CRISIS - Key Persons


Abdulaziz Sager

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Chairman and Founder of the Gulf Research Center and President of Sager Group Holding in Saudi Arabia

Abigail Kramer

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development Operations
  • Director of Development Operations / New York
As Director of Development Operations, Abbie oversees all of the operations, fundraising reporting, database management, stewardship and events for the Development Team. She joined Crisis Group in July 2018.

Ahmed Charai

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Chairman and CEO of Global Media Holding

Ahmed Nagi

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst for Yemen
  • Senior Analyst, Yemen / Istanbul
As Crisis Group's Senior Analyst for Yemen, Nagi is responsible for covering conflict dynamics, politics, security and the regional role of the country. He provides field-based insights and recommendations aimed at resolving conflict.

Ahmed Rashid

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Author and Foreign Policy Journalist, Pakistan

Alan Boswell

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, Horn of Africa
  • Project Director, Horn of Africa / Nairobi
As Crisis Group's Project Director for the Horn of Africa, Alan oversees the organisation's research on Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan and regional dynamics. He also hosts Crisis Group's fortnightly The Horn podcast since its launch in 2019.

Alan Keenan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant
  • Senior Consultant, Sri Lanka
  • Senior Consultant, Sri Lanka / London, UK
Alan Keenan is Crisis Group's Senior Consultant on Sri Lanka. Based in London, he coordinates and contributes to the organisation's research, publications and advocacy on Sri Lanka. Alan has lived and worked in Sri Lanka for extended periods since first visiting in February 2000. He has a PhD in political theory and has taught at various US colleges and universities before joining Crisis Group in 2006. Areas of Expertise Sri Lankan politics

Alessandro Accorsi

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Social Media and Conflict

Alexander Soros

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Deputy Chair of the Global Board, Open Society Foundations

Alexander Stubb

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Director of the School of Transnational Governance, Italy Former Prime Minister of Finland

Alexandra Fuenmayor Starr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Deputy Chief of Policy

Ali Vaez

Job Titles:
  • Senior Adviser to the President & Project Director, Iran

Alissa de Carbonnel

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Program Director, Europe and Central Asia

Alçay Akay

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer

Amanda Hsiao

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, China

Amanda Weingarten

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Chief of External Affairs

Amory Lumumba

Job Titles:
  • Giustra Fellow, Central Africa

Andrea Ayala

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Executive Assistant and Office Manager, Brussels

Andrew Ciacci

Job Titles:
  • Researcher, Future of Conflict

Andrew Muiruri

Job Titles:
  • Website Content Manager

Andrey Kortunov

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council

André Rangel

Job Titles:
  • Senior Communications and Advocacy Officer, Latin America and Caribbean

Angélica Ospina-Escobar

Job Titles:
  • Gender Fellow, Mexico

Anna Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Gulf States

Anneka Burgin

Job Titles:
  • Development Operations and Research Manager

Anton Brown

Job Titles:
  • IT Officer

Arrey Elvis Ntui

Job Titles:
  • Consulting Senior Analyst, Cameroon

Ashish Pradhan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Advisor to the President

Ashleigh O'Connor-Hanlon

Job Titles:
  • Senior Development Officer

Ashley Catalano

Job Titles:
  • International Compensation and Benefits Manager

Ayo Obe

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Chairman of the Board of Gorée Institute ( Senegal ) Legal Practitioner ( Nigeria )

Basharat Peer

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Program Director, Future of Conflict

Berkay Mandıracı

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Türkiye

Bert Koenders

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Bram Ebus

Job Titles:
  • Consultant

Brett Moody - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Brian Finucane

Job Titles:
  • Senior Adviser, U.S.

Bénédicte Benoit

Job Titles:
  • Director of Government & Multilateral Relations

Camilla Molyneux

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Remote Warfare

Camille Le Tallec

Job Titles:
  • Research Manager

Candida Borges

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager, West Africa

Cara Moore

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Communications Operations and Publications

Carl Bildt

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Champa Patel

Job Titles:
  • Consultant

Chris Toensing

Job Titles:
  • Senior Editor

Christopher Green

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant, Korean Peninsula

Claire Boccon-Gibod

Job Titles:
  • Data Visualisation and Publications Officer

Claudia Gazzini

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Libya

Comfort Ero - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • President

Cristal Downing

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, Gender and Conflict

Daniel Forti

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, UN Advocacy and Research

Danny Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Research Analyst

Dareen Khalifa

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Syria

Darian Swig

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Founder and President, Article 3 Advisors Co - Founder and Board Chair, Article3.Org

David Wood

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Lebanon

Deirdre A. O'Brien

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Philanthropy

Delaney Simon

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, U.S. Program

Delphine Pouillon

Job Titles:
  • International Payroll Specialist / Finance & Administration

Dina Esfandiary

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor, Middle East and North Africa

Eliott Delcroix

Job Titles:
  • Copy Editor

Elissa Jobson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Chief of Advocacy

Elizabeth Dickinson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Colombia

Emmanuel Gamard

Job Titles:
  • Online Communications Officer

Enrica Picco

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, Central Africa

Estefanie Robertson

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager, Latin America

Falko Ernst

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Mexico

Fancy Mutangili

Job Titles:
  • HR Officer and Office Manager, Nairobi

Federica Mogherini

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Floor Keuleers

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Gender and Conflict

Fola Adeola

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Founder and Chairman, FATE Foundation

Frank Giustra

Job Titles:
  • Founder of the Giustra Foundation and Acceso
  • President and CEO of the Fiore Group
Frank Giustra is President and CEO of the Fiore Group, a private firm managing a broad portfolio of private equity investments and companies, specialising in food and lifestyle, art and entertainment, and natural resources. Mr. Giustra's entrepreneurial success includes founding Lionsgate Entertainment, and since then is a major shareholder of Thunderbird Entertainment Group. Mr. Giustra is a strong believer in philanthropy, and devotes much of his time to a variety of causes both locally through The Giustra Foundation and globally with Acceso. Since 2005, Mr. Giustra has been an active Board Trustee with the International Crisis Group. Mr. Giustra sits on a variety of non-profit, private and public boards.

Geneviève Renard - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • President
  • Director of Strategic Communications

George Soros

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Founder, Open Society Foundations and Chair, Soros Fund Management

Georgi Engelbrecht

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Philippines

Ginger Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Analyst, U.S. Advocacy and Research

Gioconda Carrera Herrera

Job Titles:
  • Development Officer, Government and Multilateral Relations

Glaeldys González Calanche

Job Titles:
  • Giustra Fellow, Latin America

Grace Njuguna

Job Titles:
  • HR Generalist

Graeme Smith

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant, Afghanistan

Gérard Araud

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Hannah Watson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Philanthropy

Heiko Wimmen

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon

Helge Lund

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Hushang Ansary

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Chairman, Parman Capital Group LLC Former Iranian Ambassador to the U.S and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs

Ibraheem Bahiss

Job Titles:
  • Analyst, Afghanistan

Isabelle Arradon

Job Titles:
  • Director of Research

Ivan Briscoe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Program Director, Latin America and Caribbean

Ivan Krastev

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies ( Sofia ) Founding Board Member of European Council on Foreign Relations

Ivana Kvesic

Job Titles:
  • Director of Foundation Relations

Ivy Kwek

Job Titles:
  • Giustra Fellow, China

Jean-Hervé Jezequel

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, Sahel

Jerome Drevon

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst in Jihad and Modern Conflict

Joost Hiltermann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Program Director, Middle East and North Africa

Jorge Gutiérrez Lucena

Job Titles:
  • Video and Photography Manager

Juan Manuel Santos Calderón

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Kaitlyn Greta

Job Titles:
  • Development Coordinator

Karim Lebhour

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Communications, Media and Social Media Strategy

Kerry Propper

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Managing Partner of ATW Partners Founder and Chairman of Chardan Capital

Kevin Mazur

Job Titles:
  • Consultant, Future of Conflict

Kjell Olsson

Job Titles:
  • Publications and Brand Identity Manager

Krista van Weelden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Chief of People and Culture

Krystal Lashley-Scrivener

Job Titles:
  • Development Officer

Krzysztof Gronowski

Job Titles:
  • Senior Accountant

Kyung-wha Kang

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Lahib Higel

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Iraq

Lavinia Pletosu

Job Titles:
  • Senior Project Officer, EU Advocacy and Research

Liesl Louw-Vaudran

Job Titles:
  • Senior Adviser, African Union

Lisa Musiol

Job Titles:
  • Head of EU Affairs

Lord (Mark) Malloch-Brown

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Louise Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Philanthropy

Mahamadou Issoufou

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Mairav Zonszein

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Israel - Palestine

Margarite Clarey

Job Titles:
  • Senior Communications and Advocacy Officer in Asia

Maria Fernanda Espinosa

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
Former President of the UNGA's 73rd Session, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of National Defence, and Coordinating Minister of Natural and Cultural Heritage of Ecuador, and the chief negotiator at COP16 and COP17

Maria Livanos

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Open Society Foundations Former Secretary - General of the International Chamber of Commerce

Mariano de Alba

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advocacy Advisor

Marion Bouvier

Job Titles:
  • French Editor

Marko Prelec

Job Titles:
  • Consulting Senior Analyst, Balkans

Matthew Henry

Job Titles:
  • Development Associate

Matthew Wheeler

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, South East Asia

Maya Ungar

Job Titles:
  • UN Project Officer

Meghan O'Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Melissa Haw

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Foundation Relations

Meron Elias

Job Titles:
  • East and Southern Africa Analyst

Michael Kovrig

Job Titles:
  • Senior Adviser, Asia

Michael Wahid Hanna

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Program Director, U.S.

Michaël Béchir Ayari

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Tunisia

Michel Van Vaerenbergh

Job Titles:
  • IT Manager

Michelle Malaney

Job Titles:
  • Video and Multimedia Producer

Miranda Sunnucks

Job Titles:
  • Research Analyst

Miriam Coronel-Ferrer

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Mo Ibrahim

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation Founder, Celtel International

Mortaza Baburi

Job Titles:
  • IT Security Officer

Murithi Mutiga

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Program Director, Africa

Nadia Murad

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • President and Chairwoman of Nadia 's Initiative

Nasser al-Kidwa - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Trustee
  • Representative for Libya
  • Representative for Syria

Natalia Tuzovskaya

Job Titles:
  • Senior Communications and Advocacy Officer, Europe and Central Asia

Nathalie Delapalme

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Executive Director and Board Member of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Naysan Rafati

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Iran

Naz Modirzadeh

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Director of the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict

Nelleke van de Walle

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, Great Lakes

Nicolas Delaunay

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, East and Southern Africa

Nigar Göksel

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, Türkiye

Oleg Ignatov

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Russia

Olga Oliker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Program Director, Europe and Central Asia

Pamela Ruiz

Job Titles:
  • Analyst, Central America

Pauline Bax

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Program Director, Africa

Phil Gunson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Andes

Pierre Prakash

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Program Director, Asia

Praveen Donthi

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, India

Praveen Madhiraju - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Rafael Ch Duran

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow on the Future of Conflict

Renata Segura

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Program Director, Latin America and Caribbean

Riccardo Fabiani

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, North Africa

Richard Atwood - EVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Richard Gowan

Job Titles:
  • UN Director

Richard Horsey

Job Titles:
  • Senior Adviser, Myanmar

Richard Moncrieff

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, Great Lakes ( Interim )

Rima Khalaf-Hunaidi

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Rinaldo Depagne

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Program Director, Africa & Project Director, West Africa

Robert Blecher

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Program Director, Future of Conflict

Rose Bradbury

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Government and Multilateral Relations

Saad Mohseni

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MOBY Group

Samina Ahmed

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, South Asia and Senior Asia Adviser

Sandra Breka

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Member of the Executive Committee and Board, European Endowment for Democracy

Sarah Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, U.S. Program

Sebastian Schweiger

Job Titles:
  • Researcher, EU Advocacy

Shivshankar Menon

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Sigmar Gabriel

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Simon Schlegel

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Ukraine

Simona Arena

Job Titles:
  • Financial Controller

Stephen Hadley

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Stephen Pomper

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Chief of Policy

Susana Malcorra

Susana Malcorra was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of the Argentine Republic from December 2015 until July 2017. After stepping down, she became Minister Adviser to the President until December 2017. She has 25 years' professional experience in the private sector in IBM and Telecom Argentina, where she became CEO. She joined the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in 2004. In May 2008, the United Nations Secretary-General appointed her Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support. In April 2012, Ms. Malcorra became Chief of Staff to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Teresa Fuertes Bellosillo

Job Titles:
  • Communications and Events Officer

Thomas Kean

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant, Myanmar & Bangladesh

Ulpjana Ruka

Job Titles:
  • Stewardship and Donor Events Manager

Ulrich Eberle

Job Titles:
  • Project Director, Climate, Environment and Conflict

Veena Ali-Khan

Job Titles:
  • Researcher, Yemen

Vincent Foucher

Job Titles:
  • Consulting Senior Analyst, West Africa

William Davison

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Ethiopia

William H. McRaven

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Who Served As 9th Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command

Zaur Shiriyev

Job Titles:
  • Analyst, South Caucasus

Zeinab Badawi

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • President of the School of Oriental and African Studies ( SOAS ) University of London