Key skills and expertise

Bringing over 22 years of experience in criminal justice within fragile and conflict-affected states, this English lawyer has held pivotal leadership roles such as Acting Head of Chambers at the ICTY and Senior Adviser on Judiciary in Ukraine. Expertise includes providing legal support, strategic advice, and capacity building in international humanitarian law and anti-corruption initiatives. Responsibilities have included managing large teams, supervising legal drafting, and contributing to judiciary reforms. These accomplishments highlight significant achievements in governance and justice sector projects on both national and international levels.

Project experience and donor exposure

Worked across diverse projects involving collaboration with international donors through the EU Advisory Mission in Ukraine and the EU Training Mission in Mali. These roles focused on providing strategic advice and capacity building in governance and justice reform. The expert's work included training, advising on international humanitarian law, and developing anti-corruption courts, primarily in Ukraine and Mali. The projects were conducted on national and regional scales within the governance sector.

Sectors and geographic focus

Background includes positions in the sectors of human rights, anti-corruption, justice reform, and law. Previously held roles such as Acting Head of Chambers at the ICTY and Senior Adviser on Judiciary in Ukraine, focusing on legal support, strategic advice, and capacity building. The expert's cross-cutting expertise includes governance and judicial reforms in fragile and conflict-affected regions, with work spanning Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, and Mali. This interdisciplinary knowledge enhances the ability to address complex legal and institutional challenges in diverse international settings. Extensive geographic experience in conflict-affected and post-conflict regions, including Ukraine, Mali, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the former Yugoslavia, has provided strategic legal advice and capacity building in governance and justice reform. Roles have included long-term assignments and leadership positions within international missions and tribunals, contributing to significant legal and institutional reforms in these regions.

Languages and education

With a background in English law, the expert is fluent in English and has a good working knowledge of French. These language skills have been used in various international contexts, including training and advising roles with the EU Training Mission in Mali and the EU Advisory Mission in Ukraine. Additionally, the expert possesses reading abilities in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Albanian, utilized in multilingual environments and legal advisory capacities. Educational achievements include a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Philosophy in Philosophy, Politics, and Greek and Latin Literature from the University of Oxford, UK. Further qualifications include a Master of Philosophy in Social Administration and a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Statistics from Sheffield City Polytechnic, UK, as well as a Master of Science in Social and Educational Research Methods from the Open University, UK, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from City University, London, UK.