Mahmoud Ramadan

Mahmoud is a strategic planning and design processes facilitator with expertise in collaborative leadership development, building social energy and community mobilization. Mahmoud currently lives in Brussels and manages his consultancy PLAYMAKER, which develops common spaces about re-development, peace building and community capital with/without geography. He is also co-founder of Syria Initiative (part of Common Space Initiative) in Beirut that aims to empower local peace builder networks.

Alexandra Biem

Alexandra holds a master of science in applied public health. Over the course of her studies, she was able to develop skills in numerous fields such as project evaluation, data management, both qualitative and quantitative data analysis in the health sector.

During her final year internship, she worked on the construction of a french public health ecosystem. Nowadays, she’s project manager for an innovative health program designed by IARAN and set up by a network of NGOs to help cancer patients to fast recover after a treatment.

By joigning IARAN, she intends to keep gaining more skills on strategic foresight while collaborating and sharing experience with the other fellows.

Julia Broska

Julia is an humanitarian and development practitioner and works as an Advisor for GIZ Afghanistan (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), supporting internally displaced Afghans in their realization of their rights to shelter, basic services and livelihoods. Her main interests lie in maximizing the impact of aid by leveraging systems thinking approaches and moving the participatory revolution forward.

As a Governing Member of the International Association of Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection, Julia promotes collaboration, knowledge exchange and debate on a broad range of humanitarian topics and trends beyond organisational affiliations. 

Julia joined the IARAN fellowship because she wants to contribute to IARAN’s vision of an equitable and connected aid ecosystem. She wants to continue learning about, and sharing her knowledge of strategic foresight methodologies and approaches for the benefit of the people the humanitarian sector aims to assist. 

Miguel Leroy

Miguel is local development and public affairs expert. Member of the staff of the Senate in France for many years, he is himself today a local elected representative from regional institutions (Mayor and President of a community of communes). Miguel worked as director of development in the waste, recycling and energy sector. Particularly interested to the involvement of local actors in the humanitarian aid decision making, Miguel has decided to join the IARAN because he is passionate about collaborative design, he believes in the strength of collective intelligence and because of his strong desire to contribute to the raise of a new aid paradigm.

Marie-Rose Romain Murphy

Marie-Rose is the Founder of ESPWA, Inc. (Economic Stimulus Projects for Work and Action-acronym means hope in Haitian Creole), a transnational organization and a Haitian leadership network. She’s the Co-Founder of the Haiti Community Foundation (Haiti’s first community foundation). She’s also the Founder and President of RMC, a management and strategy consulting firm. A multilingual professional with US and international experience, she has over 25 years of experience and a strong track record in community development, humanitarian projects and initiatives, philanthropy, marketing, executive leadership, social entrepreneurship and consulting. Her core interest is the creation of viable and sustainable pathways of development for low-income individuals, marginalized communities and developing countries. Over the course of her career, Marie-Rose has worked as a project manager, an executive director, a deputy director and a consultant for local, regional, national and international organizations.

Koenraad Van Brabant

Koenraad for the past three decades has been working mostly in and on conflicts, as a humanitarian actor and peacebuilder. Thematic areas of expertise are conflict- and peace analysis, working with conflict-sensitivity, participatory action approaches and peacebuilding. He likes to zoom in and out, seeing the bigger picture but also the relevant detail, and promotes reflective practices as part of the tactical and strategic navigation of complex and volatile environments. He also works on collaborative approaches, from individual interpersonal skills, to healthy teams, partnerships between organisations and more complex multi-stakeholder processes. He is an experienced facilitator and accredited partnership broker.

Giulio Coppi

Giulio is currently the Digital Specialist (ICT4P) in support of Norwegian Refugee Council operations worldwide, and Humanitarian Innovation Fellow at the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University in NYC. Giulio has worked with humanitarian and human rights organizations for over 10 years, covering both field and HQ positions. He founded and leads an initiative for Open Source humanitarian Technology, and he is the promoter of the Humanitarian Blockchain Summit, currently at its second edition.

Guilio joined IARAN because of an interest in joining a community of forward looking humanitarians, and engaging in a critical discussion on the future of the humanitarian sector beyond the mandate of a specific organization

Sigrid Kühlke

Sigrid is currently a Thematic Expert for Forced Displacement, Migration and Social Protection for the African Continent at the European Commission, European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operation office. She has worked in the humanitarian sector for more than 17 years for different INGOs based in Germany and abroad. Lately she has helped develop a social protection system that can respect humanitarian and protection principles in conflict zones.

Mariana Merelo Lobo

Mariana is a humanitarian and development practitioner with specific expertise in collaborative leadership development, action learning, coaching and facilitation of groups and individuals. An accredited Associate of the Partnership Brokers association, Mariana combines over 15 years’ experience working with international humanitarian organisations in a variety of settings. She currently lives in the Netherlands, with her husband and two children.

Mariana joined the IARAN fellowship because of a passion for humanitarian futures and a belief that the humanitarian collaborative practice needs to be ‘re-sourced’ beyond its existing paradigm. Mariana is also very keen to explore how her own experience and expertise can be put into action, together with other complementary sets of talents and passions.

Francois Bourse

François is is the Director of studies at Futuribles, a Paris based international, independent, private non-profit organization network on future studies that we have worked with in the past. He is also an Associate Professor at Cnam, a member of the innovation teaching team, the Research Chair of prospective and sustainable development.

Matt Twilley

Matt is a Senior Business Leader with a wealth of experience in technology and corporate life. He is very focused on business solutions that make an impact for clients and uses the same mantra when working with the humanitarian sector.

He left the British Army in 1996 to learn how to be a civilian taking on various jobs including, Barman, Airline Steward, Hotel Concierge, Food & Beverage Manager and a Driving School Manager. Matt joined Vodafone as Learning & Development Manager in 2007. Ten years later, he was Vodafone’s Head of Consulting and Innovation for Middle East and Africa.

Matt became a IARAN Fellow, because he is passionate about making a real difference. He wants to bring in the private sector angle to NGO strategic thinking and use his background of consulting and innovation to support futures preparation.

Michel Maietta

Michel is a strategic foresight professional, with expertise in strategy and organisational design and two decades of experience in the humanitarian and development sector. Former Director of Strategy at Save the Children International and Action Against Hunger, Michel founded and facilitates the Interagency Research and Analysis Network.

In addition to his work for aid organisations, Michel has been designing ad hoc training courses for humanitarian and development leaders for over a decade, teaching at Science Po, Deakin, Federico II Universities and in the Futuribles and IRIS Think Tanks, and training the humanitarian workers of tomorrow. When Michel is not conducting bespoke pieces of foresight work, he leads strategic and transformational projects.