Weert Börner is the German Consul General in Lagos.

Professional Career        
1982 –   Abitur (high-school examination) in Bonn
1982 – 1984 - Federal Armed Forces, Reserve Officer, Daun and Feldafing, Germany
1984 – 1989 - Studied Geography and Law in Tübingen and Bonn, Germany
1990 – First Legal State Exam, Cologne, Germany
1990 – 1991 -Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Environmental Law, The American University, Washington D.C., USA (Fulbright Scholarship)
1993 – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Legal Department, Nairobi, Kenya
1994 – Second Legal State Exam, Hamburg, Germany
1995 – Joined the German Foreign Service
1996 – 1998 -  German Foreign Office, Bonn: Aliens Law Division
1998 – 2001 - German Embassy Pretoria, South Africa: Political Affairs and Protocol,
2000-01 -  also Head of Legal and Consular Division
2001 – 2004  - German Foreign Office, Berlin: Personnel Division
2004 – 2007 - German Embassy New Delhi, India: Political Department and Head of Protocol
2007 – 2009 - German Foreign Office, Berlin: Division for United States of America and Canada
2009 – 2011 - German Foreign Office, Berlin: Deputy Head of Division for Real Estate Management Abroad
2011 – 2013 - German Foreign Office, Berlin: Deputy Head of Division for Climate and Environmental Foreign Policy
2013 – 2016 - German Foreign Office, Berlin: Head of Division for German Personnel in International Organizations
2016 – 2019 - German Embassy Seoul, South Korea: Deputy Head of Mission and Head of Economic Section
2019- 2022 - German Embassy Hanoi, Vietnam: Deputy Head of Mission and Head of Economic Section
Since Aug. 2022 - German Consulate General Lagos, Nigeria: Consul General