About Mariella
As a self-employed person, I contribute with my know-how to ensure that SMEs in Europe operate sustainably. In doing so, I focus on authenticity, trust and transparency. Our cooperation is the focus for me: a strong exchange is needed; I want to stay close to and with the client, for the successful realisation of goals in terms of sustainability!
My consulting concept shall not only be successful, but also true to the vision and meaningful - sustainability shall be lived!
Uniquely different
I am a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional. I am therefore well prepared for the EU reporting standards! As a member of various international communities, I am well connected in Europe and South America!
As a lawyer, I have many years of professional experience in international cooperation and intercultural legal advice for companies; since 2020, I have focused on sustainability in private sector organisations.
In 2021, I completed the Leading Sustainable Corporations Programme at Saïd Business School (University of Oxford); in 2022, I achieved the certification as a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional from the Global Reporting Initiative.
I am an open-minded, internationally versed person with interdisciplinary skills, which I like to apply in intercultural contexts.
Career path
My career path is atypical and therefore different. During my studies, I was drawn towards interdisciplinary interfaces and repeatedly abroad. My path so far in four steps:
Studies, training and further education
1995 – 2005
Austria, Spain, Mexico, Belgium, Poland, Germany
2000
Master of Laws, KFUni Graz, Univ. de València
2001
2000
Court internship, Graz-Umgebung
Internship Foreign Trade Office Mexico City
2002
2004
Administrative Internship, European Comission Brussels
Postgraduale European Studies, College of Europe Natolin
2005
2005
Doctor of Laws, KFUni Graz
Research Assistant EU-TACIS Projects
Hanns Seidel Foundation
2006 – 2018
Brussels, Munich, Buenos Aires, La Paz
2006 –2009
Programme Manager, EU Development Policy and Cooperation, Liaison Office Brussels
2010 – 2012
Project Manager and Country Representative in Bolivia
2010 – 2018
Project Manager and Country Representative in Argentina
ELZEN Abogados S.A. - ECIJA Argentina
Legal advisory firm/law firm
Partner at Elzen A., Head of the European Desk
2019 – 2021
Buenos Aires
Representative for the German Professional Services Alliance
mjf sustainability consulting
2021 to date
Vienna, Austria, Europe
2021
2022
2022
2022
Business licence for management consulting
2022
Self-employed sustainability consultant and entrepreneur