Secretariat and management.
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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 member of the International Forum of Federations (Ottawa), a global network on federalism, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the new library of Alexandria/Egypt. He is also a member of the Board of the International Risk Governance Council/Geneva and serves as a board member on different philanthropic foundations.
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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. He has since been the responsible German representative on the NGO committee of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, the UN Democracy Fund Board, for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and for human rights resolutions of the UN Security Council.
Jay Wilson Weather Info for All Marcus McKenzie Global Alliance for Climate Justice Matthew Mckinnon Annual Forum, Thematic Events and Special Tasks
Elisabeth Peitrequin Administration, Finance and Human Resources
Pierre Conille IT/Web
Valérie Durand Executive Assistant to the CEO
Nicolas Burki Administrative Assistant Administration, Finance & Human Resources Pascaline Fayolle Administrative Assistant / Receptionist Administration, Finance & Human Resources
Annika Hartmann Communication Assistant Annual Forum, Thematic Events and Special Tasks
Caterina Luciani Project Officer Youth Forum, Thematic Events and Special Tasks
Emina Skroeder Deputy Project Manager Weather Info for All
Emma van der Meulen Project Coordinator Global Alliance for Climate Justice
Landy Razanajato Programme Assistant Annual Forum, Thematic Events and Special Tasks Mischa Liatowitsch Project Manager Youth Forum, Thematic Events and Special Tasks Moyenda Chaponda Project Coordinator Weather Info for All
Petra Heusser Deputy Programme Manager Annual Forum, Thematic Events and Special Tasks Sonam Rabgye Deputy Project Manager Youth Forum, Thematic Events and Special Tasks