People
Diplo’s staff and associates are a dynamic and diverse team of people operating from three offices (Geneva, Belgrade, and Malta) and from many other locations worldwide. Our senior management team members have extensive project management experience and expertise in their respective fields. Diplo’s board includes representatives of our founding governments and partner institutions. Our senior fellows support our activities with their years of high-level experience in government and academia. Diplo’s staff consists of topic experts, academics, learning specialists, and programmers. Our faculty includes diplomats, academics, and policy experts who provide capacity development and training in their respective areas of expertise. Diplo’s course coordinators are trained and certified by Diplo to provide effective moderation for online learning.
Coordination team
Andrej Skrinjaric
Educational Programmes Director
Jovan Kurbalija
Executive Director
Katharina Höne
Director of Research
Patrick Borg
Director of Operations and Finance
Stephanie Borg Psaila
Director of Digital Policy
Tereza Horejsova
Projects and Partnerships Director
Vladimir Radunovic
Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy Programmes Director
Board members
Amb. Albert Friggieri
Ambassador of Malta to Switzerland
Amb. Jürg Lauber
Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations in Geneva
Isabelle Ragonesi
Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Malta
Maud Vuyelwa Dlomo
Deputy Director-General, Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa
Victor Camilleri
Former Permanent Ambassador of Malta to the United Nations in New York and Geneva
Senior fellows
Aldo Matteucci
Former Deputy Secretary General of the European Free Trade Association
Alex Sceberras Trigona
Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Malta
Biljana Scott
Associate of the China Centre, University of Oxford
Christopher Lamb
Former Australian Ambassador and Humanitarian Diplomacy Head, IFRC
Dietrich Kappeler
Former Director, Diplomatic Studies Programme, Graduate Institute of International Studies Geneva
Geoff Berridge
Emeritus Professor of International Politics, University of Leicester
Kishan Rana
Professor Emeritus, former Indian Ambassador, and a joint secretary to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Lee Hibbard
Administrator, Bioethics Unit, Council of Europe
Liz Galvez
Former Senior British Diplomat
Ljupčo Jivan Gjorgjinski
Senior Advisor for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia
Milan Jazbec
Ambassador
Petru Dumitriu
Senior Diplo Fellow
Yolanda Kemp Spies
Director of the Diplomatic Studies Programme at Oxford University
Staff
Aleksandar Nedeljkov
Publications Designer
Andre Saramago
Online Learning and Research Assistant
Andrej Skrinjaric
Educational Programmes Director
Andrijana Gavrilovic
Digital Policy Researcher
Arvin Kamberi
Multimedia Coordinator
Cecile Desjours
Administrative and Event Coordinator
Darija Medic
Web and Software Programmer, Digital Art Project Coordinator
Dejan Dincic
Digital Transformation and Online Learning Specialist
Djordje Jancic
Internet Marketing Specialist
Dragana Markovski
Online Programmes Assistant
Dylan Farrell
Communications Officer
Hannah Bird
Research Fellow
Jelena Jakovljevic
Web Manager and Designer
Jovan Kurbalija
Executive Director
Jovan Njegic
Head of Data and AI Team
Jovana Martić
Researcher
Katarina Andjelkovic
Researcher
Katharina Höne
Director of Research
Marco Lotti
Project Manager
Marília Maciel
Digital Policy Senior Researcher
Milica Virijevic Konstantinovic
Head of Operations, Belgrade Office and Travel and Workshop Coordinator
Mina Mudric
Publications Manager
Miodrag Badnjar
Media Developer Online Courses
Natasa Perucica
Researcher
Patrick Borg
Director of Operations and Finance
Pavlina Ittelson
Senior Programme Officer
Rade Kotur
Online Programmes Assistant
Robert Aquilina
Finance Manager
Stephanie Borg Psaila
Director of Digital Policy
Tanja Nikolic
Course Admissions Coordinator
Tereza Horejsova
Projects and Partnerships Director
Viktor Mijatovic
Publications Graphic Designer
Virginia Paque
Internet Governance and E-diplomacy Programmes
Vladimir Radunovic
Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy Programmes Director
Vladimir Veljasevic
Illustrator
Lecturers
Aapo Cederberg
Associate Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Alan Franklin
Lecturer, Athabasca University and Royal Roads University
Amr Aljowaily
Ambassador of Egypt to Serbia
Andre Saramago
Online Learning and Research Assistant
Andrej Skrinjaric
Educational Programmes Director
Anthony Land
Capacity Development Consultant
Arvin Kamberi
Multimedia Coordinator
Asoke Mukerji
Former Indian Ambassador
Avri Doria
Director at ICANN
Biljana Scott
Associate of the China Centre, University of Oxford
Bipul Chatterjee
Executive Director, CUTS International
Carol Kiangura
Senior Program Officer, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Budget Partnership
Christopher Lamb
Former Australian Ambassador and Humanitarian Diplomacy Head, IFRC
Daniel Beaudoin
Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Tel Aviv University
Dejan Dincic
Digital Transformation and Online Learning Specialist
Dominique Hempel Rodas
Independent Senior Advisor in International Relations, Development Cooperation, and Capacity Development
Grace Mutung'u
Research Fellow, Centre for IP and IT Law (CIPIT), Strathmore University, Nairobi
Ian Peter
Internet Expert and Historian
Ibrahim Uvais
Ambassador of Maldives to Japan
Jean-Michel Monod
Former Head, Regional Delegation for North Africa, International Committee of the Red Cross
Jenny Pearson
Capacity Development Consultant
Jovan Kurbalija
Executive Director
Katharina Höne
Director of Research
Kishan Rana
Professor Emeritus, former Indian Ambassador, and a joint secretary to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Liz Galvez
Former Senior British Diplomat
Ljupčo Jivan Gjorgjinski
Senior Advisor for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia
Marga Gual Soler
Senior Science Diplomacy Advisor, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator
Marília Maciel
Digital Policy Senior Researcher
Martin Rauchbauer
Consul of Austria in San Francisco and Co-Director at Open Austria
Mary Murphy
Communications Trainer
Massimiliano Fusari
Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster
Maxime Stauffer
Science-Policy Officer, Geneva Science-Policy Interface
Melissa Hathaway
President, Hathaway Global Strategies and Lecturer, Introduction to Digital Policy and Diplomacy, New York
Michaela Told
Executive Director, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute Geneva
Nicolas Seidler
Executive Director, Geneva Science-Policy Interface
Olaph Terribile
Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Republic of Malta
Pavlina Ittelson
Senior Programme Officer
Petru Dumitriu
Senior Diplo Fellow
Phoebe Farag Mikhail
Education Diplomacy Consultant, Association for Childhood Education International
Quan Zhao
Trade Policy Advisor, Office of the Chief Economist, International Trade Center
Rashid S. Kaukab
Executive Director, CUTS International Geneva
Sorina Teleanu
Independent consultant
Stefanie Frey
Managing Director at Deutor Cyber Security Solutions Switzerland GmbH
Stephanie Borg Psaila
Director of Digital Policy
Tatiana Tropina
Assistant Professor in cybersecurity governance, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University
Tereza Horejsova
Projects and Partnerships Director
Tore Svenning
Former Secretary of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Tracy Hackshaw
ICT and Digital Economy Strategist; Director, Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group
Valeriu Nicolae
Communications Trainer
Virginia Paque
Internet Governance and E-diplomacy Programmes
Vladimir Radunovic
Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy Programmes Director
Yasmin Ismail
Research Fellow at CUTS International Geneva
Yolanda Kemp Spies
Director of the Diplomatic Studies Programme at Oxford University
Course coordinators
Andre Saramago
Online Learning and Research Assistant
Dragana Markovski
Online Programmes Assistant
Katarina Andjelkovic
Researcher
Marco Lotti
Project Manager
Morgan Mead
Refugee Support Service Manager, British Red Cross
Priyanthi Daluwatte
Registrar, Northshore College, Sri Lanka
Rade Kotur
Online Programmes Assistant