The people behind Peng! are hard working and highly professional. The inner core is small, but there are more than 100 people in the extended network, having all kinds of backgrounds: science, media, politics, art, craft, public service. We also hire external specialists to work with on specific campaigns.
Heinrich is a former spy who joined us through the Intelexit program. He is believed to be the brains behind many of the current surveillance technologies being used to monitor the activities of intelligence agencies in several repressive regimes. Not one for appearing in public, or answering questions directly, Heinrich keeps a low profile, and commutes into Berlin daily from a gherkin farm in Brandenburg.
Constanze talks like a leader, walks like a leader, smells like a leader but never has a plan. A trained physicist with a PhD on the history of Russian/US-American spy industry of aeronautics and aerospace programs, Constanze decided to pursue her true passion and become a florist and Peng member after a false diagnosis of cancer. Constanze can dance the cha cha cha with a natural grace at the oddest moments.
Anja works for a major international publishing house that should not be named here. She is quick in thought, elegant in gestures, romantic in morals and deep in eye-to-eye looks. Instead of finishing her business degree at the University of Alabama Business School, she chose to invest her time into repeated public humiliation of the local Ku Klux Klan. When they finally dissolved, she migrated to Europe and landed up in Berlin heading up the Peng! Division on bureacracy. She is also an excellent cook of Mongolian cuisine.
Claire is the virtual member of the Collective, only known through several false names and avatars. She is a security expert and has access to a number of classified databases which have provided crucial information for the most delicate Peng! actions. During collective chat-meetings, she usually plays online versions of Go, an old Chinese strategy board game. According to what we know, she has two dogs, a cat and a koala bear.