Experience

Geneva Call

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director General

  • Nov 2017 - Present

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Geneva Centre for Security Policy

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Executive in Residence

  • Jan 2015 - Oct 2017

  Research on advocacy and Russian-EU relations. Coordinator in two round tables on European security. Member of the the OSCE network of think tanks. Course coordinator for state employees from Cameroon, Guinea, Myanmar and Central African Republic. Research on advocacy and Russian-EU relations. Coordinator in two round tables on European security. Member of the the OSCE network of think tanks. Course coordinator for state employees from Cameroon, Guinea, Myanmar and Central African Republic.



Bioma

• Sion, Switzerland

• Executive Director

  • Oct 2013 - Jun 2016

  Elaborated and implemented Bioma’s global distribution schemes for its products and technologies in organic food production. Elaborated and implemented Bioma’s global distribution schemes for its products and technologies in organic food production.



Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE)

• Spain
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Associate Fellow

  • 2013 - 2015

  Russian and Latin American policy analysis. Russian and Latin American policy analysis.



International Crisis Group

• Belgium
• International Affairs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vice President (Europe)

  • Sep 2005 - Jun 2013

  Reviewed ICG political reports, discussed them and pushed their recommendations in regular high-level meetings at the European Council Secretariat, the European Commission, the European External Action Service, the European Parliament, the OSCE Secretariat, the Council of Europe, NATO as well as to decision-makers in 30 European capitals, including Moscow, and also in Brasilia. Participated in numerous TV debates on geopolitics. Regular speaker on Russian TV channels and radio. Represented ICG in more than 50 international conferences. Regular lecturer at NATO college in Rome.

• Program Director Latin America

  • Apr 2003 - Oct 2007

  For 30 % of working time. Directed ICG's research in Colombia. Opened research projects in Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Haiti and Guatemala.

• Vice President (Operations and Administrations)

  • Jan 2002 - Aug 2005

  Helped the President manage the organization. Set in place security rules for ICG's operations in conflict areas. Opened eight new ICG offices in the world.



Open Society Foundations

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jul 1998 - Dec 2001

  Managed a Foundation with a local board and over 60 employees. Created a global strategy, designed and implemented 17 programs through 81 projects, including a large-scale program of internet connection for Universities and Libraries across the country, art and culture, women’s promotion, education reform and youth debate programs. Managed a Foundation with a local board and over 60 employees. Created a global strategy, designed and implemented 17 programs through 81 projects, including a large-scale program of internet connection for Universities and Libraries across the country, art and culture, women’s promotion, education reform and youth debate programs.



International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Delegate

  • Sep 1994 - Jul 1998

  Recruited and directed six pedagogical teams and created a school program in International Humanitarian Law focusing on six CIS countries (Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). Negotiated and signed cooperation agreements with the Ministries of Education of those states. Visited prisoners’ camps in Chechnya and held confidential talks with detainees. Provided simultaneous translation for the President of the ICRC in confidential meetings with the government of the Russian Federation.



Interteam

• Coaza, Peru

• Education Volunteer

  • Mar 1986 - Apr 1991

  Organized adult education groups focusing on management and marketing of regional products, constitutional law, and a bilingual literacy program (Spanish and Quechua) in a highly rural district of the Carabaya Cordillera. Edited a teaching method for the study of Quechua language and published a bilingual monograph of the Coaza district in Quechua and Spanish. Organized adult education groups focusing on management and marketing of regional products, constitutional law, and a bilingual literacy program (Spanish and Quechua) in a highly rural district of the Carabaya Cordillera. Edited a teaching method for the study of Quechua language and published a bilingual monograph of the Coaza district in Quechua and Spanish.