Judith Weigand oversees, manages and evaluates Blue Action Fund‘s Grant Programme and directly manages a number of grants. She also serves as Deputy Chair of Blue Action Fund’s Management Board.

Judith previously worked as Director of Project Finance and Administration for WWF Germany, where she and her team were responsible for the sound financial and legal implementation of nationally and internationally conducted conservation projects. Prior to that Judith established the Grant Management Unit at the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS).

Judith received a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Management at the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) and is a Certified Foundation Manager at the German Foundations Academy (DSA). She also received a master’s degree in Sociology and Business Administration from the University of Potsdam and studied abroad at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE).