Leadership at HD
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The Senior Management Team implements HD’s strategy, steers global operations, approves the use of discretionary funds and identifies opportunities for mediation and peacemaking.
David Harland
Executive Director

Katie Sams
Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer

Katia Papagianni
Director – Policy and Mediation Support (MESU)

David Gorman
Regional Director – Eurasia

Alexandre Liebeskind
Regional Director – Francophone Africa

Romain Grandjean
Regional Director – Middle East and North Africa

Babatunde Afolabi
Regional Director – Anglophone and Lusophone Africa

Ye-Min Wu
Regional Director – South and Southeast Asia

Adam Cooper
Director – Digital Conflict

Ouseph Tharakan
Co-Director – Humanitarian Mediation

Clancy Rudeforth
Co-Director – Humanitarian Mediation

Karina Vartanova
Director – Finance and Administration

Rana Abdo
Director – Human Resources

Linda van der Horst
Co-head of China programme

Qiyang Niu
Co-head of China programme
