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People

Diplo’s staff and associates are a dynamic and diverse team of people operating from four offices (Malta, Geneva, Belgrade, and Washington, D.C.) and from many other locations worldwide.

Our coordination team have extensive project management experience and expertise in their respective fields.

Our board include 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

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Andrej Škrinjarić

Director of Education & Training, Diplo
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Jovan Kurbalija

Executive Director, Diplo
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Patrick Borg

Director of Operations & Finance, Diplo
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Stephanie Borg Psaila

Director of Digital Policy, Diplo
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Vladimir Radunović

Director of Cybersecurity & E-diplomacy, Diplo

Board members

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Amb. Albert Friggieri

Ambassador of Malta to Switzerland
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Amb. Jürg Lauber

Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations in Geneva
Isabelle Ragonesi

Isabelle Ragonesi

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Malta
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Maud Vuyelwa Dlomo

Deputy Director-General, Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa
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Victor Camilleri

Former Permanent Representative of Malta to the UN

Senior fellows

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Aldo Matteucci

Former Deputy Secretary General of the European Free Trade Association
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Alex Sceberras Trigona

Permanent Representative of Malta to the World Trade Organization
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Anne-Rachel Inné

Director of the ITU Regional Office for Africa
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Asoke Mukerji

Former Indian Ambassador to the United Nations, New York
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Biljana Scott

Associate of the China Centre, University of Oxford
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Christopher Lamb

Former Australian Ambassador and Humanitarian Diplomacy Head, IFRC
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Dejan Dinčić

Digital Transformation & Online Learning Specialist
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Dietrich Kappeler

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

Emeritus Professor of International Politics, University of Leicester
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Kishan S Rana

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

Administrator, Bioethics Unit, Council of Europe
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Liz Galvez

Former Senior British Diplomat
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Ljupčo Jivan Gjorgjinski

Senior Fellow for Science and Technology Diplomacy, Diplo
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Markus Kummer

Senior Advisor of Diplo and GIP
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Martin Rauchbauer

Former Austrian Tech Ambassador in Silicon Valley; Founder & Co-Director, Tech Diplomacy Network
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Amb. Milan Jazbec

Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, and professor of diplomacy
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Moctar Yedaly

Former Minister of Digital Transformation and Innovation, Government of Mauritania
Petru Dumitriu

Petru Dumitriu

Senior Diplo Fellow | Former ambassador of the Council of Europe and Inspector of the United Nations System
Richard Werly

Richard Werly

Columnist, Swiss Media 'Blick'
Yolanda Spies

Yolanda Kemp Spies

Director of the Diplomatic Studies Programme at Oxford University

Staff

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Aleksandar Nedeljkov

Publications Designer
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Aleksandar Stanković

Chief Information Officer, Diplo
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Anastasiya Kazakova

Cyber Diplomacy Knowledge Fellow, Diplo
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André Saramago

Online Learning & Research Assistant
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Andrej Škrinjarić

Director of Education & Training, Diplo
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Andrijana Gavrilović

Editor - Digital Watch; Head of Diplomatic & Policy Reporting, Diplo
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Anja Đajić

Researcher - AI & Data Lab, Diplo
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Arvin Kamberi

Head of Online Meetings, Diplo
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Bojana Kovač

Researcher, Diplo
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Boris Begović

Researcher, Diplo
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Cécile Desjours

Administrative & Event Coordinator, Diplo
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Dragana Markovski

Deputy Director of Education & Training, Diplo
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Dylan Farrell

Communications Officer, Diplo
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Jovan Kurbalija

Executive Director, Diplo
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Jovan Njegić

Head of AI & Data Lab, Diplo
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Jovana Martić

Researcher, Diplo
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Katarina Bojović

Head of Knowledge Ecology, Diplo
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Marília Maciel

Head of Digital Commerce & Internet Policy, Diplo
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Marko Marković

Cyber Diplomacy Knowledge Fellow, Diplo
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Milica Virijević Konstantinović

Head of Operations - Belgrade Office & Creative Lab, Diplo
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Miloš Vujić

Developer of Web & AI Applications, Diplo
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Mina Mudrić

Publications Manager, Diplo
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Miodrag Badnjar

Multimedia Developer
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Miša Stanković

Front-end Web Developer, Diplo
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Mwende Njiraini

African initiative coordinator, Diplo
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Nikola Darinković

Developer of Web & AI Applications, Diplo
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Patrick Borg

Director of Operations & Finance, Diplo
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Pavlina Ittelson

Executive Director, Diplo US
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Petar Milić

Researcher - AI & Data Lab, Diplo
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Rade Kotur

Online Education Programmes Coordinator, Diplo
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Robert Aquilina

Finance Manager
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Slavica Karajičić

Research Analyst, Diplo
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Sorina Teleanu

Director of Knowledge, Diplo
Srdjan Ivkovic

Srđan Ivković

Motion Designer, Diplo
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Stefan Lazić

Multimedia & Communications Coordinator, Diplo
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Stephanie Borg Psaila

Director of Digital Policy, Diplo
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Su Sonia Herring

Digital Media & Communications Editor, Diplo
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Tanja Nikolić

Course Admissions Coordinator, Diplo
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Teodora Marković

Education Programmes Assistant, Diplo
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Viktor Mijatović

Publications Graphic Designer, Diplo
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Virginia (Ginger) Paque

Senior Policy Editor, Diplo
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Vladimir Radunović

Director of Cybersecurity & E-diplomacy, Diplo
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Yung-Hsuan Wu

Researcher, DiploFoundation

Lecturers

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Aapo Cederberg

Associate Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Aishatu Gwadabe

Aishatu Gwadabe

Peace Technologist and AI Ethicist
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Alan Franklin

Lecturer, Athabasca University and Royal University of Law and Economics
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Amr Aljowaily

Strategic Advisor to the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission
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Anastasiya Kazakova

Cyber Diplomacy Knowledge Fellow, Diplo
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André Saramago

Online Learning & Research Assistant
Andrei Mikheyev

Andrei Mikheyev

Internet Projects Manager at Yandex
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Andrej Škrinjarić

Director of Education & Training, Diplo
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Anne-Rachel Inné

Director of the ITU Regional Office for Africa
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Anthony Land

Capacity Development Consultant
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Arvin Kamberi

Head of Online Meetings, Diplo
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Asoke Mukerji

Former Indian Ambassador to the United Nations, New York
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Avri Doria

Director at ICANN
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Bhaskar Balakrishnan

Former Indian Ambassador
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Biljana Scott

Associate of the China Centre, University of Oxford
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Bipul Chatterjee

Executive Director, CUTS International
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Carol Kiangura

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

Former Australian Ambassador and Humanitarian Diplomacy Head, IFRC
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Daniel Beaudoin

Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Tel Aviv University
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Dejan Dinčić

Digital Transformation & Online Learning Specialist
Dominique Hempel Rodas

Dominique Hempel Rodas

Independent Senior Advisor in International Relations, Development Cooperation, and Capacity Development
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Eduardo Magrani

Doctor of Laws (Ph.D)
Eric Loeb

Eric H. Loeb

Executive Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Salesforce
Eugenio Vargas Garcia

Eugenio Vargas Garcia

Tech Diplomat; Deputy Consul General of Brazil, San Francisco
Hamish Low

Hamish Low

Assistant Lecturer
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Ibrahim Uvais

Ambassador of Maldives to Japan
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Javier Ruiz Diaz

Senior Advisor on Digital Rights at Consumers International
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Jean-Michel Monod

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

Capacity Development Consultant
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Jovan Kurbalija

Executive Director, Diplo
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Katarina Bojović

Head of Knowledge Ecology, Diplo
Katherine Getao

Katherine Getao

Cyber Hygiene, Cyber Diplomacy, and ICT Strategy and Governance Consultant
Kholofelo Kugler

Kholofelo Kugler

PhD Fellow, project Trade Law 4.0, University of Lucerne
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Kishan S Rana

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

Administrator, Bioethics Unit, Council of Europe
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Liz Galvez

Former Senior British Diplomat
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Ljupčo Jivan Gjorgjinski

Senior Fellow for Science and Technology Diplomacy, Diplo
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Lorrayne Porciuncula

Guest lecturer; Executive​ Director, Datasphere Initiative
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Marga Gual Soler

Head of Science Diplomacy Capacity Building, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator
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Marília Maciel

Head of Digital Commerce & Internet Policy, Diplo
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Martin Rauchbauer

Former Austrian Tech Ambassador in Silicon Valley; Founder & Co-Director, Tech Diplomacy Network
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Mary Murphy

Communications Trainer
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Massimiliano Fusari

Professor, Consultant and Trainer in Digital Marketing, Strategy & Visual Storytelling
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Maxime Stauffer

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Simon Institute for Longterm Governance
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Melissa Hathaway

President, Hathaway Global Strategies and Lecturer, Introduction to Digital Policy and Diplomacy, New York
Mialy Rann

Mialy Rann

Science-Policy Officer, Geneva Science-Policy Interface
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Michaela Told

Executive Director, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute Geneva
Nicolas Seidler

Nicolas Seidler

Executive Director, Geneva Science-Policy Interface
Nikola Bozic

Nikola Božić

Science educator and communicator
Parminder Jeet Singh

Parminder Jeet Singh

Guest lecturer; Executive Director, IT for Change
Patricia Gruver

Patricia Gruver

International Tech Policy Expert
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Pavlina Ittelson

Executive Director, Diplo US
Petru Dumitriu

Petru Dumitriu

Senior Diplo Fellow | Former ambassador of the Council of Europe and Inspector of the United Nations System
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Phoebe Farag Mikhail

Education Diplomacy Consultant, Association for Childhood Education International
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Quan Zhao

Senior Programme Officer, Market Development Division, International Trade Centre
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Rashid S. Kaukab

Executive Director, CUTS International Geneva
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Solange Mike

Associate Faculty Member, Diplo
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Sorina Teleanu

Director of Knowledge, Diplo
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Stacy Danika Alcantara-Garcia

Foreign Service Officer
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Stefanie Frey

Managing Director at Deutor Cyber Security Solutions Switzerland GmbH
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Stephanie Borg Psaila

Director of Digital Policy, Diplo
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Tatiana Tropina

Assistant Professor in cybersecurity governance, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University
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Thomas Schneider

Director of International Affairs, Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM)
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Tim Flink

Postdoctoral Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the Humboldt University of Berlin
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Tore Svenning

Former Secretary of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
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Virginia (Ginger) Paque

Senior Policy Editor, Diplo
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Vladimir Radunović

Director of Cybersecurity & E-diplomacy, Diplo
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Yasmin Ismail

Senior Policy Advisor, Trade, Climate and SDGs at the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs
Yolanda Spies

Yolanda Kemp Spies

Director of the Diplomatic Studies Programme at Oxford University

Course coordinators

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André Saramago

Online Learning & Research Assistant
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Dragana Markovski

Deputy Director of Education & Training, Diplo
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Dylan Farrell

Communications Officer, Diplo
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Katarina Bojović

Head of Knowledge Ecology, Diplo
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Morgan Mead

Refugee Support Service Manager, British Red Cross
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Priyanthi Daluwatte

Registrar, Northshore College, Sri Lanka
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Rade Kotur

Online Education Programmes Coordinator, Diplo
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Solange Mike

Associate Faculty Member, Diplo
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Teodora Marković

Education Programmes Assistant, Diplo