Pewee S. Flomoku has worked as senior project coordinator for the Carter Center’s Access to Justice project in Liberia since 2005. Previously, he worked for the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) as part of its Demobilisation, Disarmament, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DDRR) program, and with a variety of Liberian civil society organisations. He worked for the Associated Press and was awarded Liberian Photojournalist of the Year 2005 from the Press Union of Liberia.
Jackson Speare is Head of Office at International Alert Liberia. He coordinates Alert’s West Africa Gender Projects, including field outreach activities with justice and security institutions to address the human security of women and girls in the Mano River Basin. Before joining Alert, he was a human rights activist with the Foundation for International Dignity, working to ensure the provision of pro bono services to indigents in the Mano River sub-region.
Richard Reeve is Security Manager with International Alert’s Peacebuilding Issues Programme. He has researched, written and taught extensively on security and justice issues and peace support interventions in West Africa. Prior to joining Alert in 2009, he worked with the War Studies Department at King’s College London, Chatham House Africa Programme, Jane’s Information Group and a local conflict-resolution NGO in Georgia. He has also worked with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union.
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Philippe Le Billon is Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia with the Department of Geography and Liu Institute for Global Issues. He works on war economies and resource governance. Most recent books include Wars of Plunder (Hurst/Columbia UP, 2012) and Oil (Polity Press, 2012).
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Paul Lansana Koroma works with the Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) in Sierra Leone. He is a practitioner and trainer in participatory development processes and conflict transformation and a civil society activist. He is a founder member of the West African Network for peacebuilding (WANEP) of which he served as National Board Chair (2004–2009). Paul is also a member of the Action for Conflict Transformation International (ACTION) and the Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace (GAMIP).
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Oscar Bloh serves as Country Director of Search for Common Ground in Liberia. With ten years experience of civil society sector work, he has significant experience of human rights training, governance issues and peacebuilding in post-conflict environments. He has recently served as chair of a national civil society coalition of 30 organisations tasked with monitoring the 2011 Liberian elections.
Emannuel Bombande is co-founder and Director of West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), a regional, civil society peacebuilding organisation. Founded in 1998, WANEP has established strong national networks in every member state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and has over 500 member organisations across the region.
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Prince Zeid is Jordan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In September 2010, he was nominated as PBC Chair of the Configuration for Liberia. He also serves on the advisory bodies to the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation and for the World Development Report 2011 as well as playing a central role in the establishment of the International Criminal Court. He received his commission as an officer in the Jordanian desert police prior to serving as a Political Affairs Officer in the UN Mission in the former Yugoslavia.
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Caitriona Dowd holds an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics, and a BA in History and Political Science from Trinity College Dublin. Her research interests include pastoralism and violent conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is currently working on humanitarian programming for Somalia, stationed in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Said Djinnit is the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa since April 2008. Prior to this appointment, he was Commissioner for Peace and Security at the African Union, formerly Organisation of the African Unity, where he held various positions notably as Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs.
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