Advisory Board
The Advisory Board advises the members of the Steering Committee and the Platform's Executive Coordinator in the substantive programming of the Platform. It is composed of members from a representative group of International Geneva stakeholders, with an active interest and role in peacebuilding.
The Board represents academia, UN organizations, international NGOs, civil society and diplomatic and donor representatives:
- Andrea Aeby, Counselor, Peace & Security, Section Global Affairs, Permanent Mission of Switzerland
- Anna Alvazzi del Frate, Director of Programmes, Small Arms Survey
- Salman Bal, Senior Political Coordination Advisor, Political Affairs and Partnerships Section, Office of the Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)
- Sebastian Brack, Senior Political Officer, Kofi Annan Foundation (KAF)
- Renata Dwan, Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
- Samuel Emonet, Director of Operations, Justice Rapid Response (JRR)
- Catriona Gourlay, Executive Director, PeaceNexus Foundation
- Rainer Gude, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Initiatives of Change Switzerland
- Louis Hoffmann, Head, Transition and Recovery Division, Department of Operations and Emergencies, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- David Jensen, Head of Environmental Peacebuilding Programme and MAPX, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Donato Kiniger-Passigli, Coordinator, Fragile States and Disaster Response, International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Masayo Kondo Rossier, Readiness and Training Section, Emergency Response Support Branch, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- Sacha Meuter, Head of Policy and Research, Fondation Hirondelle
- Sarah Noble, Director of External Relations, The New Humanitarian
- Anna Leissing, Head of Policy & Platform, Project Director of Center for Peacebuilding (KOFF), Swisspeace
- Katia Papagianni, Director, Policy and Mediation Support, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
- Pascal Rapillard, Head of the Division External Relations and Policy, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD
- Madeleine Rees, Secretary General, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
- Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
- Amjad Saleem, Manager, Protection, Inclusion and Engagement, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
- Sara Sekkenes, Conflict Prevention and Recovery Advisor – Partnerships, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Hugo Slim, Head of Policy and Humanitarian Diplomacy, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman, ICT4Peace Foundation
- Jos Verbeek, Special Representative to the UN and WTO, World Bank Office Geneva
- Friedhelm Weinberg, Director, Huridocs
