Our team
Our multi-lingual team of in-house associates and our network of dedicated experts and advisors assist our global clients to expand their bottom line, breach new markets, and mitigate risks.
Our Team
Founders
Timo Behr
Co-managing directorTimo Behr
Co-managing director
Berlin
Dr. Timo F. Behr is the Co-Founder and Co-Managing Director of Westphalia Global Advisory.
Before setting up WGA, Timo has worked across the government and research sector in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the US, most recently serving as a senior advisor at the Policy Planning Department of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) in Abu Dhabi (2013-2018). Timo has taught International Relations and European Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Bologna, and the University of Helsinki, and has held research positions at think thanks in Paris, Berlin, Helsinki, and The Hague. He has published widely on European and Middle East affairs and has served among others as member of the Steering Committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Studies Commission.
Timo holds a PhD in European and Middle East Studies from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), as well as an MA in International Relations and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS).
Languages: English, German, French, Italian
Tim Eestermans
Co-Managing DirectorTim Eestermans
Co-Managing Director
Brussels
Tim Eestermans is Co-Founder and Co-Managing Director of Westphalia Global Advisory.
Prior to setting up WGA in 2018, Tim served as Senior Counsel at the Global Government Affairs team of leading international law firm DLA Piper. In 2010, Tim moved to Abu Dhabi to join the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC) assisting in the setting up of the Policy Planning Department and serving as one of its team leaders. At MOFAIC, his main achievement was his involvement in securing visa-free access for Emirati citizens to the Schengen Area.
Tim started his career in the foreign service of the Netherlands, with postings in The Hague, Jakarta, and Madrid, where he closely experienced the 2004 bomb attacks on two commuter trains. He also served in the Policy Unit of EU High Representatives Javier Solana and Catherine Ashton, primarily dealing with Afghanistan and Pakistan from an EU foreign policy perspective.
Tim obtained an MA in Political Science from Leiden University in the Netherlands and a Diploma in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Bologna and Washington DC. He also studied in Buenos Aires and Urbino.
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