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Соня Деркум, руководитель отдела НМВУ

Sonja Derkum is the Head of the GCF's Independent Redress Mechanism. She was previously Head of the Complaints Mechanism (CM) for the European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) for six years where she successfully managed the EIB’s independent public accountability function. She was with the EIB in Luxembourg in different control and accountability functions since 2003. In 2011, she spent a year supporting the Office of Internal Audit (OIA) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Sonja is passionate about topics around good governance and accountability and is a strong advocate for independent grievance mechanisms as a necessity to give a voice to affected communities.

Halina Ward, Senior Consultant and interim Compliance Case Lead

Halina Ward, a dual Polish and UK national, is a specialist in international financial institution accountability and compliance processes. A lawyer by training, she has over thirty years’ experience in applied sustainable development policy research, including through positions with the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Senior Fellow), the International Institute for Environment and Development (Programme Director and Senior Associate) and Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development (Director). She recently served as a member of the Asian Development Bank’s Compliance Review Panel (2018-2023) and has also served as a senior consultant to the compliance team of the International Finance Corporation’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (2019-2021 and currently), as an expert with the Project Complaint Mechanism of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2014-2017), and as an Advisor to the GCF’s IRM (2016-2018). Halina’s research in the field of climate change includes analysis of just transitions from a business and human rights perspective (IHRB, 2020), and a major research project on links between democracy and climate change (FDSD, 2010-2013). Halina holds an LLB from University College London, and an LLM in Law and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Прекша Кришна Кумар, регистратор и сотрудник по ведению дел 

Preksha Krishna Kumar is a researcher, with wide-ranging experience relating to accountability and redress mechanisms. She previously worked for an international human rights advocacy organization based in New York, supporting dozens of frontline communities in their efforts to access information and redress.  Over the course of her career, Preksha has been immersed in the policies, practices and impacts of development finance institutions – working with diverse stakeholders in countries such as India, Colombia, Malawi and Kenya. Preksha holds a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, New York, with a focus on Development Economics and Spanish Literature.

Питер Карлсон, специалист по связям с общественностью

Питер - сотрудник отдела коммуникаций НМВУ, имеющий значительный опыт работы в сфере образования и международного развития. До прихода на НМВУ Питер работал в команде по коммуникациям Глобального партнерства в области образования (GPE), занимаясь цифровыми кампаниями и СМИ. До GPE он работал в ОЭСР, управляя коммуникациями Партнерства по статистике в целях развития в XXI веке (PARIS21) и Директората по окружающей среде. Он также работал в бизнес-школе HEC Paris, ЮНЕСКО и Африканской ассоциации художников по развитию. Питер получил степень бакалавра по маркетингу и французскому языку в Университете штата Огайо и степень магистра по международным отношениям в Sciences Po Paris.

Sue Kyung Hwang, Dispute Resolution Case Associate

After studying International Affairs and Environmental Studies at the George Washington University, Sue Kyung Hwang pursued her master’s degree in Water Cooperation and Diplomacy, a joint programme held at the University for Peace (Costa Rica), IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Netherlands), and Oregon State University (U.S.), to learn how different stakeholders in riparian countries co-manage their shared water resources. Her past work experiences involve preparing a database of livestock carbon emissions and using it to educate the public for climate action in a local community in Costa Rica. Sue Kyung served as the IRM’s intern in 2020 and the IRM’s Team Assistant from April 2021 to October 2023. She was appointed as the Dispute Resolution Case Associate in October 2023.

Amanda Bierschenk, Case Associate

Amanda is the IRM’s Case Associate, supporting compliance review, policy, and advisory functions. Amanda comes to the IRM after three years in GCF’s Secretariat, where she worked in external affairs on resource mobilisation and partnerships. In 2021, she also served as the IRM’s intern. Prior to joining GCF, she held roles at the US House of Representatives, US electoral campaigns, the AmeriCorps, and various human rights and community development nonprofits. Amanda holds an MSc in Environment and Development from the University of Edinburgh and a BA in International Relations from Boston University.

Kiara Tegbe Savignac, Intern

Kiara is an intern at the Independent Redress Mechanism. She has diverse experience both in France and abroad, spanning NGOs, the private sector, and local government. Her roles have included PR assistant, project manager, community liaison, local democracy mission officer, and research assistant. Kiara holds a B.A. from Sciences Po Paris, with a focus on economics and sociology and a Euro-Asian concentration. She also earned a master’s degree in public policy, specializing in social policy and social innovation, from Sciences Po Paris. Her research thesis focused on policy evaluation, and she aspires to work in the field of accountability at the international level.

Oscar Nuwagaba, Intern

Oscar Nuwagaba joined the IRM Unit as an intern after earning his Ph.D. in Public Administration from Yonsei University, South Korea. He also holds a master's degree in Public Administration (Yonsei University) and a bachelor's degree in Democracy and Development Studies from Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda. Oscar is a researcher and boasts over 12 years of experience in community development functions. Previously, he served as a Community Engagement Supervisor at the USAID-Education Development Centre, where he designed and led project-wide stakeholder engagement strategies and provided capacity building for implementing partners. As a Senior Community Development/Service Officer in the local and central government of Uganda, he supported dispute resolution, community engagement for voluntary withdrawal from encroached wetlands, and compliance investigations related to environmental social safeguards. He is deeply passionate about accountability and redress mechanisms.

Бывшие сотрудники

Paco Gimenez-Salinas
Compliance and Dispute Resolution Specialist (October 2019 – November 2024)

Ибрагим Пам
Глава НМВУ a.i. (сентябрь 2022 - март 2023)

Лаланат де Сильва
Глава НМВУ (ноябрь 2016 - август 2022)

Кристин Редделл
Регистратор и сотрудник по ведению дел (февраль 2019 г. - июль 2021 г.)

Сусана Родригес
Специалист по соблюдению нормативных требований и урегулированию споров (июль 2017 г. - июль 2019 г.)

Ариан Грейс Йовена
Помощник группы (август 2017 г. - февраль 2019 г.)

Бывшие консультанты

Пол Сафар
Помощник консультанта по вопросам коммуникации и мероприятий (январь - декабрь 2020 г.)

Бывшие советники

Асанга Гунаванса
(2016 - 2018 гг.)

Халина Уорд
(2016 - 2018 гг.)

Бывшие стажеры

  • Хаджар Мунтассир (зима/весна 2018 г.)
  • Шамир Шехаб (зима/осень 2018 г.)
  • Андреа Гуэвера (лето/осень 2018 г.)
  • Питер Болдт (зима/весна 2019 г.)
  • Марта Трофимова (зима/весна 2019 г.)
  • Сиддхант Прасад (лето/осень 2019 г.)
  • Пол Сафар (лето/осень 2019 г.)
  • Сью Кьюнг Хванг (зима 2020 г./зима 2021 г.)
  • Катрина Леманн-Грубе (зима/осень 2020 г.)
  • Джада Джакомини (осень-зима 2020 г.)
  • Ануша Каушик (осень-зима 2020 г.)
  • Аманда Биршенк (весна/осень 2021 г.)
  • Сафаа Лукили Идрисси (осень 2021/зима 2022)
  • Ноэми Фанкхаузер (весна/осень 2022 года)
  • Шарлин Анжела Сардома (осень 2022/зима 2023)
  • Janneke Kielman (весна/лето 2023)
  • Roxanne Aminou (весна/лето 2023)
  • Vaishnavi Pallapothu (Summer 2023 - Winter 2024)
  • Nicholas Kemble (Summer 2023 - Winter 2024)