation, lessons learned and best practices as well as operational liaison with other international organizations like United Nations, NATO, OSCE, African Union and the Arab League. When defining needs and setting requirements for intelligence and the organization of information acquisition for operations and missions Gustav worked in co-operation with the EU Satellite Center, the European Defence Agency and the European Commission's Research Institute (JRC) to develop satellite, unmanned airborne and open source intelligence.

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• Gustav has an extraordinary experience of working in a truly multinational context. He is well acquainted with crisis areas, their background and current situation and has a professional experience at a senior management and policy-making level within international organizations and national administration for two decades.