Chair of the Governing Board

Stefano Manservisi

Stefano Manservisi is the Chair of the Governing Board of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund. He currently also serves as Special Advisor to the European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni. Stefano has had a long and distinguished career as a top political adviser dealing with development policies and multilateral institutions.

Stefano has served in the European Commission as Director-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO), where he led efforts to reshape EU development policy, deliver the Millennium Development Goals and work towards realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to that he was Head of the Private Office of Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Commission Vice-President. He has also served as Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs, the EU Ambassador to Turkey, and headed the Private Office of the European Commission’s President Romano Prodi.

A lawyer by training, Stefano enjoys teaching and has been a visiting professor at various universities and research centres, as well as advising UN agencies and other multilateral institutions.

Governing Board

GCERF is a Swiss foundation with a Secretariat located in Geneva, Switzerland. Under its Statutes and Bylaws, its supreme governing body is a multi-stakeholder board with representatives in the constituencies set out in the diagram below.
Statutes
Bylaws
Governing Board

Governing Board

Donor Countries

Australia, Japan, and New Zealand

H.E. Ms Paula Wilson
Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism, Head, International Security and Disarmament Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

Alternate: Mr Koichi Warisawa

Director, International Safety and Security Cooperation Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

European union

Ms Maria Rosa Sabbatelli
Head of Unit, FPI.1 –Peace and Stability – Global Threats, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI), European Commission

Denmark, France, Italy, and Sweden

Ms Amélie Delaroche
Deputy Head, Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime Department, Strategic, Security and Disarmament Directorate, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France

Alternate: Mr Adam Ravnkilde

Counterterrorism Coordinator, Department of Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Finland, Germany, Norway, and the Netherlands

Ms Anka Feldhusen
Director for Civilian Crisis Prevention and Stabilisation, German Federal Foreign Office

Alternate: H.E. Ms Päivi Kairamo

Ambassador for Counterterrorism Cooperation, Legal Service, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Qatar

H.E. Mr Faisal Al-Henzab
Ambassador and Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar for Counterterrorism and Mediation

Switzerland

Alternate: Dr Daniel Frank

Head Coordinator for International Counter-Terrorism, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

United Kingdom and United States of America

TBC
Bureau of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State

Alternate: H.E. Ms Hema Kotecha

Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Partner Countries

ALBANIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, KOSOVO, AND NORTH MACEDONIA

H.E. Mr Xhelal Sveçla
Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo

Alternate: Mr Pavle Trajanov

National Coordinator for Prevention of Violent Extremism and Counter-Terrorism of North Macedonia

Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger

H.E. Mr Laouali Labo
Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Niger to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Alternate: Ms Sanogo Mariam Tounkara

Director General of Religious, Customary and Traditional Affairs, Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralisaion and Security of Burkina Faso

Iraq and Tunisia

Ms Neila Feki
Vice-President, National Counter Terrorism Commission of the Republic of Tunisia

Alternate: Mr Ali Abdullah Abbas Al-Bdair

Head of the National Committee to Combat Extremism, Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) of the Republic of Iraq

Bangladesh, Indonesia, KYRGYZSTAN, AND The Philippines

H.E. Mr Mohammad Sufiur Rahman
Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Alternate: Mr Oscar Valenzuela

Undersecretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government of the Philippines (DILG)

Ghana and Nigeria

H.E. Mr Abiodun Richards Adejola
Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Alternate: Mr Edward Asomani

National Security Coordinator, Ministry of National Security of Ghana

Kenya, Mozambique, and Somalia

TBC

Alternate: Mr Abdullahi Mohamed Nor

Director General, Tubsan National Centre for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism; Senior Advisor to the President of the Federal Government of Somalia

Non-Governmental Members

CIVIL Society and policy, Think and Do Tanks

Mr Fulco Van Deventer
Vice-Director, Human Security Collective, The Hague​

Alternate: Mr Eelco Kessels

Executive Director, Global Center on Cooperative Security

Private Sector and Foundations

Mr Tony Carroll
Founding Director, Acorus Capital; Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Alternate: Dr Emman El-Badawy

Director, Peace, Security and Foreign Policy - Advisory (GCS), Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Non-Voting Members

Chair

Mr Stefano Manservisi

Executive Director

Dr Khalid Koser

Trustee

Currently Vacant

Important Links

Board Meetings
Board Decisions
Core Documents

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ETHICS

The GCERF Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

Child Safeguarding Guidelines (ENG)

Child Safeguarding Guidelines (French)

Ethics and Governance Committee Terms of Reference

Governance and Ethics Committee

The Governance and Ethics Committee is responsible for overseeing governance arrangements and ethical standards defined by the GCERF’s Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest, and consists of the following members:

Mr Anthony Carroll (Chair)

Founding Director, Acorus Capital; Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University

H.E. Mr Abiodun Richards Adejola

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations Office in Geneva

H.E. Ms Hema Kotecha

Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Dr Daniel Frank

Head Coordinator for International Counter-Terrorism, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

Mr Fulco Van Deventer

Vice-Director, Human Security Collective, The Hague

Finance and Audit Committee

The Finance and Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing and advising on matters related to finance such as financial risk and policy, financial planning, monitoring, and financial performance; audit; risk management and internal control, as well as human resources policies and frameworks. It consists of the following members:

Craig Bennett (Acting Chair)

Head of Audit and Risk Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and a constituency member for Australia, Japan and New Zealand constituency

Ms Fatima Abdulla AL-Abdulmalek

Development Finance Researcher, Qatar Fund for Development