Our People
Our team brings together people of diverse backgrounds and expertise. Learn more about us below.
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Saad Abou Chahine
Project Manager
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Executive Office Pablo Agüera Reneses
Project Manager
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Finance Hilal Akrami
Finance Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Nazih Al Chami
Project Officer
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Peace Education Musa Al Munaizel
Senior Associate
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Yemen Unit Samah Altaher
Project Officer
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Ali Anan
Senior Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Teresa Isabel Andion-Wessel
Project Officer
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Finance Gustavo Arnaudo
Head of Finance
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Bakhtiyar Aslanov
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Matthias Auer
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Beatrix Austin
Head of Department
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Lara Azzam
Senior Project Manager
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Communications Natalie Baharav
Head of Communications
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Yemen Unit Dalia Barsoum
Head of Unit
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Strategic Partnerships Fidel Bartholdy
Strategic Partnerships Manager Research & Education
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Rasmus Bellmer
Project Manager
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Finance Uta Bieber
Finance Manager
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Peace Education Cora Bieß
Project Manager
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Finance Samia Binte Alamgir
Finance Manager
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Yemen Unit Ronja Birk
Project Officer
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Ethiopia Unit Tom Breese
Project Officer
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Theresa Breitmaier
Senior Project Manager
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Monitoring and Evaluation team Kathrin Buddendieck
Advisor
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Ethiopia Unit Tim Bunke
Senior Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Victoria Cochrane
Head of Unit
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Monitoring and Evaluation team David Connolly
Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Unit
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Executive Office Chris Coulter
Executive Director
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Claudia Cruz Almeida
Project Manager
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Communications Ben Currey
Media and Communications Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Rebecca Davis
Associate Researcher
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Jan Deeg
Project Manager
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Ethiopia Unit Julian Demmer
Head of Unit
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Ethiopia Unit Kasahun Dender
Senior Programme Coordinator
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Nura Detweiler
Project Manager
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Anna Dick
Project Officer
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Conflict Transformation Research Véronique Dudouet
Senior Advisor
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Monitoring and Evaluation team Frederike Engeland Minegishi
Advisor
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Robert Farajalla
Project Coordinator
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Basir Feda
Head of Unit
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Communications Nadine Francis-Pohle
Communications Manager
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Human Resources Janina Gäde
HR Generalist
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Regional Peace Support Janel B. Galvanek
Head of Department
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Armani Gambaryan
Project Manager
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Rachel Gasser
Senior Advisor
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Strategic Partnerships Amelie Gätjen
Strategic Partnerships Manager
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Hans-Joachim Giessmann
Director Emeritus
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Conflict Transformation Research Michaela Glaser
Senior Researcher and Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Karin Göldner-Ebenthal
Researcher
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Pascal Grimm
Project Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Christian Gülisch
Head of Unit
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Ethiopia Unit Lea Haddad
Project Officer
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Conflict Transformation Research Charlotte Hamm
Researcher and Project Manager
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Strategic Partnerships Heidi Hermisson
Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Antje Herrberg
Associate Researcher
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Regional Peace Support Christina Horváth-Stenner
Head of Unit Europe
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Conflict Transformation Research Johanna-Maria Hülzer
Project Manager
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Yemen Unit Calum Humphreys
Project Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Heidi Huuhtanen
Senior Advisor
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Peace Education Uli Jäger
Senior Associate
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Yemen Unit Katharina Jautz
Project Manager
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Peace Education Miriam Kaiser
Project Officer
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Communications Katie Kamins
Social Media Coordinator
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Narine Karapetyan
Senior Advisor
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Feras Kheirallah
Senior Programme Manager, former Representative Beirut Office (on sabbatical)
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Regional Peace Support Izzat Khushbakov
Senior Project Manager
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Ethiopia Unit Mary Kidane
Project Officer
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Finance Anne Kierkegaard
Finance Manager
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Yemen Unit Isabel Kleitsch
Senior Project Manager
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Peace Education Anne Kruck
Head of Unit
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Patricia Kruse
Project Officer
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Accounting Helis Lauri
Accountant
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Human Resources Nino Lawrinenko
HR Generalist
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Monitoring and Evaluation team Maja Leo
Advisor
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Regional Peace Support Mariia Levchenko
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Johanna Lober
Senior Project Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Nike Löble
Project Manager
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Communications Florian Lüdtke
Media and Communications Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Stina Lundström
Associate Researcher
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Hassan Mais
Project Consultant
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Ethiopia Unit Feben Makonnen
Project Officer
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Antonia März
Project Officer
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Ethiopia Unit Linda Maurer
Project Manager
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Strategic Partnerships Elisabeth Meyer
Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager
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IT and Facility Management Lisa Mohn
Office Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Mohammed Moneim
Project Assistant
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Mir Mubashir
Advisor, Dialogue and Mediation Support
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Finance Dennis Mugambi Kiogora
Finance Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Sonja Neuweiler
Senior Advisor
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Peace Education Ann Njeri Rajkowski
Office Manager
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Peace Education Dagmar Nolden
Senior Project Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Rabih Omar
Senior Project Manager
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Ethiopia Unit Paola Ottomano
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Evelyn Pauls
Associate Researcher
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Finance Ulrike Pflanz
Head of Unit
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Strategic Partnerships Melanie Plöger
Senior Project Manager
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Executive Office Carolin Poeschke
Chief of Staff
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Yemen Unit Kenza Rady
Project Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Alexander Reiffenstuel
Project Officer
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Conflict Transformation Research Clarisse Renoux
Intern
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Strategic Partnerships Shirin Reuvers
Head of Strategic Partnerships
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Peace Education Nicole Rieber
Head of Unit
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Yemen Unit Joshua Rogers
Head of Unit
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Communications Annett Rößling
Communications Manager
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Johanna Sassenrath
Project Officer
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Monitoring and Evaluation team Andreas Schädel
Advisor
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Peace Education Tessa Schindler
Project Officer
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Carla Schraml
Advisor Mediation & Negotiation Support
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Regional Peace Support Christine Seifert
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Samuel Sontag
Global Public Service Fellow
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Conflict Transformation Research Nina Strumpf
Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Arrliya Sugal
Project Manager
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Finance Malte Tepe
Head of Unit
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Miriam Trefzer
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Barbara Unger
Senior Advisor
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Ethiopia Unit Maria Paula Unigarro Alba
Project Manager
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Finance Khaled Urfa
Finance Manager
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Ethiopia Unit Suzanne van Hooff
Senior Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Victor Vigil
Project Officer
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Communications Dhari Vij
Conference Manager
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Luxshi Vimalarajah
Senior Mediation Advisor - Track 1-1.5
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Finance Luiza Weinrich
Finance Manager
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Human Resources Alex Weitz
Head of HR
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MENA Peace Support Oliver Wils
Head of Department
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Executive Office Rebecca Winter
Executive Assistant
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Monitoring and Evaluation team Line Winterhoff
Advisor
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Peace Education Jasmin Wölbl
Project Officer
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Regional Peace Support Oliver Wolleh
Senior Advisor
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Talal Zeidan
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Natascha Zupan
Head of the Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation
Our Board of Trustees
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Board of Trustees Diana Chigas
Advisor to the Board
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Board of Trustees Nickolay E. Mladenov
Member
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Board of Trustees Kjell-Åke Nordquist
Advisor to the Board
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Board of Trustees Neha Sanghrajka
Member
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Board of Trustees Dieter Senghaas
Honorary Member
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Board of Trustees Christian Sundermann
Member
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Board of Trustees Mathias Terheggen
Member
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Board of Trustees Johannes Zundel
Chair