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.

Senior management

Dr Stephanie Borg Psaila

Interim Director, DiploFoundation

Dr Tereza Horejsova

Project Development Director

Dr Jovan Kurbalija

[On leave of absence] Executive Director, Secretariat, UN High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

Mr Vladimir Radunović

Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy Programmes Director

Ms Hannah Slavik

Educational Programmes Director

Board members

Amb. Saviour F. Borg

Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion and Ambassador-Designate to Switzerland

Amb. Victor Camilleri

Former Permanent Ambassador of Malta to the United Nations in New York and Geneva

Prof. Dietrich Kappeler

Former Director, Diplomatic Studies Programme, Graduate Institute of International Studies Geneva

Dr Jovan Kurbalija

[On leave of absence] Executive Director, Secretariat, UN High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

Dr Isabelle Ragonesi

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Malta

Amb. Maud Vuyelwa Dlomo

Ambassador of South Africa to Madagascar

Amb. Pio Wennubst

Assistant Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Amb. Valentin Zellweger

Head of the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Senior fellows

Prof. GR Berridge

Emeritus Professor of International Politics, University of Leicester

Amb. Petru Dumitriu

United Nations Joint Inspection Unit

Mrs Liz Galvez

Former Senior British Diplomat

Mr Lee Hibbard

Administrator, Bioethics Unit, Council of Europe

Prof. Dietrich Kappeler

Former Director, Diplomatic Studies Programme, Graduate Institute of International Studies Geneva

Amb. Christopher Lamb

Former Australian Ambassador and Humanitarian Diplomacy Head, IFRC

Mr Aldo Matteucci

Former Deputy Secretary General of the European Free Trade Association

Amb. Laurence Pope

Former US Ambassador and Political Advisor to C-in-C Central Command

Amb. Kishan Rana

Professor Emeritus, former Indian Ambassador, and a joint secretary to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Amb. Alex Sceberras Trigona

Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Malta

Dr Biljana Scott

Associate of the China Centre, University of Oxford

Staff

Mr Cedric Amon

Project Assistant

Mr Robert Aquilina

Finance Manager

Mr Miodrag Badnjar

Media Developer Online Courses

Mr Patrick Borg

Master/PGD in Contemporary Diplomacy Coordinator and Head of Operations, Malta Office

Ms Jelena Dinčić

Communications Assistant

Ms Andrijana Gavrilović

Digital policy programmes assistant

Ms Stefania Grottola

Project Assistant

Dr Katharina Höne

Senior lecturer, researcher, and project manager

Ms Pavlina Ittelson

Project Officer

Ms Jelena Jakovljević

Web Manager and Designer

Mr Djordje Jančić

Head of Data Team

Mr Arvin Kamberi

Multimedia Coordinator

Mr Rade Kotur

Online Programmes Assistant

Mr Nikola Krstić

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Ms Shita Laksmi

Project Manager, Asia

Mr Marco Lotti

Project Manager

Ms Marília Maciel

Digital Policy Senior Researcher

Ms Dragana Markovski

Online Programmes Assistant

Ms Darija Medić

Web and Software Programmer, Digital Art Project Coordinator

Mr Viktor Mijatović

Publications Graphic Designer

Ms Mina Mudrić

Publications Manager

Mr Aleksandar Nedeljkov

Publications Designer

Ms Tanja Nikolić

Course Admissions Coordinator

Ms Virginia Paque

Internet Governance and E-diplomacy Programmes

Ms Nataša Perućica

Research officer

Mr Carmelo P. Romano

Clever Solutions Ltd, IT Support

Dr André Saramago

Online Learning and Research Associate

Mr Andrej Škrinjarić

Online Programmes Coordinator

Dr Vladimir Veljašević

Illustrator

Mrs Milica Virijević Konstantinović

Head of Operations, Belgrade Office and Travel and Workshop Coordinator

Lecturers

Amb. Amr Aljowaily

Ambassador of Egypt to Serbia

(Lt. Col. ret.) Dr Daniel Beaudoin

Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Tel Aviv University

Prof. GR Berridge

Emeritus Professor of International Politics, University of Leicester

Dr Stephanie Borg Psaila

Interim Director, DiploFoundation

Amb. Victor Camilleri

Former Permanent Ambassador of Malta to the United Nations in New York and Geneva

Mr Bipul Chatterjee

Executive Director, CUTS International

Amb. Petru Dumitriu

United Nations Joint Inspection Unit

Mr Alan Franklin

Lecturer, Athabasca University and Royal Roads University

Mrs Liz Galvez

Former Senior British Diplomat

Mr Tracy Hackshaw

ICT and Digital Economy Strategist; Director, Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group

Ms Dominique Hempel Rodas

Independent Senior Advisor, International Relations, Development Cooperation, and Capacity Development

Dr Katharina Höne

Senior lecturer, researcher, and project manager

Dr Tereza Horejsova

Executive Director, Diplo US

Ms Pavlina Ittelson

Project Officer

Dr Milan Jazbec

Ambassador of Slovenia to North Macedonia

Ms Carol Kiangura

Senior Program Officer, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Budget Partnership

Dr Jovan Kurbalija

[On leave of absence] Executive Director, Secretariat, UN High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

Amb. Christopher Lamb

Former Australian Ambassador and Humanitarian Diplomacy Head, IFRC

Dr Anthony Land

Capacity Development Consultant

Ms Marília Maciel

Digital Policy Senior Researcher

Ms Solange Mike

Lecturer, DiploFoundation

Ms Phoebe Farag Mikhail

Education Diplomacy Consultant, Association for Childhood Education International

Mr Jean-Michel Monod

Former Head, Regional Delegation for North Africa, International Committee of the Red Cross

Ms Virginia Paque

Internet Governance and E-diplomacy Programmes

Ms Jenny Pearson

Capacity Development Consultant

Mr Vladimir Radunović

Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy Programmes Director

Amb. Kishan Rana

Professor Emeritus, former Indian Ambassador, and a joint secretary to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Amb. Paramjit (Pummy) S. Sahai

Former Indian Ambassador/High Commissioner

Dr André Saramago

Online Learning and Research Associate

Dr Biljana Scott

Associate of the China Centre, University of Oxford

Mr Andrej Škrinjarić

Online Programmes Coordinator

Ms Hannah Slavik

Educational Programmes Director

Mr Tore Svenning

Senior Adviser at Norwegian Red Cross

Ms Sorina Teleanu

Independent consultant

Amb. Olaph Terribile

Malta's Permanent Representative to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

Ms Michaela Told

Executive Director, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute Geneva

Amb. Ibrahim Uvais

Ambassador of Maldives to Japan

Workshop speakers

Amb. Stefano Baldi

Ambassador of Italy to Bulgaria

Mr Pete Cranston

Co-director, Euforic Services

Mr Dejan Dinčić

Digital Transformation and Online Learning Specialist

Mrs Liz Galvez

Former Senior British Diplomat

Dr Tereza Horejsova

Project Development Director

Ms Mary Murphy

Communications trainer

Mr Valeriu Nicolae

Communications trainer

Amb. Kishan Rana

Professor Emeritus, former Indian Ambassador, and a joint secretary to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Amb. Alex Sceberras Trigona

Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Malta

Dr Biljana Scott

Associate of the China Centre, University of Oxford

Amb. Olaph Terribile

Malta's Permanent Representative to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

Course coordinators

Mr Patrick Borg

Master/PGD in Contemporary Diplomacy Coordinator and Head of Operations, Malta Office

Ms Priyanthi Daluwatte

Registrar, Northshore College, Sri Lanka

Ms Jelena Dinčić

Communications Assistant

Ms Dragana Markovski

Online Programmes Assistant

Ms Morgan Mead

Refugee Support Service Manager, British Red Cross

Ms Solange Mike

Lecturer, DiploFoundation

Dr André Saramago

Online Learning and Research Associate

Mr Andrej Škrinjarić

Online Programmes Coordinator