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The Forum is housed at the Villa Rigot in the centre of the international humanitarian capital of Geneva, Switzerland.
Ambassador Walter Fust joined the Forum as its CEO in May 2008 following 15 years as the Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC). Fust is chairman of UNESCO’s International Program for Development of Communication (IPDC) and President of Globethics.net. He serves as a board member of the International Forum of Federations (Ottawa), a global network on federalism, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the new library of Alexandria/Egypt. He also serves as a member of the boards of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CODA), the International Risk Governance Council/Geneva and philanthropic foundations. He is a member of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Agenda Council of Humanitarian Assistance and a member of the UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA 2010 - 2014).
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Martin Frick is the Director of the Global Humanitarian Forum. He also acts as Deputy CEO. A long-term German diplomat prior to joining the Forum in October 2007, Dr Frick served as the German Deputy Ambassador in Albania from 2001-2002. From 2002-2005 Dr Frick was the Cabinet Affairs Advisor to the German Federal Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. He has since been the German representative for human rights and humanitarian affairs to the UN General Assembly. He served on the NGO committee of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and the UN Democracy Fund Board. As a negotiator, he worked on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, for human rights resolutions of the UN Security Council and the building of the UN Human Rights Council.
Weather Info for All David Rogers - Project Director Jay Wilson - Project Manager Global Alliance for Climate Justice Emma Van Der Meulen - Project Manager A.I.
Annual Forum Angela Borowski - Project Director
Annual Forum, Thematic Events and Special Tasks Matthew Mckinnon - Project Manager
Youth Forum Mischa Liatowitsch - Project Manager
Administration, Finance and Human Resources Elisabeth Peitrequin - Manager
Communications Keith Collins - Communications Director
IT/Web Pierre Conille - Manager
Valérie Durand Executive Assistant to the CEO
Pascaline Fayolle Administrative Officer / Receptionist Administration, Finance & Human Resources
Annika Hartmann Communications Officer Communications
Caterina Luciani Project Officer Youth Forum
Emina Skroeder Deputy Project Manager Weather Info for All
Emma van der Meulen Project Officer Global Alliance for Climate Justice
Landy Razanajato Project Officer Annual Forum, Thematic Events and Special Tasks Moyenda Chaponda Project Officer Weather Info for All
Petra Heusser Deputy Project Manager Annual Forum, Thematic Events and Special Tasks Sonam Rabgye Deputy Project Manager Youth Forum
Pascaline Fayolle Administrative Officer Administration, Finance & Human Resources