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 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
Andrej Škrinjarić
Director of Education and Training, Diplo
Jovan Kurbalija
Executive Director, DiploFoundation
Katharina Höne
Director of Research, Diplo
Patrick Borg
Director of Operations and Finance
Stephanie Borg Psaila
Director of Digital Policy, Diplo
Vladimir Radunović
Director of Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy, Diplo
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 Representative of Malta to the UN
Senior fellows
Aldo Matteucci
Former Deputy Secretary General of the European Free Trade Association
Alex Sceberras Trigona
Permanent Representative of Malta to the World Trade Organization
Ms Anne-Rachel Inné
Director of the ITU Regional Office for Africa
Asoke Mukerji
Former Indian Ambassador
Biljana Scott
Associate of the China Centre, University of Oxford
Dr 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
Amb. 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 Fellow for Science and Technology Diplomacy, Diplo
Mr Martin Rauchbauer
Former Austrian Tech Ambassador in Silicon Valley, Former Austrian Consul in San Francisco and Co-Director at Open Austria
Amb. Milan Jazbec
Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, and professor of diplomacy
Petru Dumitriu
Senior Diplo Fellow
Richard Werly
Columnist, Swiss Media 'Blick'
Yolanda Kemp Spies
Director of the Diplomatic Studies Programme at Oxford University
Staff
Aleksandar Nedeljkov
Publications Designer
Aleksandar Stanković
Chief Information Officer
Andre Saramago
Online Learning and Research Assistant
Andrej Škrinjarić
Director of Education and Training, Diplo
Andrijana Gavrilović
Editor, Digital Watch, and Head of Diplomatic and Policy Reporting, DiploFoundation
Anja Đajić
Researcher - AI and Data Lab
Arvin Kamberi
Head of Online Meetings, Diplo
Boris Begović
Researcher, DiploFoundation
Cécile Desjours
Administrative and Event Coordinator
Dejan Dinčić
Digital Transformation and Online Learning Specialist
Dragana Markovski
Education Programmes Coordinator
Mr Dylan Farrell
Communications Manager, DiploFoundation
Jovan Kurbalija
Executive Director, DiploFoundation
Jovan Njegić
Head of AI and Data Lab, DiploFoundation
Jovana Martić
Researcher
Katarina Bojović
Head of Knowledge Ecology, Diplo
Katharina Höne
Director of Research, Diplo
Maja Bačlić
Editor
Marco Lotti
External Relations and Partnerships Manager, Diplo
Marília Maciel
Head - Digital Commerce and Internet Policy, Diplo
Milica Virijević Konstantinović
Head of Operations - Belgrade Office & Creative Lab
Miloš Vujić
Developer of Web and AI Applications
Mina Mudrić
Publications Manager
Miodrag Badnjar
Multimedia Developer
Miša Stanković
Front-end Web Developer
Ms Mwende Njiraini
African initiative coordinator, DiploFoundation
Nikola Darinković
Developer of Web and AI Applications
Patrick Borg
Director of Operations and Finance
Pavlina Ittelson
Executive Director, Diplo US
Rade Kotur
Online Programmes Assistant
Robert Aquilina
Finance Manager
Sorina Teleanu
Director of Knowledge, Diplo
Srđan Ivković
Motion Designer
Stephanie Borg Psaila
Director of Digital Policy, Diplo
Su Sonia Herring
Digital Media and Communications Editor, Diplo
Tanja Nikolić
Course Admissions Coordinator
Viktor Mijatović
Publications Graphic Designer
Ms Virginia (Ginger) Paque
Internet Governance and E-diplomacy Coordinator, DiploFoundation
Vladimir Radunović
Director of Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy, Diplo
Vladimir Veljašević
Illustrator
Lecturers
Aapo Cederberg
Associate Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Aishatu Gwadabe
Peace Technologist and AI Ethicist
Alan Franklin
Lecturer, Athabasca University and Royal Roads University
Ambassador Amr Aljowaily
Strategic Advisor to the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Andre Saramago
Online Learning and Research Assistant
Andrei Mikheyev
Internet Projects Manager at Yandex
Andrej Škrinjarić
Director of Education and Training, Diplo
Ms Anne-Rachel Inné
Director of the ITU Regional Office for Africa
Anthony Land
Capacity Development Consultant
Arvin Kamberi
Head of Online Meetings, Diplo
Asoke Mukerji
Former Indian Ambassador
Avri Doria
Director at ICANN
Bhaskar Balakrishnan
Former Indian Ambassador
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
Dr Christopher Lamb
Former Australian Ambassador and Humanitarian Diplomacy Head, IFRC
Daniel Beaudoin
Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Tel Aviv University
Dejan Dinčić
Digital Transformation and Online Learning Specialist
Dominique Hempel Rodas
Independent Senior Advisor in International Relations, Development Cooperation, and Capacity Development
Hamish Low
Assistant Lecturer
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, DiploFoundation
Katarina Bojović
Head of Knowledge Ecology, Diplo
Katharina Höne
Director of Research, Diplo
Katherine Getao
Cyber Hygiene, Cyber Diplomacy, and ICT Strategy and Governance Consultant
Amb. 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 Fellow for Science and Technology Diplomacy, Diplo
Lorrayne Porciuncula
Guest lecturer; Executive Director, Datasphere Initiative
Marga Gual Soler
Senior Science Diplomacy Advisor, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator
Marília Maciel
Head - Digital Commerce and Internet Policy, Diplo
Mr Martin Rauchbauer
Former Austrian Tech Ambassador in Silicon Valley, Former Austrian Consul in San Francisco and Co-Director at Open Austria
Mary Murphy
Communications Trainer
Massimiliano Fusari
Professor, Consultant and Trainer in Digital Marketing, Strategy & Visual Storytelling
Maxime Stauffer
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Simon Institute for Longterm Governance
Melissa Hathaway
President, Hathaway Global Strategies and Lecturer, Introduction to Digital Policy and Diplomacy, New York
Mialy Rann
Science-Policy Officer, Geneva Science-Policy Interface
Michaela Told
Executive Director, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute Geneva
Nicolas Seidler
Executive Director, Geneva Science-Policy Interface
Nikola Božić
Science educator and communicator
Parminder Jeet Singh
Guest lecturer; Executive Director, IT for Change
Pavlina Ittelson
Executive Director, Diplo US
Petru Dumitriu
Senior Diplo Fellow
Phoebe Farag Mikhail
Education Diplomacy Consultant, Association for Childhood Education International
Rodrigo Márquez Lartigue
Mexican diplomat
Solange Mike
Associate Faculty Member, DiploFoundation
Sorina Teleanu
Director of Knowledge, Diplo
Stacy Danika Alcantara-Garcia
Foreign Service Officer
Stefanie Frey
Managing Director at Deutor Cyber Security Solutions Switzerland GmbH
Stephanie Borg Psaila
Director of Digital Policy, Diplo
Tatiana Tropina
Assistant Professor in cybersecurity governance, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University
Amb. Thomas Schneider
Director of International Affairs, Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM)
Tim Flink
Postdoctoral Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the Humboldt University of Berlin
Tore Svenning
Former Secretary of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Ms Virginia (Ginger) Paque
Internet Governance and E-diplomacy Coordinator, DiploFoundation
Vladimir Radunović
Director of Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy, Diplo
Yolanda Kemp Spies
Director of the Diplomatic Studies Programme at Oxford University
Course coordinators
Andre Saramago
Online Learning and Research Assistant
Dragana Markovski
Education Programmes Coordinator
Mr Dylan Farrell
Communications Manager, DiploFoundation
Katarina Bojović
Head of Knowledge Ecology, Diplo
Marco Lotti
External Relations and Partnerships Manager, Diplo
Morgan Mead
Refugee Support Service Manager, British Red Cross
Priyanthi Daluwatte
Registrar, Northshore College, Sri Lanka
Rade Kotur
Online Programmes Assistant
Solange Mike
Associate Faculty Member, DiploFoundation
