H.E. lmtiaz Ahmed is the Ambassador of Bangladesh in Berlin. Prior to this assignment, he was the First Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Portugal. Before, he was A- and B-grade Ambassador to Bhutan from 2010 to 2013; B-grade Ambassador (Additional Foreign Secretary) to Sweden from 2009 to 2010 and B- and C-grade Ambassador to Nepal from 2006 to 2009. H.E. Ahmed did his Masters with Honours in Geology from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1982. He has a DESS degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the International Institute for Public Administration in Paris, France. He also obtained Diploma in French Language from the Audio Visual Center for Modern Languages (CAVILAM) in Vichy, France. During his career, he served in different capacities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as abroad like in Washington D.C., Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Rome and Cairo.

H.E. Mukta Dutta Tomar was appointed Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Germany in April 2017. Since her joining the Indian Foreign Service, H.E. Mukta D. Tomar has held several diplomatic assignments in Indian Embassies in Madrid, Kathmandu, Paris and Yangon. She has served at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in New York. She was also Deputy High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh and Consul General of India in Chicago. H.E. Tomar served in the Ministry of Indien External Affairs, New Delhi in various Divisions including the Americas Division; and headed Investment, Technology Promotion and Economic Division; Consular, Passport and Visa; and Administration. H.E. Tomar is a graduate of Kolkata University. She is married to Mr. Ashok Tomar, a career diplomat, since retired.

Der neue deutsche Botschafter in Malaysia, Nikolaus Graf Lambsdorff, geboren am 10.08.1954 in Köln, ist verheiratet und hat einen Sohn. Nach dem Wehrdienst und Studium in Hamburg zum Diplomvolkswirt und Diplompolitologen trat er 1984 in das Auswärtige Amt ein. Im Anschluss anden ersten Auslandseinsatz in Jakarta folgte eine Tätigkeit als Japanreferent. Weitere Versetzungen führten Graf Lambsdorff u.a. nach Tallinn, Washington und zu mehreren Einsätzen auf dem Balkan. Von 2007 bis 2010 war er Botschafter in Moldau. Nach vier Jahren als Generalkonsul in Hongkong, wo wirtschaftliche Themen stets ganz oben auf der Tagesordnung standen, freut er sich nun auf neue Herausforderungen als Botschafter in Malaysia. Schon während seines ersten Auslandseinsatzes in Jakarta gab es erste Kontakte zum OAV, der ihm seitdem regelmäßig in verschiedenen Funktionen begegnete. Botschafter Graf Lambsdorff freut sich nun auf die neue Zusammenarbeit mit dem OAV.