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
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
Director of Projects and Partnerships
Vladimir Radunović
Director of Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy
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
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
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
Martin Rauchbauer
Former Austrian Tech Ambassador in Silicon Valley, Former Austrian Consul in San Francisco and Co-Director at Open Austria
Milan Jazbec
Ambassador and Professor of Diplomacy
Petru Dumitriu
Senior Diplo Fellow
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
Andrijana Gavrilović
Head of Diplomatic and Policy Reporting, DiploFoundation; Editor, GIP Digital Watch
Anja Đajić
Researcher - AI and Data Lab
Arvin Kamberi
Head of Online Meetings
Boris Begović
Researcher
Cécile Desjours
Administrative and Event Coordinator
Dejan Dinčić
Digital Transformation and Online Learning Specialist
Dragana Markovski
Education Programmes Coordinator
Dylan Farrell
Communications Officer
Eun-Sun Lee
Senior Media and Graphical Designer
Jelena Jakovljević
Web Designer
Jovan Kurbalija
Executive Director
Jovan Njegić
Head of AI and Data Lab
Jovana Martić
Researcher
Katarina Anđelković
Head of Knowledge Ecology
Katharina Höne
Director of Research
Maja Bačlić
Editor
Marco Lotti
External Relations and Partnerships Manager
Marília Maciel
Head - Digital Commerce and Internet Policy
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
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
Srđan Ivković
Motion Designer
Stephanie Borg Psaila
Director of Digital Policy
Su Sonia Herring
Digital Media and Communications Editor
Tanja Nikolić
Course Admissions Coordinator
Tereza Horejsova
Director of Projects and Partnerships
Viktor Mijatović
Publications Graphic Designer
Virginia Paque
Coordinator - Internet Governance and E-diplomacy
Vladimir Radunović
Director of Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy
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
Amr Aljowaily
Advisor on Strategic Partnerships, African Union Commission
Andre Saramago
Online Learning and Research Assistant
Andrei Mikheyev
Internet Projects Manager at Yandex
Andrej Škrinjarić
Director of Education and Training
Anne-Rachel Inné
Director of the ITU Regional Office for Africa
Anthony Land
Capacity Development Consultant
Arvin Kamberi
Head of Online Meetings
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 Dinčić
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
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
Katarina Anđelković
Head of Knowledge Ecology
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
Head - Digital Commerce and Internet Policy
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
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
Nikola Božić
Science educator and communicator
Olaph Terribile
Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Republic of Malta
Pavlina Ittelson
Executive Director Diplo US
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
Rajiv Bhatia
Distinguished Fellow, Gateway House; Former Indian Ambassador
Rashid S. Kaukab
Executive Director, CUTS International Geneva
Rodrigo Márquez Lartigue
Mexican diplomat
Solange Mike
Associate Faculty Member, DiploFoundation
Sophie-Charlotte Fischer
Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich & Research Affiliate, Centre for the Governance of AI, University of Oxford
Sorina Teleanu
Independent consultant
Stacy Danika Alcantara-Garcia
Foreign Service Officer
Stefanie Frey
Managing Director at Deutor Cyber Security Solutions Switzerland GmbH
Stefano Baldi
Ambassador of Italy to Bulgaria
Stephanie Borg Psaila
Director of Digital Policy
Tatiana Tropina
Assistant Professor in cybersecurity governance, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University
Tereza Horejsova
Director of Projects and Partnerships
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
Tracy Hackshaw
ICT and Digital Economy Strategist; Director, Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group
Valeriu Nicolae
Communications Trainer
Virginia Paque
Coordinator - Internet Governance and E-diplomacy
Vladimir Radunović
Director of Cybersecurity and E-diplomacy
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
Education Programmes Coordinator
Katarina Anđelković
Head of Knowledge Ecology
Marco Lotti
External Relations and Partnerships Manager
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