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.
Adrienne van Heteren
Co-Founder & Director, Small Media Foundation
UK Governance Committee
Anthony Borden
IWPR Executive Director
US & NL Governance Committees; Finance Committee; Nominations Committee
Christina Lamb
Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Sunday Times
Clarissa Ward
Chief International Correspondent, CNN
Consuelo Saavedra
Senior Correspondent, Radio Duna, Chile
Sir David Bell
Former Chair, Pearson Plc and Financial Times
Chair, Int'l Board & UK Governance Committee; US & NL Governance Committees; Chair, Nominations Committee
Frans Makken
Ambassador (Ret.)
Chair, NL Governance Committee
George Packer
Author & Staff Writer, Atlantic
Gillian Tett
US Managing Editor, Financial Times
Ian D. Highet
Managing Partner, Court Square Capital Partners
US Governance Committee
Janine di Giovanni
Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute, Yale University
John Ridding
CEO, FT Group
John-Allan Namu
Investigative journalist & co-founder, Africa Uncensored
Michael Immordino
Partner, White & Case
UK Governance Committee
Niva Yau
Nonresident Fellow, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council
Ole Johan Bjørnøy
Norwegian Ambassador to Central Asia (ret.)
Oleksandra Matviichuk
Head of the Center for Civil Liberties, Ukraine
Ralph H. Isham
Founder & Managing Director, GH Venture Partners
Chair, US Governance Committee
Ramsey Walker
Senior Vice President, Jordan Park
US Governance Committee; Chair, Fundraising Committee
Richard Caplan
Professor, Int'l Relations, University of Oxford
Monitoring & Evaluation Liaison
Scott Malcomson
Int'l Security Fellow, New America; Media Fellow at Carnegie Corporation
US Governance Committee
Simon Hersom
Consultant, Value Retail Plc
Treasurer, UK & NL Governance Committees; Chair, Finance Committee; Nominations Committee
Sonya Vekstein
CFO, Int’l Science and Technology Center
Treasurer, US Governance Committee; Finance Committee
Stephen Jukes
Dean, Media School, Bournemouth University
UK & US Governance Committees; Security & Risk Liaison
Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran
Global Energy & Climate Innovation Editor of The Economist
Zoran Pajić
Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King’s College, London
INTERNATIONAL BOARD
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.