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Diplo's staff, associates, and faculty members are a dynamic and diverse team, consisting of highly experienced diplomats, academics, learning specialists, and computer programmers. Diplo operates from three offices (Geneva, Belgrade, and Malta), with many other staff members and associates spread worldwide, from the Pacific Islands to Latin America. Our approach is multidisciplinary and each of our staff members is involved in a number of activities.

 

Founding Director

Prof. Jovan Kurbalija
Founding Director

Senior management

Dr Stephanie Borg Psaila
Digital Policy Director
Dr Tereza Horejsova
Project Development Director
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
Prof. Jovan Kurbalija
Founding Director
Amb. Dr Theodor H Winkler
Former Director, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

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
Senior Fellow, DiploFoundation
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

Lecturers

Amb. Amr Aljowaily
Ambassador of Egypt to Serbia
Mr Daniel Beaudoin
Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Tel Aviv University
Prof. GR Berridge
Emeritus Professor of International Politics, University of Leicester
Mr Bipul Chatterjee
Executive Director, CUTS International
Dr Stephanie Borg Psaila
Digital Policy Director
Amb. Victor Camilleri
Former Permanent Ambassador of Malta to the United Nations in New York and Geneva
Mr Aapo Cederberg
Associate Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Dr Avri Doria
Director at ICANN
Amb. Petru Dumitriu
United Nations Joint Inspection Unit
Mr Haraldur Þór Egilsson
Lecturer, University of Akureyri and Director of Akureyri Museum
Mr Alan Franklin
Lecturer, Athabasca University and Royal Roads University
Dr Stefanie Frey
Managing Director at Deutor Cyber Security Solutions Switzerland GmbH
Mrs Liz Galvez
Former Senior British Diplomat
Ms Biljana Glišović Milić
Sales Manager, Apcom
Mr Julien Grollier
Programme Officer, CUTS International Geneva
Mr Tracy Hackshaw
ICT and Digital Economy Strategist, Ministry of Planning and Development, Trinidad and Tobago
Ms Melissa Hathaway
President, Hathaway Global Strategies
Ms Dominique Hempel Rodas
Independent Senior Advisor, International Relations, Development Cooperation, and Capacity Development
Mr Lee Hibbard
Senior Fellow, DiploFoundation
Dr Richard Hill
Principal, Hill & Associates
Dr Katharina Höne
Researcher Diplomacy and Global Governance, Project Manager Online Learning and Publications
Dr Tereza Horejsova
Project Development Director
Ms Anne-Rachel Inné
Executive Director Government Affairs and Public Policy, ARIN
Dr Marion Jansen
Chief Economist, International Trade Centre
Dr Milan Jazbec
Ambassador of Slovenia to Macedonia and Professor, University of Ljubljana
Mr Rashid S. Kaukab
Executive Director, CUTS International Geneva
Ms Carol Kiangura
Confederation Development Advisor (Africa) at Oxfam International
Prof. Mihály Kökény
Senior Fellow, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute Geneva and Lecturer, University of Debrecen
Prof. Jovan Kurbalija
Founding Director
Amb. Christopher Lamb
Former Australian Ambassador and Humanitarian Diplomacy Head, IFRC
Dr Graham Lister
Senior Fellow, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute Geneva
Ms Marília Maciel
Digital Policy Senior Researcher
Mr Veni Markovski
Vice-president UN Engagement, ICANN
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 Ian Peter
Internet Expert and Historian
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
Ms Barbara Rosen Jacobson
Programme Manager
Amb. Paramjit (Pummy) S. Sahai
Former Indian Ambassador/High Commissioner
Dr Biljana Scott
Associate of the China Centre, University of Oxford
Ms Marie Sicat
Coordinator of the ICT Policy Review Programme, UN Conference on Trade and Development
Mr Andrej Škrinjarić
Online Programmes Coordinator
Ms Hannah Slavik
Educational Programmes Director
Ms Jimena Sotelo
Office of the Chief Economist, International Trade Center
Mr Tore Svenning
Senior Adviser at Norwegian Red Cross
Ms Sorina Teleanu
Digital Policy Senior Researcher
Amb. Olaph Terribile
Malta's Permanent Representative to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
Ms Shane Tews
President, Logan Circle Strategies
Ms Michaela Told
Executive Director, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute Geneva
Dr Tatiana Tropina
Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law
Mr Quan Zhao
Trade Policy Advisor, Office of the Chief Economist, International Trade Center

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
Dr Nadia Theuma
Senior Lecturer, University of Malta

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
Mr Andrej Škrinjarić
Online Programmes Coordinator
Mr Ibrahim Uvais
Organisational Development Consultant, Malaysia

Staff

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
Dr Katharina Höne
Researcher Diplomacy and Global Governance, Project Manager Online Learning and Publications
Ms Jelena Jakovljević
Web Manager and Designer
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 Assistant
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
Ms Aye Mya Nyein
Assistant Data Analyst
Mr Aleksandar Nedeljkov
Publications Designer
Ms Tanja Nikolić
Course Admissions Coordinator
Ms Virginia Paque
Internet Governance and E-diplomacy Programmes
Mr Carmelo P. Romano
Clever Solutions Ltd, IT Support
Ms Barbara Rosen Jacobson
Programme Manager
Mr Andrej Škrinjarić
Online Programmes Coordinator
Ms Sorina Teleanu
Digital Policy Senior Researcher
Dr Vladimir Veljašević
Illustrator
Mrs Milica Virijević Konstantinović
Head of Operations, Belgrade Office and Travel and Workshop Coordinator

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