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| Our staff We have over 80 staff, both in our London offices and in the regions where we work. Most are full-time, but we also have a number of consultants, interns and volunteers. See Jobs at Alert for more information. Our staff comes from over all the world (currently 30 nationalities) and we value the diverse range of experience that this brings. Peacebuilding takes patience - it is a difficult process that requires longterm sustained effort. Our staff is dedicated and talented, with many years of experience of working in conflict zones and in policy circles. The organisation is headed by its Secretary General, Dan Smith OBE and is governed by an international Board of Trustees. Day-to-day management is by our Senior Management Team and by Programme Managers, assisted by Senior Advisors who are experts in their field. Click on the links to find out more about our staff and their professional experience: Secretary General: Dan Smith Senior Management Team Programme Managers Senior Advisors Dan Smith has a distinguished research career, having held positions at the Richardson Institute for Peace & Conflict Research, Birkbeck College, London, The Norwegian Nobel Institute and the Hellenic Foundation for Foreign & European Policy in Athens. He is Chair of the Board at the London-based Institute for War & Peace Reporting and was Associate Director of the Transnational Institute 1988-1991 and Director 1991-1993. Before joining Alert in 2003, Dan worked at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), one of the first and now one of the largest centres of peace research in the world. As Director 1993-2001 he led PRIO into active engagement in conflict resolution, both establishing projects and working directly on negotiation and dialogue in a number of areas including the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean. Dan is the author/co-author of nine books including The State of the World Atlas and The Atlas of War and Peace over a number of years, as well as over 100 journal articles and chapters in anthologies.
Phil Champain joined International Alert in 1997 and has worked in Angola, the Caucasus, Liberia and Sri Lanka, brokering dialogue between different stakeholders in conflict. A graduate of Cambridge University and Bangor University in North Wales, he was a teacher for seven years, after which he worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature where he trained teachers on education for sustainability. He has a further professional qualification in the Design of Conflict Resolution Training from the Eastern Mennonite University, USA and is a specialist in teambuilding, facilitation, mediation and training.
Phil Vernon has done development, humanitarian and peacebuilding work in Africa since 1985, most of that time affiliated with or working for CARE International in Sudan, Rwanda, Lesotho, Mali, Ghana, Benin, Togo and Uganda. Initially a forester by training, with an MSc from the University of North Wales, his interest in conflict and peacebuilding was stimulated by living in Rwanda from 1992-94. From 2000-5 he was country director of CARE Uganda, and played an active role in research and advocacy on the Northern Uganda conflict, by helping to establish and lead the Civil Society Organisations for Peace in Northern Uganda coalition. He joined Alert in September 2004.
Andrew Webb joined International Alert in 2002 with a strong track record over the previous 15 years in a variety of leadership roles in business development, marketing and communications, programme delivery and senior management, both in the private sector and in the UK and international development not for profit sector. He was a Shell scholar at Imperial College from which he graduated with a MEng in Chemical Engineering & Management and an MSc in Public Health and Water Resources. More recently Andrew graduated from London Business School as a Sloan Fellow and has a Masters Degree in Business Administration.
Sue McCready has been Chief Operating Officer at International Alert since late 2002. Her business and managerial skills have been gained during the course of a varied career in international development spanning more than 20 years in both the for profit and not for profit sectors. Sue has lived and worked extensively overseas in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. She has managed Field Programmes and has also worked as a Senior Manager based in the UK.
Liz Egan is a lawyer by profession and has worked for the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights in New York, and the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. Before joining Alert in 1999, she spent four years working in Rwanda for Trocaire and the European Commission on human rights and the justice system. She has published a number of papers on war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and human rights in Rwanda.
Lulsegged Abebe has over 15 years’ experience in international relations and is currently a PHD candidate in conflict analysis and resolution at George Mason University, USA. He has facilitated dialogue in many parts of Africa, with government officials, parliamentarians, religious leaders and NGOs and has wide experience of relief, rehabilitation and development work, particularly in Ethiopia.
Marc Behrendt joined Alert in 2005. Previously he was Head of the Human Dimension Office at the OSCE Mission to Georgia, where he managed Mission activities promoting long term security through democratization, human rights promotion, conflict resolution and the rule of law. Prior to this he was the Director of Internews Georgia, developing the capacity of television and radio broadcasters in the southern Caucasus through journalism training, advocacy and sustainable and independent financing. He has been engaged in promoting human rights and citizens’ advocacy in the countries of the former Soviet Union since 1990.
Nick Killick was recently appointed manager of the newly created Peacebuilding Issues Programme, encompassing International Alert’s teams on Development, Gender, Security and Business. Previously, Nick was manager of Alert’s Business & Conflict Programme and has developed projects engaging both local and trans-national companies in contributing to peacebuilding in South Asia, South Caucasus, West and Central Africa.
Ndeye Sow has over 20 years’ experience in developing, implementing, managing and evaluating programmes in the field of conflict prevention and conflict transformation. She is a specialist in Gender and Development and has held positions at Abantu for Development, UK; the Africa Research and Information Bureau, UK; the Association of African Women for Research and Development, Senega; Ndeye the Lycee Lamine Gueye, Senegal; UNDP in France and the French Cultural Centre, Kenya. She has been at International Alert since 1995.
Tony Jackson has worked as Alert's Great Lakes Policy Adviser since 1995. He now specialises in Burundi, on which he has written reports on the justice system and education. He is currently concentrating on economic development, including job-creation, as key components for lasting peace in the country. During his 12 years with Oxfam, he held various positions, including Food Policy Adviser, Cambodia lobbyist and representative in Chad. Oxfam published his book on food aid, Against the Grain, in 1982. He has also worked for USAID in post-conflict and post-disaster development and planning in Latin America, Madagascar and Nepal.
Bill Yates has over 30 years’ international
development experience. He worked for Oxfam 1972 – 95 as Field
Director, Brazil; Campaigns Manager, UK; Field Director, Cambodia;
Deputy Director, Anniversary Programme; Project Manager, Fair Trade
Mark; Country Representative, Angola. He has been a Senior Advisor
to the African Great Lakes Programme at International Alert since
1995. Ed Garcia
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