Our People
Our team brings together people of diverse backgrounds and expertise. Learn more about us below.
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Teresa Isabel Andion-Wessel
Project Officer
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Bakhtiyar Aslanov
Project Manager
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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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Ethiopia Unit Tim Bunke
Senior Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Victoria Cochrane
Head of Unit
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Ethiopia Unit Jose Pascal da Rocha
Senior Advisor and Trainer on Dialogue and Mediation
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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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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Basir Feda
Head of Unit
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Regional Peace Support Adeela Firdous
Research Fellow
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Regional Peace Support Janel B. Galvanek
Head of Department
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Hans-Joachim Giessmann
Director Emeritus
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Pascal Grimm
Project Manager
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Regional Peace Support Christina Horváth-Stenner
Head of Unit Europe
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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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Regional Peace Support Mariia Levchenko
Project Manager
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Ethiopia Unit Feben Makonnen
Project Officer
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Ethiopia Unit Linda Maurer
Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Mir Mubashir
Advisor, Dialogue and Mediation Support
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Ethiopia Unit Paola Ottomano
Project Manager
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Thailand team Norbert Ropers
Senior Advisor
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Johanna Sassenrath
Project Officer
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Regional Peace Support Christine Seifert
Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Arrliya Sugal
Project Manager
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Miriam Trefzer
Project Manager
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Ethiopia Unit Maria Paula Unigarro Alba
Project Officer
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Ethiopia Unit Suzanne van Hooff
Senior Project Manager
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Regional Peace Support Oliver Wolleh
Senior Advisor
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