Governance
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting is governed by senior journalists, specialists and business professionals. Board committees focus expertise on finance, development and other areas.
IWPR Ambassadors, drawn from the fields of diplomacy, media and business, contribute expertise and extend IWPR’s partnerships and networks of support. All Members serve on the IWPR International Board, to provide strategic guidance, expertise, and outreach assistance.
Sir David Bell
Former Chair, Pearson Plc and Financial Times
Chair, Int'l Board & UK Governance Committee; US & NL Governance Committees; Chair, Nominations Committee
Ralph H. Isham
Founder & Managing Director, GH Venture Partners
Chair, US Governance Committee
Adrienne van Heteren
Co-Founder & Director, Small Media Foundation
Chair, NL Governance Committee; UK Governance Committee; Nominations Committee
Ole Johan Bjørnøy
Norwegian Ambassador to Central Asia (ret.)
Anthony Borden
IWPR Executive Director
US & NL Governance Committees; Finance Committee; Nominations Committee
Richard Caplan
Professor, Int'l Relations, University of Oxford
Monitoring & Evaluation Liaison
Janine di Giovanni
Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute, Yale University
Simon Hersom
Consultant, Value Retail Plc
Treasurer, UK & NL Governance Committees; Chair, Finance Committee; Nominations Committee
The IWPR International Board benefits from expertise and input from additional individuals from countries with human rights concerns. Due to risks, these names cannot be made public.
Staff
IWPR employs a range of staff to support our activities, with skills in programme, finance, development, journalism and editorial, new media and other functions essential to our success.
Small central teams in London and Washington, D.C., support the large majority of our personnel who are national hires based in our countries of programme operation.
Anthony Borden
IWPR Executive Director
US & NL Governance Committees; Finance Committee; Nominations Committee
Stephen Ramsey
Chief Operating Officer
Alan Davis
Asia & Eurasia Director
Tanya Hassan
Global Director of Development
Sarah Willis
Finance Director
Seth Meixner
Middle East & North Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean Regional Director
Angela Conroy
Global HR Director
Offices
Disinformation is a major global threat , especially in conflict and post-conflict areas. IWPR performs a vital mission, building up local voices as a bulwark against this challenge.
Democratic accountability comes from journalists investigating their own societies – IWPR provides a much needed platform and support for those reporting from some of the most dangerous and difficult places in the world.
IWPR fills a critical gap by helping local journalists to focus on human rights and justice issues. In the process, it contributes to democratic transitions, and demonstrates that the best war reporting is not about military conflict, but human consequences.