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Staff

Director's Office

Cécile Aptel
Deputy Director

Patricia Arquero Caballero
Sr. Executive Associate

Ewa Zgrzywa
Partnerships Specialist

Patrizia Faustini
Communication Specialist

Strategic Planning and Convening

David Anthony
Chief, Strategic Planning and Convening

Claire Akehurst
Programme Associate

Bernadette Rai
Planning and Monitoring Specialist

Eugenie Kodogo
Researcher (Child and Adolescent Participation)

Yoonie Choi
Partnerships Specialist

Meriam Altaf
Research Fellow

Marija Rakovic
Research Fellow

Child Rights and Protection

Ramya Subrahmanian
Chief, Child Rights and Protection

Alessandra Guedes
Gender and development manager (Research)

Elena Camilletti
Research Officer (Gender & Adolescence)

Josiah Kaplan
Child Protection Specialist

Roselyn Sekai Kapungu
Child Protection Specialist

Manahil Siddiqi
Consultant

Anna Zongollowicz
Consultant

Claudia Mir
Consultant

Camila Porto
Consultant

Zeudi Liew
Consultant

A K Shiva Kumar
Consultant

Mark Gill
Consultant

Lucy Hovil
Consultant

Maximo Jaramillo
Consultant

Stephanie Acker
Consultant

Satoshi Watarai
Research Officer

Celina Sørbøe
Consultant

Petrina Lee Poy
Research Officer

Moa Schafer
Consultant

Tessa Griffiths
Executive Assistant

Digital Engagement & Protection

Daniel Kardefelt Winther
Research Manager (Children and Digital Technology)

Marium Saeed
Researcher (Children and Digital Technology)

Rogers Twesigye
Researcher (Children and Digital Technology)

Camila Perera Aladro
Researcher (Children and Digital Technology)

Angela Davis
Researcher (Children and Digital Technology)

Jennifer Quarti
Project Manager (Children and Digital Technology)

Social and Economic Policy

Nyasha Tirivayi
Social Policy Manager

Gwyther Rees
Social & Economic Policy Manager

Frank Otchere
Social Policy Manager

Valeria Groppo
Social Policy Specialist

Mathilde Van Drooghenbroeck
Social Policy Specialist

Alessandro Carraro
Social Policy Specialist

Kaku Attah Damoah
Social Policy Specialist

Lisa Gastaldin
Executive Assistant

Catherine Agg
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Francesca Viola
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Essa Chanie Mussa
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Eszter Timar
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Maria Klara Kuss
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Sabbiana Cunsolo
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Nicholas Mathers
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Maria Rosaria Centrone
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Sofia Af Hallstrom
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Getu Demeke Alene
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Musharavati Ephraim Munyanyi
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Hamidou Taffa Abdoul-Azize
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Yajna Elouard
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Richard de Groot
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Raya Mihaylova
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Thibault Uytterhaegen
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Valentina Mutti
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Victor Cebotari
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Georges Maria Eric Poquillon
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Lusajo Kajula
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Hiwot Mekonen
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Mawugnon Fidele Eric Sessou
Social and Economic Policy Researcher

Lisa Pecorini
Administrative Assistant

Education

Thomas Dreesen
Education Research Manager

Renaud Comba
Education Research Specialist

Jessica Bergmann
Education Research Specialist

Ghalia Ghawi
Education Research Specialist

Marta Carnelli
Education Research Specialist

Sonakshi Sharma
Education Research Specialist

Amparo Barrera
Programme Assistant

Miguel Bountsolas Ferrer
Administrative Assistant

Dita Nugroho
Education Researcher

Marco Valenza
Education Researcher (Innovations)

Ximena Játiva
Education Researcher (Teachers)

Rafael Pontuschka
Education Researcher (Innovations)

Bella Baghdasaryan
Education Researcher (Early Childhood)

Sophia Kan
Education Researcher (Innovations)

Alexis Le Nestour
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Michelle Mills
Education Researcher (Sports for Development)

Svetlana Poleschuk
Education Researcher (Digital Learning)

Andrea Lépine
Education Researcher (Gender)

Kevin Clidoro
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Stefania Vindrola
Education Researcher (Early Childhood)

Ana Luiza Minardi
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Mabruk Kabir
Education Researcher (Teachers)

Joaquín Cárceles
Education Researcher (Digital Learning)

Sophia Torres
Education Researcher (Digital Learning)

Pierre Gouëdard
Education Researcher (Teachers)

Cristina Ramos
Education Researcher (Gender)

Michèle Boujikian
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Bertrand Tameza
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Annika Rigole
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Ryan Shawn Herman
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Jessica Daminelli
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Thomas Godfrey-Faussett
Education Researcher (Inclusive Education)

Dominika Safin
Education Researcher (Teachers)

Carlos Bueno
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Erica Aiazzi
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Cécile Avena
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Emilie Buttarelli
Education Researcher (Foundational Learning)

Meri Poghosyan
Education Researcher (Inclusive Education)

Risako Ninomiya
Education Researcher

Ursula Hinostroza
Education Researcher (Inclusive Education)

Research Facilitation & Knowledge Management

Benjamin Hickler
Behavioural Science Research Manager (C4D)

Alessandra Ipince
Research and Knowledge Management Specialist

Jorinde van de Scheur
Research and Knowledge Management Specialist (Uptake and Impact)

Taitos Matafeni
Research and Knowledge Management Specialist

Gavin Wood
Disability Research Manager

Anil Thota
Consultant

Ebele Mogo
Consultant

Chuka Emezue
Consultant

Cristina Pozneanscaia
Research and Knowledge Management Specialist (Evidence Synthesis)

Floriza Gennari
Consultant

Beatrice Volta
Internship

Lara Stefanizzi
Executive Assistant

Communication

Cristina Pizzolato
Communication Specialist

Sarah Marchant
Editorial Associate

Alessandra Solazzo
Executive Assistant

Stephanie Curran
Communication Specialist

Yasmina Nuny Silva
Communication Specialist

Sabrina Gill
Communication Specialist

Operations

Arno Johnstone
Chief, Operations

Laura Meucci
Senior Operation Officer

Josephine Dariol
Sr. Human Resources Associate

Flora Zecchi
Administrative Assistant

Daniele Regoli
Administrative Assistant

Maura Miarelli
Administrative Assistant

Marcello Lancellotti
IT Assistant