Patrick Mayrock is the former General Manager of the BRCCH and continues to support the Centre in specific projects as technical consultant. He studied political science and public administration in Amsterdam and Berlin and holds an MSc. He previously worked as managing director of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and as a scientific officer in the Vice Rectorate for Research at the University of Basel. Prior to working in university management, he gained experience in a public administration reform project in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.