Our Team

Council
COUNCIL

Jacqueline Coté

Jacqueline Coté 600 x 600 2023
Jacqueline Coté
President
Switzerland

Jacqueline Coté was the Director of Public Relations and previously Head of Communications at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva from 2009 to 2021. In that role she was instrumental in building the new campus of the Institute, the Maison de la Paix, as a vibrant centre of conferences and seminars, thus solidifying the reputation and outreach of the Institute in International Geneva and beyond.

Prior to that Ms Coté was the Permanent Representative to the UN of the International Chamber of Commerce and also served as Senior Advisor Advocacy & Partnerships to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.  In the early part of her career, Ms Coté practiced as an international lawyer in Canada and Switzerland and held management positions with multinational companies SGS and DuPont.   

Ms Coté believes that the global agenda can best be tackled by linking the public, private and non-profit sectors, and that dialogue and empathy are essential tools to achieve the sustainable development goals.  She recently trained as a mediator at Harvard Law School and joined the board of several associations to continue her engagement with International Geneva.

Ms Coté has Swiss, Canadian and British nationalities, is a member of the Bar of Quebec and has two grown-up children who share her passion about tackling today’s global challenges in their areas of work.
 

Elisabeth Tooms EN

Elisabeth Tooms
Elisabeth Tooms
Vice President
United Kingdom

Elisabeth Tooms studied Law at Oxford University and at the same time participated in theatre projects as director, wardrobe mistress and stage manager.  She married in 1985 to Tim Firth, who died of cancer in 2014. She became involved with IofC/MRA at university and after graduating she worked with the organisation on a full time basis, directing musical shows and touring around the world. A career change resulted in working for 19 years in the City of London for Allen & Overy, a global law firm, as the Head of the Library and Information Service.  She took early retirement in 2004 and returned to theatre work, taking commissions as director, stage manager and lighting designer.  In particular, stage manager for Intermission Theatre in London helping to develop the Shakespeare inspired youth theatre project.  Became a trustee of the Oxford Group (IofC UK) from 2005-2009, taking the chair in 2007.  In 1997 founder member of Renewal Arts and involved in creating a series of arts conferences in Caux. She joined the Council of the CAUX-IofC Fondation in 2014.

*Member of the Executive Committee

Omnia Marzouk

Omnia Marzouk
Omnia Marzouk
United Kingdom / Egypt

Originally from Egypt, born in Spain, Omnia Marzouk has lived most of her life in Australia and Britain. She attended Sydney University and was the first woman recipient of the Hamilton Mott Scholarship at Wesley College. She graduated from Sydney Medical School, then completed her specialist training in the UK. She obtained her MD with distinction from Liverpool University. Dr Omnia Marzouk was Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medecine for 22 years at the UK's busiest Children's Emergency Department - Alder Hey Children's NHS Trust in Liverpool. She served as Clinical Director of the Emergency Department for 7 years and as Associate Medical Director of the Children's Hospital for 5 years. She held Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health national advisory and training posts in Paediatrics and Paediatric Emergency Medicine. She has recently retired from clinical work but continues to mentor and train doctors and nurses in Emergency Paediatrics. Dr Omnia Marzouk was the first woman president of Initiatives of Change International from 2011-2016. She was introduced to Initiatives of Change (IofC) while at school in Australia and has been actively involved since. For many years, she has been particularly engaged in trustbuilding initiatives and intercultural and interfaith dialogue within the UK as well as taking part in similar initiatives in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
   

Vivek Asrani

Vivek Asrani
Vivek Asrani
India

Vivek Asrani has been part of the family business for 35 years and is currently the Managing Director of Kaymo Fastener Company, India. He graduated with a Bachelors in Science and went on to get a  law degree. He was an executive body member of AIESEC from 1986-89 and the Founder President of Association of Youth for Better India (AYBI) from 1990 to 1993. He met IofC in 1992 and has been an active member since 1995. He currently serves on the Board of IofC India.

Vivek also serves on the boards of several NGO’s in India :

  • Toybank - a project that has set up 325 play centers in municipal schools and in rural India impacting over 45,000 children on daily basis.
  • Praja - One of the India’s largest citizens’ initiative holding the system accountable for its performance on the back of  information gathered through Right To Information (RTI).
  • Muktangan - Adoption of 7 Municipal schools in Mumbai teaching 3200 children and having trained over 500 community based teachers.

His wife Rashida runs a furniture business and his two sons are currently studying in their under- graduate years.

Karin Oszuszky EN

Karin Oszuszky
Karin Oszuszky
Austria

Karin Oszuszky is Advisor in the Private Sector and Trade Finance Department at the development finance Institution OFID. She is based in Vienna, Austria. She has been in commercial banking since 1985 in various assignments for large international banks in Vienna, Amsterdam, Geneva and Zurich. From 1998 to 2002 she was director at the Structured Commodity Finance Department at ING Bank in Amsterdam. From 2002 to 2005 she headed the corporate clients department of ING Geneva and was head of the corporate office of ING in Zurich.

François Barras EN

François Barras
François Barras
Switzerland

Ambassador François Barras is originally from Valais in Switzerland. Following a degree in law at the University of Geneva, a Masters in Anthropology from the University of Virigina, USA and a Doctorate in Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, he began his career with UNDP and World Bank missions. He went on to a career as a diplomat which took him successively to Tel Aviv, Washington, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Lebanon, New York, Beirut and Bern.

He retired in June 2017 and that same year joined the Council for Initiatives of Change Switzerland. He is also President of the Institute of Arab and Mediterranean Cultures (ICAM) in Geneva and President of the association Swiss Made Culture in Crans-Montana.

Morenike Onajobi

Morenike Onajobi
Morenike Onajobi
United Kingdom

Morenike Onajobi was first introduced to IofC Switzerland in 2012 by Intermission Youth (Theatre) and was part of the leadership team of the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme 2016. Working as a senior trainer, Morenike specialises in personal introspection and leadership development.

After studying Sport and Exercise Science at Loughborough University, Morenike went on to pursue a career in consultancy specialising in employment law, organisational design and business strategy.

Born and raised in East London, Morenike actively supports and engages in a range of humanitarian causes such as prison reform, supporting vulnerable young people and promoting peace, leadership and development for people from war-torn countries.

Véronique Sikora

Véronique Sikora
Véronique Sikora

An associate professor at the School of Engineering and Management in Yverdon-les-Bains in western Switzerland, Véronique Sikora brings her passion for knowledge sharing, and several years of multicultural experience in communications and training. 

Having worked in business and government in Canada and Switzerland, she became keenly interested in how people share knowledge. This led her to steer her career path towards higher education where for the last 20 years she has been designing and delivering courses in business communications including knowledge management.  She also works independently for "Weaving Social Fabric".

Her extensive volunteer experience includes delivering workshops and leadership training and facilitating seminars and round tables for IofC Switzerland and the Swiss Knowledge Management Forum. Véronique is currently Co-President of the Friends of Caux.

Staff
Senior Management Team

Ignacio Packer

Ignacio Packer
Ignacio Packer
Executive Director

Ignacio Packer is appointed as Executive Director of the Initiatives of Change Switzerland Foundation, starting 1 May 2023. Until March 2023, he served as Executive Director of ICVA, the global consortium of humanitarian NGOs. ICVA is a global network of non-governmental organisations whose mission is to make humanitarian action more principled and effective by working collectively and independently to influence policy and practice.

Ignacio has over 30 years of experience in humanitarian work and development issues. He served a five-year term as Secretary General of the Terre des Hommes International Federation, and previously worked for the Terre des Hommes Foundation, the Swiss Tropical Institute, the European Association for Development and Health, Medecins Sans Frontieres, KPMG and the European Bank for Latin America.

He is an expert on human rights and social issues. He has been strongly engaged in global advocacy on protection frameworks for migrant and refugees with a particular focus on children and youth.

Passionate for long-distance challenges, he is also an enthusiastic ultra-trail runner.

Horia Jarrar

Horia Jarrar
Horia Jarrar
Director of Operations & Finance

Horia Jarrar is responsible for operations and finance at IofC Switzerland, including the premises of the Caux Palace. A Swiss and French national, Horia has worked as Business Finance Director for Equant EMEA in Paris and for SITA in Geneva. She has a degree in Finance and a Masters in Economics. She has wide experience in the for-profit and non-profit sectors and in multicultural environments and is passionate about archetypal psychology. Horia believes in the ability of individuals inspired by universal values to work for a better society.

 

Hospitality

Valentin Brunet

Valentin Brunet
Valentin Brunet
Hospitality & Sales Operation Manager

Valentin Brunet is a Swiss and French national who has worked as a manager and assistant manager for hotels in the canton of Valais in Switzerland before joining the Foundation in 2022. With a background in hotel management and a financial training applied to hotels, he had the opportunity to work in various establishments to manage various projects and events related to the hotel and restaurant industry.

 

Etienne Jacques

Etienne Jacques
Etienne Jacques
Hospitality Operations Manager

A French national, Etienne Jacques trained in the traditional hotel industry at the Ecole Hôtelière de Nice. He has a diploma in cooking and catering and looks back on more than thirty years of international experience at the head of atypical hotel establishments. A man of the field, he is quick to adapt and has already successfully managed several high-altitude hotels and restaurants in the Swiss canton Valais. Pragmatic and a fan of digitalisation, he knows how to make proposals to make a business more efficient, but also more human. Etienne and his family have been living in Switzerland for more than a decade where he loves the quality of life and enjoys hiking in the mountains.

Evelyne VY-Nguyen

Evelyne VY-Nguyen
Hospitality Project Coordinator

Edna Da Costa Sanches

Edna Da Costa Sanchez
Edna Da Costa Sanches
Housekeeper

Edna Da Costa Sanches is originally from Cape Verde. She now lives in Switzerland and is responsible for the cleaning of the rooms, halls and meeting rooms of the Foundation's centre in Caux.

 

Community Engagement, Culture, Arts & Training Programmes

Anne-Catherine Sutermeister

Anne Catherine Sutermeister
Anne-Catherine Sutermeister
Head of Community Engagement, Arts & Training Programmes - Switzerland

Anne-Catherine Sutermeister will join the Foundation in February 2024 as Head of Community Engagement, Arts and Training Programmes - Switzerland.

Anne-Catherine has worked in the cultural sector for more than 25 years. She worked in cultural organisations (Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne, Bibliothèque cantonale universitaire, Théâtre du Jorat), in higher education (La Manufacture in Lausanne and HEAD-Geneva), in cultural policy (Canton of Berne, Pro Helvetia Foundation Board, State of Valais), and as a consultant and trainer (MAS in cultural management at the University of Lausanne/Geneva), which gives her a global view of the cultural sector.

In 2019, she took a sabbatical in South-East Asia and Australia, meeting artists and cultural managers and interviewing them to learn more about their realities and best practices. At the same time, she completed her yoga practice by training to become a yoga teacher. She is interested in mental health issues and takes classes in first aid.

Anne-Catherine is delighted to join Initiatives of Change, connecting her different passions.

Sarah Noble

Sarah Noble
Sarah Noble
Head of Global Engagement

Sarah Noble is originally from Canada and but was born and has lived in Switzerland for more than half her life. She has dedicated her career to building a better world and is passionate about showcasing people's stories about how we build peace with each other and the planet. In her TEDx talk, Storytelling is Our Real-Life Superpower, she invites us to embrace this ability to take on the existential issues of our time and create a better future.

Sarah has held leadership positions at international organisations focused on peacebuilding, humanitarian issues, and independent media. She brings with her more than 20 years of experience in strategic communications, fundraising, and partnerships in the field of international peace and security. She is co-founder and is Curator of the Peace Talks at Interpeace where she has held a number of positions, including Special Assistant, Chief of Staff, and Director of Global Engagement. She has overseen more than 20 editions of the Peace Talks that have taken place in more than 8 countries with over 8.000 attendees and has worked with more than 200 speakers from over 50 countries. Sarah also served as Director of External Relations at The New Humanitarian, a non-profit newsroom that puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world, where she led the rebrand process and helped build the funding base of the organization.

She has 2 small children and volunteers on the Parent Teacher Association at the International School of Geneva. She also volunteers as the Country Chair of Global Dignity for Switzerland and serves on the Global Advisory Circle of the Future of Good. 

She has an MA in International Affairs from Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and a BA in Political Studies and Economics from Queen’s University. She is an Alumni and Past President of the Geneva Hub Association of the Global Shapers.

Facilities & Maintenance

Adrien Giovannelli EN

Adrien Giovannelli
Adrien Giovannelli
Head of Facilities

Adrien Giovannelli started working in August 2016 for the IofC Switzerland as Head of Facilities and brings with him 10 years of experience in the construction field in France and 3 years as Duty Manager for a Swiss Hotel Management school. He works on the renovations and is in charge of the maintenance department for the Caux premises. Adrien is a real aficionados of photography.

Jérôme Bertini EN

Jérôme Bertini
Jérôme Bertini
Team Manager and Technical Coordinator

Jérôme Bertini comes from Nice (France), where he worked as a painter for a local company for 17 years, and 7 years as a craftsman. He joined the maintenance team in Caux in September 2016 as a painter and became Team Manager and Technical Coordinator in December 2023.

Mathieu Vincent

Mathieu Vincent
Mathieu Vincent
Carpenter/Cabinet Maker

 

Mathieu Vincent has been a carpenter/cabinet maker for almost 30 years. His knowledge is multiple and can go from the restoration of antiques, to the making of a secret piece of furniture or the installation of a floor, a window or a staircase. He joined the team in 2021 and it is with great pleasure that his know-how and techniques are now at the service of the foundation.

Olivier Homs

Olivier Homs
Olivier Homs
Landscape gardener / Multi-skilled technician

Having travelled in Africa and the Lebanon for various humanitarian projects, Olivier Homs is passionate about human relations. He loves sporting challenges and nature is omnipresent in his life. His profession as a gardener has led him to work in various fields, such as viticulture, landscape management and the maintenance of public and private gardens.

Juan Carlos Martin

Juan Carlos Martin
Juan Carlos Martin
Multi-Skilled Technician

Juan Carlos Martin is of Spanish origin and joined the Foundation in early 2023 as a multi-skilled technician. He has more than 20 years of experience in the technical field and worked for more than 10 years as an electrician for Swiss companies. Juan Carlos loves diving, cooking and travelling to meet new people.

N'kolongo Kalombo

N'kolongo Kalombo
N'kolongo Kalombo
Multi-Skilled Technician and Painter

N'kolongo Kalombo was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and came to Switzerland at the age of 6. He joined the Foundation in March 2023 as a multi-skilled technician and painter. His first boss was a real mentor to him and it is thanks to working with him that N'kolongo acquired all his professional skills. He has been working as a painter since he was 15 years old and says: 'Now life has given me the opportunity to be part of your team.' N'kolongo is married and has 4 children, likes travelling, competitive sports, nature and fitness.

 

Abderrazak Rabouz

Abderrazak Rabouz
Abderrazak Rabouz
Sanitary Specialist and Multi-skilled Maintenance Technician

Abderrazak Rabouz was born in Morocco and arrived in Switzerland in 2010. His first job was as a multi-skilled worker and sanitary fitter in a renovation company in the canton of Vaud where he worked from 2020 to November 2023. Abderrazak enjoys football and has a passion for oriental cuisine.

Communication

Tina Clifton

Tina Clifton
Tina Clifton
Head of Communications

Tina Clifton joined IofC Switzerland as the Head of Communications in March 2023 and brings over 20 years of experience leading successful marketing and communications programmes and implementing customer experience initiatives for international industrial companies.

Tina's passion for working in international and multicultural environments is driven by her conviction that diversity is essential to gaining unique perspectives and enriching projects. She is deeply committed to applying her skills and expertise to make a meaningful contribution to society.

In her free time, Tina enjoys swimming, preferably in a mountain lake, and hiking. Originally from the UK, where she obtained her marketing degree, she moved to France in 2001 and now resides in the beautiful Geneva area with her husband and two amazing daughters.

Ulrike Ott Chanu EN

Ulrike Ott Chanu
Ulrike Ott Chanu
Communications Officer

Ulrike Ott Chanu has been part of the communications team since February 2014. She takes care of and coordinates translations and proofreading and looks after the Foundation's websites and social media accounts. After studying English, French and History she worked as a teacher in Germany until marriage to a Frenchman not only made her change country but also retrain professionally. She studied International Logistics, business and economics translation, worked for various shipping companies and managed a B&B in Normandy. She now divides her time between her work for the Foundation and her family.

Abigayle Mapanao

Abigayle Mapanao
Abigayle Mapanao
Communications and Events Officer

Abigayle Mapanao joined the Foundation in November 2023. She is originally from the Philippines but also grew up in Gabon, Tanzania and Switzerland. Abigayle studied psychology and worked in the aviation industry for 7 years, first as a ground handling agent and later as a duty and customer service manager in ground operations. She was an active member at the students' association AIESEC and worked as an audio-visual moderator for the International Telecommunications Union. Through her travels and personal path, Abigayle decided to change her professional career and make a contribution to subjects which are important to her, such as children and human rights, child protection, humanitarian challenges and equity. She also strongly believes that people should be at the heart of all aspects of our personal et professional life. Abigayle has Filipino and Swiss citizenship and lives in Geneva with her son.

 

Administration

Claude Dubey

Claude Dubey
Claude Dubey
Accountant and HR Administration Officer

Originally from the canton of Neuchâtel, Claude Dubey lived there until 2008 before she went a long trip to the USA to learn English. On her return she moved to Fribourg, Switzerland, and then to the countryside of Lausanne before settling permanently in Valais in 2015 where she is raising her daughter. Claude loves nature and the outdoors and enjoys skiing or walking in the mountains, swimming in the clear waters of the lakes and tasting the culinary wonders of Switzerland.

Florian Dind

Florian Dind
Florian Dind
Administrative and Accounting Assistant

A native of the Vaud Riviera, proud of his region and passionate about the mountains, it seems natural that Florian Dind joined the Foundation. After completing his initial training in sales, he continued his education to develop new skills. Before working for various regional small and medium-sized companies, he also travelled in Asia and Africa, discovering new cultures and meeting new people. Florian loves sports and especially running.

Nathalie Rognon

Nathalie Rognon
Nathalie Rognon
Administrative Assistant

Originally from Montreux, Nathalie Rognon grew up between Switzerland and Guatemala, her two countries of origin, which gave her a multicultural outlook. Career-wise, Nathalie chose a commercial path. She then worked as an assistant manager in a private clinic on the Riviera for 5 years.

In 2011, she became a mother and was lucky enough to look after her son full-time for four years. As soon as her son started school, she took up her old position as assistant manager again until June 2023.

Human values are important to her and she cherishes her family relationships and friendships. She loves entertaining and cooking. To relax and recharge her batteries, she enjoys walking her Bernese mountain dog around our beautiful region.

Marie Gillet

Marie Gillet
Marie Gillet
Head of Volunteer Resources Development

Marie Gillet joins the Alps from Belgium. Marie fell in love with the Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation and arranged to join us for 3 months, offering her working time during a break with her employer.  Marie will be responsible for managing a three-month project to develop processes for recruiting, training, motivating and supervising volunteers within Caux Initiatives of Change, as well as activating the action plan. This work is carried out in collaboration with the department/activity managers. 

Marie has been a manager at Monitor Deloitte for almost 6 years.  She joined Deloitte Consulting Belgium's strategy department in 2011 and has worked on a wide range of strategic engagements and business transformation projects. She has proven experience in price and profitability management, business transformation and project management. Marie holds a Master's degree in International Management, a Master's degree in Finance and a Bachelor's degree in Economics.

 

Support
IT & Cybersecurity

Peter Osazuwa EN

Peter Osazuwa
Peter Osazuwa
IT & Cybersecurity
Peter Osazuwa, CEO at HyperSecureIT Sàrl, and his team have overall responsibilities for technology and cybersecurity services for the Foundation. HyperSecureIT combines technology, innovation, and team expertise that continuously improves solutions to meet and/or exceed customers’ needs. HyperSecureIT Sàrl vision is to support, drive and enable their customers' business goals. For more information, please visit their website.

Joshua Nichols

Joshua Nichols
Joshua Nichols
CRM Data Analyst

Joshua Nichols supports the Foundation on a consultant basis as a CRM Data Analyst.

Creative Leadership

Sidra Raslan CF

Sidra Raslan
Sidra Raslan
Programme Manager

Sidra Raslan is a young Syrian determined to take part in making the world and her country a better place. She believes in the power of youth and the gift of diversity, and that when combined together with personal stories and an openness to share, provides a space that inspires leadership and a cascade of change. We are calling that space the Creative Leadership conference. Her journey with IofC began in 2016, since then she has carried with her a piece of the palace and the people she’s met with her daily, and it keeps her motivated to be the best version she can be of herself. In Syria she spends free time volunteering with youth to empower then to become active members of society. She is constantly seeking opportunities and working on ‘being the change she wishes to see in the world. Sidra works for Creative Leadership as a volunteer.

Daniel Clements CF

Daniel Clements
Daniel Clements
Programme Manager

Daniel Clements is British and has a passion for working with young people. He is a teacher in Coventry with strong ambitions to engage in educational reform. He sees the challenges people face today as deeply spiritual, and has a desire to enable people to overcome inner darkness and live lives of truth and compassion. Daniel supports the Creative Leadership team as a volunteer.

Ines Mokdadi 2023

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Ines Mokdadi
Content
Tunisia

Ines Mokdadi is an Associate Professor of English at ISEAH (Department of English) in Tunisia, an independent translator at Universal Translation Services and a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Alumna at the University of Notre Dame, USA (2020-2021). She holds an MA in the field of Applied Linguistics. She participated and completed the Peacebuilding Mentors Training programme, organized IofC GAIN, which enables her to mentor, assist and help future mentees become changemakers and peacebuilders. Ines is interested in civic engagement and inclusion and is a board member and main interpreter at ICHARA for the deaf community in Tunisia. Ines supports the Creative Leadership team as a volunteer.

Inner Development Goals

Willi Studer

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Willi Studer
Organizational Coach

Willi Studer is an organizational coach based in the Lake Geneva region. Deeply rooted in the Swiss Alpine area, having grown up and studied in the greater Zurich region, he later lived for 7 years in Paris. Willi is a Swiss and French citizen. He has more than 20 years’ experience in organizational development and transformational change. People who know his work call him an engineer of the human, providing real and rapid help. He is the Swiss Partner of Denison Consulting and has worked together with its founder Dan Deniison for many times, he is also Partner of The Fearless Organization (Amy Edmondson) and Associate of The Development Edge (Robert Kegan). Finally, he acts as a proud Ambassador of the global Inner Development Goals initiative (IDGs). Willi is a spouse and father; he loves skiing, plays table tennis, and he enjoys reading books on a wide range of topics from history, through sustainability, to the exploration of countries and people; finally, he loves receiving inspiration from art. Willi Studer supports the Foundation as a consultant for the Inner Development Goals.

Carole de Bazignan

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Carole de Bazignan
Director EVASE, Facilitator AWAYKE

After studying business and marketing and with 10 years' experience in the private sector (communications, negotiation and event organisation), Carole de Bazignan entered the world of development and humanitarian aid, coordinating projects to provide access to drinking water and education. She is involved in project management, designing and implementing strategy within different structures, communication, training and partnership research. In 2016, after training in mediation, she embarked on a programme of self-knowledge, learning how to facilitate self-management tools and supporting individuals in their search for a balance between personal fulfilment and responsibility within the community. Driven by the idea that "alone you can go faster, but together you can go further", she enjoys working with people and organisations who embody the values of fairness, humility, perseverance, commitment and trust - in oneself, in others, in life - and exchanging and sharing ideas to see how we can work together on sustainable projects. Carole de Bazignan supports the Foundation as a consultant for the Inner Development Goals.

Design, Training & Facilitation

Diana Damsa Training

Diana Damsa WIC 2015
Diana Damsa
Training & Facilitation

Diana Damsa holds degrees in Law and Music and has pursued postgraduate studies in Healing of Memories and Intercultural and Interfaith Communication. In 2004 she was inspired by Initiatives of Change (IofC)’s message that change in the world starts with change in oneself; she has been active in several IofC programmes since then. In particular, she has been involved with Foundations for Freedom in various capacities both as a member of the management and coordination team, as a designer and facilitator of youth and leadership programmes and of interethnic dialogues in Ukraine and Romania. She was vice-president of Creators of Peace, Managing Director of the "Tools for Changemakers" programme, organized the Young Ambassadors Programme and worked for the Foundation as training programme manager until spring 2023. She is also a founding member and the President of the Centre for Social Transformation in Romania, which works to promote peace, build trust and empower women and Roma youth. Diana supports the Foundation as a consultant for training and facilitation.

 

Bhavesh S Patel

Bhav Patel
Bhavesh Patel
Design & Facilitation

Bhavesh Patel designs and facilitates learning and development for people, organizations and networks. He believes that in an increasingly uncertain world, there are no off-the-shelf ideal pre-defined solutions. Instead organizations can find their evolutionary capacity through engaging the hearts and minds of their own people. This leads to a variety of work from strategic development to helping community groups discover their shared vision. He also works as a trainer, delivering workshops that explore skills in self-management, communication, training and facilitation. Bhav has a Master’s in Management Psychology and has worked in over 30 countries for a mix of social and corporate clients. As a consultant, he is part of the Caux Design team.

Jonathan Dudding EN

Jonathan Dudding
Jonathan Dudding
Design & Facilitation

Jonathan Dudding has been working internationally as a trainer and facilitator for over twenty years. He was trained by the Institute of Cultural Affairs and specializes in their methods. In addition to facilitating events and training others in facilitation, Jonathan also offers advice on how to incorporate participatory approaches into sectors where participation is less valued. He has provided training and support to the facilitators of the Caux conferences facilitators, has run courses with ICA:UK in partnership with the Foundation in Geneva and is part of the Caux Design Team as a consultant.

Graphic Design

Diana Topan Graphic Design

Diana Topan
Diana Topan
Graphic Design
Romania

Diana Topan supports Caux Initiatives of Change as a consultant for graphic design. She has worked with various NGOs at an international level since 2012, having gained experience as a project manager in the Netherlands and Romania, and as a freelance social media manager with clients in Europe, the Middle East and the USA. She studied psychology and is passionate about photography and digital arts. She was part of the communications team of several international IofC conferences and programmes in Caux, including the Foundation's "Tools for Changemakers" programme. Diana worked 2021 - 2023 as a communications officer for the Foundation and is currently the vice-president of the Centre for Social Transformation in Romania.

Tech Hosting

Sebastian Hasse

Sebastian Hasse
Sebastian Hasse
Tech Hosting Support

Sebastian Hasse studied computer science and is a trained mediator. He is from Germany and has been actively involved with IofC as a volunteer for many years.

Archives

Eliane Stallybrass

Eliane Stallybrass
Eliane Stallybrass
Archivist

Eliane Stallybrass looks after the Foundation's archives. She has been actively involved with Initiatives of Change in various capacities for many years. She organised conference, looked after the smooth running of the summer conferences, was part of those who started the work weeks in 1986 and of the small international team of (mainly) volunteers that put together the book "75 Years of Stories" for the 75th anniversary of the Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation.

Guided Tours

Andrew Stallybrass

Andrew Stallybrass 2017
Andrew Stallybrass
Caux Palace Historian & Guided Tours

Together with his wife Eliane, Andrew Stallybrass has been involved in the work of Initiatives of Change for many years and in many capacities, including conference organisation, the work weeks and communications. His extensive knowledge of the history of our centre in Caux makes him the perfect person for a guided tour through the buildings and gardens of the Caux Palace.

Hospitalité (in cooperation with EVAM)

Svitlana Hniedash

Svitlana Hniedash
Support Hospitality Team

Valentina Chelombitko

Valentina Chelombitko
Support Hospitality Team
Maintenance (in cooperation with EVAM)

Denys Smyshliaiev

Denys Smyshliaiev
Support Maintenance Team