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Strategic Leadership Council



Mrs. Sadako Ogata, Founding President, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency	Mr. Anne Willem Bijleveld, Former Director, Division of Communication and Information at UNHCR currently Member and Secretary of the RET Board	Mr. Jean-Pierre Cubizolle, Secretary, President and CEO of CC&T

Mrs. Francoise Demole, Chairwoman of the International Museum of the Reformation	Mr. Jean-Claude Peterschmitt, Chairman, former Chairman of Digital Equipment Corporation - Europe, currently member of the RET Board	Mr. Frederic Vallat Chief Financial Officer MSF Switzerland

His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan Bin Talal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	Dr. David Hamburg, President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation of New York	Mrs. Barbara Hendricks, Opera Singer

Dr. Kamal Hossain, Secretary, Barrister-at-Law and Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh	Mrs Adame Ba Konare, writer and historian, wife of Alpha Oumar Konare, current President of the African Union and former President of Mali.	Professor Henry Rosovsky, Former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University

Her Royal Highness, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand		Mr. Arnauld Akodjenou, UNHCR Observer/Advisor to the Council, Director Division of Operational Services

Founding Members of the RET Council


Professor Theo van Boven, former Dean, University of Maastricht Faculty of Law	The Right Honorable Lynda, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, former UK Minister of Overseas Development	Mrs. Zanele Mbeki, First Lady of South Africa

	His Excellency Ambassador Emilio Cardenas, founding Chairman, former Chairman and CEO of Hongkong Shanghai Bank of Argentina

RET Staff


The RET's staff is multicultural, well-educated, passionately dedicated and highly driven. The RET team spans representation from many countries and both cultural and educational backgrounds. We are from Afghanistan, Belgium, Burundi, Chad, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Italy, Kenya, Panama, Switzerland, Sudan, Sweden, Turkey, the UK, and the US.

Headquarters

	Ms. Zeynep Gündüz Executive Director

Mr. Guillaume Villard Global Programme Manager	Mrs. Signe Westerberg-Joshi Finance and Administration Manager	Mr. Nicolas Servas Programme Coordinator


Programme Operations
	AFRICA
Mr. Antonio Zivieri Head of Mission Burundi Ms. Jennie Taylor Education Manager Burundi	Mr. George Kihara Thang'wa Regional Programme Manager	Mr. Maurizio Verrina Head of Mission Chad Ms. Anne-Laure Rambaud Education Manager Chad
	AMERICAS
Ms. Yazmina Zambrano National Programme Coordinator Ecuador	Mr. Rémi Mannaert Regional Director	Ms. Samirah Armengol National Programme Coordinator Panamá
	SOUTH ASIA
	Mr. Engin Görücü Country Director Afghanistan
Mr. Moqim Abdul Qaumi Project Manager Afghanistan		Mr. Mirwais Nasery Education Officer Afghanistan

RET Volunteers

Ann Avery
Christine Burger
Catriona Hands
Susan Lee
Fei Lin
Marina Lopez Anselme
Andrew Nieven

how the RET operates