Mark is a qualified accountant with over 20 years of experience. Prior to joining us, he spent 10 years with ActionAid as their Senior Reporting Accountant, where he was involved in both the management and financial accounting of over 40 country programmes. Mark also has experience of the climate change space, working for the Energy Saving Trust, a UK-wide independent organisation. He is a volunteer Trustee for Awamu, an organisation dedicated to empowering women and girls who work in the slums of Kampala in Uganda.

Judy joined Conciliation Resources in July 2024 as an Operations Assistant in our Southeast Asia and the Pacific department, providing support with office and human resources administration, and logistics. She has eight years of experience of peacebuilding in Mindanao working in various international non-government organisations. She loves to do yoga, unwind on beaches and in nature.

Khaled joined Conciliation Resources as a Programme Support Officer for our Philippines programme. He also supports our work in Fiji and the Solomon Islands with a focus on project and financial management, MEL and gender. Khaled has worked in the humanitarian and development sector for more than eight years in areas of project management related to peacebuilding, education, policy, gender and protection. Through his work, Khaled continues his involvement with youth empowerment and mental health and psychosocial support to people in the Bangsamoro.

Rahmatullah is our Senior Finance Officer. He has over 13 years of finance experience, working with UN agencies, the public sector, and large international donor-funded programmes across diverse international environments, including conflict zones and developed nations such as Afghanistan, Palestine (Gaza), Syria, Ukraine, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA.

Myra is the Operations and Compliance Officer for our Africa Department. She has over 11 years of experience in operational management, administration, human resources and compliance within the development sector. Myra has a proven track record of optimising administrative functions and ensuring operational efficiency, particularly in her roles as Administration and Facilities Officer, Administration and Human Resource Coordinator and Executive Assistant at Open Society-Africa.

Graeme Ramshaw is the Director of Quality and Innovation at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), where he has worked since 2014. He is responsible for the development and management of WFD’s monitoring and evaluation systems, as well as advising on the strengthening of programme quality and cross-organisational learning. He has over 12 years of experience in international development, with a specific focus on governance and democracy support. Prior to joining WFD, he was a Learning Advisor for the UK Department for International Development’s Governance and Transparency Fund.

Caroline Brooks is a peacebuilding and conflict transformation practitioner. She is currently a Senior Advisor at Amnesty International where she advises leaders on conflict transformation, crisis management, wellbeing, and organisational development. Prior to joining Amnesty, Caroline was the Syria Programme Manager at International Alert, where she worked on multi-track diplomacy and inclusive peace processes. She is a fellow of the OSCE’s inaugural Women Peace Leaders Programme, which promotes women’s roles in mediation.

Laura O'Connor is a Programme Officer in our South Asia Programme. She was previously a Senior Programme Officer with Ottawa Dialogue, supporting research and dialogues in Palestine, Myanmar, India-Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Turtle Island/North America. Her work focused on nuclear and environmental conflict, as well as gender-inclusive peace processes. From 2021-2023, she was based in New Delhi as a Research Fellow with the Council for Strategic and Defence Research, largely focusing on non-traditional security and caste-related violence.