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
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
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.
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.
Abakhon Sultonnazarov
Central Asia Programme Director
Akbota Sheriyazdan
Go Viral Project Manager, Central Asia
Alan Davis
Asia & Eurasia Director
Angela Conroy
Global HR Director
Anthony Borden
IWPR Executive Director
US & NL Governance Committees; Finance Committee; Nominations Committee
Ayan Oryntay
Project Manager
Aziza Mukhametova
Project Manager
Beka Bajelidze
Caucasus Regional 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.