Our People
This page introduces our senior staff. They are joined by a wider team of around 100 colleagues in various locations across the world.
Our Executive Team
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Executive Office Chris Coulter
Executive Director
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Executive Office Cord-Christian Drews
Deputy Executive Director & COO
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Finance Gustavo Arnaudo
Head of Finance
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Conflict Transformation Research Beatrix Austin
Head of Department Conflict Transformation Research and Interim Head of Department Peace Education
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Communications Natalie Baharav
Head of Communications
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Regional Peace Support Janel B. Galvanek
Head of Department
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Executive Office Carolin Poeschke
Chief of Staff
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Strategic Partnerships Shirin Reuvers
Head of Strategic Partnerships
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MENA Peace Support Oliver Wils
Head of Department
Our Senior Experts
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Peshtiwan Al-Dawoudi
Iraq- Country Director
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Hussein Al-Taee
Head of Regional Office, Beirut
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Yemen Unit Dalia Barsoum
Head of Unit
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Victoria Cochrane
Head of Unit
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Julian Demmer
Head of Unit
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Juan Diaz-Prinz
Senior Advisor
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Conflict Transformation Research Véronique Dudouet
Senior Advisor
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Basir Feda
Head of Unit
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Rachel Gasser
Senior Advisor
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Christian Gülisch
Head of Unit
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Europe Unit Christina Horváth-Stenner
Head of Unit Europe and Interim Head of Unit Negotiation and Mediation Support
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Narine Karapetyan
Senior Advisor
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Peace Education Anne Kruck
Head of Unit
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Monitoring and Evaluation team Maja Leo
Interim Head of MEL
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Communications Florian Lüdtke
Media and Communications Manager
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Strategic Partnerships Elisabeth Meyer
Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager
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Strategic Partnerships Nazanine Moshiri
Senior Advisor Climate & Peace
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Mir Mubashir
Senior Advisor Dialogue and Mediation Support
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Sonja Neuweiler
Senior Advisor
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Finance Ulrike Pflanz
Head of Unit
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Peace Education Nicole Rieber
Head of Unit
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Yemen Unit Joshua Rogers
Senior Advisor
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge
Senior Advisor
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Finance Malte Tepe
Head of Unit
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Conflict Transformation Research Barbara Unger
Senior Advisor
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Luxshi Vimalarajah
Senior Mediation Advisor - Track 1-1.5
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Europe Unit Oliver Wolleh
Senior Advisor
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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 Johannes Zundel
Chair
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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