ARTICLE36 - Key Persons
Camilla Molyneux is a Researcher at Article 36, working on the Explosive Weapons Monitor, a civil society research initiative of the International Network on Explosive Weapons.
Elizabeth Minor is an Advisor for Article 36. She is currently working on the issue of autonomous weapons as well as on a project on nuclear weapons focused on the implementation of articles 6 and 7 of the TPNW. Her previous work at Article 36 includes research on lessons learned from the Safe Schools Declaration, work on the thematic areas of protecting civilians and drones, and research on underrepresentation in multilateral forums. Elizabeth is an honorary associate at the University of Liverpool through Article 36's PhD collaboration. If you want a cartoon about the alternatives to developing killer robots, she'll draw you one for free (in any language!).
Elizabeth was previously a researcher at Every Casualty and Oxford Research Group, and sat on the Board of the NGO Airwars. During a sabbatical from Article 36 she was a visiting research scholar at O.P. Jindal Global University.
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- Communications Officer at Article
Hira Aftab is the Communications Officer at Article 36. She works across the organisation to raise awareness about Article 36, its publications and its multiple areas of work.
Prior to this, Hira worked for the British Red Cross as Strategic Communications Lead for the Diaspora Humanitarian Partnership Programme. Hira has worked for various organisations in the humanitarian and international development sectors. She has a MA in International Relations from the University of Nottingham and a MSc in Humanitarianism, Conflict and Development from the University of Bath.
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- Member of the Board
- Founding Partner of Ash Park Capital
Jonathan Fell is a founding partner of Ash Park Capital, a specialist fund management company focused on investments in the global fast-moving consumer goods industry. Prior to 2013 he worked as an equity research analyst following the tobacco and beverages sectors at the investment banks Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and, most recently, Deutsche Bank.
Katherine Young is a Researcher at Article 36, working exclusively on the Explosive Weapons Monitor, a civil society research initiative of the International Network on Explosive Weapons.
She conducts research and analysis on harms from and practices of explosive weapon use in populated areas and supports the development of research methodologies and programmes, as well as communications, ahead of the official launch of the Explosive Weapons Monitor in 2022.
Katherine was previously Senior Researcher of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Monitor, a project of Control Arms. Prior to that she was the Program Manager of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, where she managed the day-to-day operations of the International Human Rights Clinic.
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- Communications Officer at Article
Kaya Nadesan is Communications Officer at Article 36, working exclusively on communications for the International Network on Explosive Weapons and the Explosive Weapons Monitor. She oversees the communications activities and outputs for our work on explosive weapons and supports key network events.
Kaya has worked in various communications and marketing roles for a wide range of charities and non-profit organisations. She studied English Literature and Film, with a focus on marginalised people groups, from the University of Reading.
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- Director at Article
- Director, Article 36
Laura Boillot is a Director at Article 36. She currently focuses on policy and practice around explosive weapons and coordinates the International Network on Explosive Weapons, as well as leading a project on universalisation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. She also provides organisational management. Laura has contributed substantially to our work and strategy on autonomous weapons, nuclear weapons and safe schools and our organisational expertise on ways of working and partnerships.
Laura previously worked as a Campaign Manager and subsequently as the Director of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC). Prior to that she worked as Program Officer on the Control Arms campaign and for the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA).
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- Consultant With the Explosive Weapons Monitor
Loren Persi Vicentic is a Data Specialist consultant with the Explosive Weapons Monitor, contributing to the collection, mapping, and analysis of relevant datasets, systems, and sources on the direct and reverberating effects of explosive weapons, particularly those relevant for the implementation and monitoring of the political declaration on explosive weapons in populated areas.
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- Coordinator
- Operations Coordinator at Article
Megan Wiseman Searle is Operations Coordinator at Article 36. She works across the organisation to ensure that all areas of Article 36 run smoothly. She focuses on maintaining and improving operational management systems, processes and best practices.
Megan has worked as a coordinator for multiple non-profit organisations and completed her MA in Conflict, Security and Development at The University of Sussex.
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- Member of the Board
- Managing Director of the Leon Group
Paddy Walker is managing director of the Leon Group, a fourth-generation Family Office. He co-chairs the London Committee of NGO Human Rights Watch and has a PhD in the field of autonomous Weapons.
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- Member of the Board
- Senior Independent Director
- Interim Chair
Richard Lloyd is interim Chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, Senior Independent Director at the Financial Conduct Authority, and a non-executive director of the Advertising Standards Authority. Richard led Which? as executive director from 2011 to 2016 and was awarded an OBE in 2019 for services to the economy and consumer rights. He was previously director of Landmine Action and has also worked as a special adviser to the Prime Minister.
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- Director at Article
- Director, Article 36
Richard Moyes is a Director at Article 36. He works across all our current focus areas (autonomous weapons, explosive weapons and protecting civilians) looking to develop policies and strategies that can generate political movement. Through to 2024, Richard also coordinated Stop Killer Robots, the international coalition working for a legal instrument to prohibit and regulate autonomous weapons. Previously, he played a key role in the development of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and of the Safe Schools Declaration. He promoted the framing of 'explosive weapons in populated areas' as a humanitarian issue formulation and 'meaningful human control' as an organising term in discussions on autonomy in weapons systems, and he co-produced our working in global coalitions resource.
Richard was previously Director of Policy at Landmine Action, and Co-Chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition. Prior to that he established and managed explosive ordnance disposal projects for the UK NGO Mines Advisory Group. He is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Exeter and serves on the UK Ministry of Defence's AI Ethics Advisory Panel.
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- Member of the Board
- Member of Article
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- Policy Advisor at Article
Simon Bagshaw is a Policy Advisor at Article 36 focusing on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas and the protection of civilians.
Simon spent the last 18 years working for the United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva and New York where he was responsible for developing OCHA and broader UN policy on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and forced displacement. From 2007-2020, he was the principal drafter of the UN Secretary-General's reports to the Security Council on the protection of civilians. He also led OCHA's work on addressing the humanitarian impact of conventional and nuclear weapons, with a particular focus on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. Before joining OCHA, Simon spent three years as a Senior Researcher for the Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. He holds a Ph.D in Law from the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). Simon is also an Affiliate Member of the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University in Montreal.
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- Military Advisor Consultant
Stephen Kilpatrick is a Military Advisor consultant working with Article 36 on explosive weapons in populated areas.
He served for a full career as an officer in the British army completing multiple tours in Northern Ireland, the Balkans, the Middle East and Africa. An infantry officer, he conducted two tours as an instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, a tour as Director of Studies at the UK Joint Command and Staff Course and an equivalent tour at the Kuwait Staff College. He also worked as an advisor in the British Embassy in Tehran and subsequently the High Commission in Islamabad. He was appointed OBE in 2001 for his command of a Battle Group on operations in Kosovo.
On the leaving the army he served for almost 8 years as an armed forces delegate at the International Committee of the Red Cross, completing tours in Myanmar and at the ICRC Headquarters in Geneva, where his primary responsibilities were the reduction of civilian harm resulting from urban warfare and from the employment of military forces on law enforcement operations. On leaving the ICRC in December 2023 he assumed a consultancy appointment with Article 36.