Lord John Alderdice, FRCPsych
John was Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998– 2004, leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1987–1998, and since 1996 has sat in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat. Alderdice, unlike others in the unionist community, was willing to talk with Sinn Féin, after the IRA called a ceasefire in 1994.
Dr. Louisa Chan-Boegli
Louisa is the Director of Geneva Process and a medical doctor trained in the US and UK. With Oxford Process, she developed a network of contacts in preparation for dialogue in Hong Kong during and in the aftermath of the 2019 city-wide protests. Out of this collaboration, Geneva Process was founded in 2019. The two sister organisations continue their joint efforts in a number of initiatives.Louisa currently serves on the Executive Board of the PeaceNexus Foundation in Switzerland.
John Brand
John is a lawyer and international mediator. Over the past twenty years, he has mediated numerous commercial disputes, as well as facilitating transformation processes in Northern Ireland, the Basque Country and South Africa.
Brian Currin
Brian is a Human Rights lawyer and international mediator. He played central roles in the political transformation process in South Africa during the late 1980s and 1990s, the peace process in Northern Ireland and the negotiated solution for the conflict in the Basque Country.
Clare Lockhart
Clare is co-founder and director of Institute for State Effectiveness, which focuses on the functions of the state and approaches to enhancing the compact between citizens and state. She is co-author of “Fixing Failed States” and author of several articles on state, peace-building, institution-building and citizenship.
Malcolm Rifkind
Malcolm served as a Minister for the UK government for 18 years. He was Minister of State in the Foreign Office from 1982-86 and from 1995-97 as Foreign Secretary. From 1992-95 he was Secretary of State for Defence. He is member of the OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons advising on the European Security Policy.
Richard Barrett
Richard is an internationally recognised counter-terrorism expert. He is a Senior Advisor to The Soufan Group and worked for the British government for many years before leading the Monitoring Team in support of the UN Security Council's work in responding to the threat from al-Qaeda post 9/11.
Hrair Balian
Hrair has been The Carter Center’s director of the Conflict Resolution Program since 2008. He also taught an advanced international negotiations seminar as an adjunct professor at the Emory University Law School. Since 1991, Hrair has worked in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet states, the Middle East, and Africa, serving in intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations.
Daniel C. Kurtzer
Daniel is professor of the S. Daniel Abraham Chair in Middle East Policy Studies at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He served in the United States Foreign Service for thirty years, including postings as the U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt.
Matt Waldman
Matt is a specialist in the mediation of armed conflict. He is a senior adviser to the United States Institute of Peace and European Institute of Peace. He previously served as special advisor to United Nation’s envoys in Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia and Yemen. Matt is affiliated with the Oxford University, and has previously held fellowships at Harvard, Tufts and Cambridge.
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