Our Team

Caroline’s experience in the humanitarian sector includes both United Nations and NGO positions. She has worked as Communications Officer for the World Food Programme in Geneva and for Human Rights Watch in Brussels. She also gained experience as a Public Information Officer for UNOCHA in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Geneva. Caroline joined the ACAPS team in mid-March 2010 as Head of Communications.

Marwa joined ACAPS as Information Analyst in December 2020. She holds a M.Sc. in Food Security from the University of Warwick, as well as M.Sc. in Public Health and B.Sc. in Nutrition, both from the University of Jordan. Prior to joining ACAPS, she worked with local and international NGOs in the programme department. Her work focus was on implementing different health, nutrition, and food security projects.

Reynell joined ACAPS in April 2020. He holds a BA in International Relations from the Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla, Colombia) and a MSc in International Studies from the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). Prior to joining ACAPS, he worked at the UN Caribe Think Tank at the Universidad del Norte and as a graduate assistant at the Universidad de los Andes. His academic research is focused on transnational organised crime in Latin America, Colombian armed conflict and drug trafficking. He is also a member of the network of experts of La Silla Vacía, a Colombian news website.

Rolf has more than 15 years of experience with disaster management and humanitarian assistance, in particular with emergency response, needs analysis, and coordination of disaster operations. He works extensively with evaluations, methodology development, and training-design focusing on participatory learning methods and action-based learning. He has worked for OCHA/UNDAC in both complex emergencies and emergency responses to sudden onset disasters. Rolf worked for ACAPS as an assessment expert on the Syria Needs Analysis Project in 2013-14, and in subsequent years as a senior analyst on the response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique 2019 and the Beirut Port Explosion in 2020. He has held the position of the ACAPS Training Coordinator for several years and has been involved in the development of the HAP curriculum since the inception of the programme.

Abasse joined ACAPS in April 2021. He holds a PhD in Sociology from Gaston Berger University in Senegal. He is a specialist in social protection and precarious employment. Prior to joining ACAPS, he worked as head of the research department of Futur Au Present International, an NGO based in Ziguinchor, in the south of Senegal.

Covering West and Central Africa.

Francesca joined ACAPS in September 2017. Since then, she has worked as information analyst in Geneva and with the Yemen Analysis Hub in Amman, and was deployed to South Sudan and Afghanistan. She is currently responsible for the implementation of the CrisisInSight portfolio. Before joining ACAPS she worked for electoral support projects in the MENA region and as a trainee for the Democracy and Electoral Observation Division of the European External Action Service. She holds a BA in North Africa and Middle Eastern Studies and a MA in Political Science.

Danielle joined ACAPS Ukraine Analysis Hub as a Senior Analyst in October 2022. She holds an M.Phil and D.Phil in Politics from the University of Oxford, where she was a Clarendon Scholar. Prior to joining ACAPS, she worked for several human rights organisations and gained extensive field experience in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Paola joined ACAPS in September 2021. She holds a BA in Law and Philosophy and an MSc in International Law from the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) and Education from the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (Bogotá, Colombia). Prior to joining ACAPS, she worked as a trial lawyer, as researcher at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional and as a graduate assistant at the Universidad de los Andes. Her academic research focuses on food security and sovereignty in Latin America, the Colombian armed conflict and peace education.

Covering Latin America and the Caribbean.

Fred joined ACAPS in March 2022 as a Data Collector to monitor the humanitarian situation in East Africa. He then moved to the position of Information Analyst in August 2022. He holds a BSc in Economics and Statistics from the University of Nairobi and a certificate in Data Analysis from Dalworth Statistical and Research Training Centre. Prior to joining ACAPS, he worked for both government institutions, such as the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, and the private sector.

Covering Eastern and Southern Africa.

Claudia joined ACAPS in October 2017 in Geneva, and was deployed in Papua New Guinea, Mozambique and Bangladesh. She holds a Master’s of International Relations (Milan), a Master’s in International Humanitarian Action (Groningen / Aix-Marseille), and recently she specialised in Data Science (Milan). In the past she worked in project management and research and she gained field experience in several countries, such as Tanzania, Greece, Iraq and Ethiopia.

Claudia joined the ACAPS analysis team in November 2019. She holds an MBA in International Business Administration and Multilateral Financial Institutions from the Foreign Trade Institute of Spain (ICEX), and a B.A. in International Relations from Complutense University of Madrid. Prior to joining ACAPS, she worked at the Emergency Response Section of UN OCHA in Geneva and the Embassy of Spain in New Delhi. She has also acquired experience in the private sector working for different companies as an economic and political analyst.

Chiara joined ACAPS in February 2022. She has a background in physics and data analytics. After an MSc in physics at the University of Milan, she started working at CERN and obtained a PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She was a member of the ATLAS and FASER collaborations, where she focused on the analysis of the experimental data to search for new particles, using advanced statistical techniques.

Abim joined ACAPS in May 2020. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Drexel University and a M.A. in Political Science with a focus on globalization from the University of Lausanne. He previously worked as an intern at the Bureau de l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes (BEFH), a government office in charge of promoting gender equality in Canton Vaud, Switzerland.

Laura joined the ACAPS analysis team in August 2019. She holds an MSc in Environmental Risks and Human Security, a joint degree from the United Nations University and the University of Bonn. She has work experience in emergency response and preparedness at both the international level–through UN OCHA in Geneva–and at a local level, working for a West London Borough’s emergency management department. She was also a research assistant for the German Development Institute, focused on topics such as global climate action and policy. Prior to her relevant work experience, she gained a Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Thulani joined ACAPS in September 2022 as a GIS Expert. Thulani has vast private and public sector experience in Southern and Western Africa. Prior to joining ACAPS, he worked as a GIS Officer for a global humanitarian NGO with particular focus on Senegal and Nigeria. His primary background is in nature conservation, and data analytics. He participated in several initiatives in South Africa which focused on the protection of leopards, antelopes, buffalo and several plant species. He is a formally certified professional natural scientist, with a PhD degree in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing. Furthermore, Thulani is a review editor for the Frontiers in Remote Sensing Journal.

Rocio joined ACAPS in March 2020. She holds a BA in Journalism and a MA in Communication of Armed Conflicts, Peace and Social Movements. She has participated in the Inter-University Programme on the Mediterranean and Arab World by the European Institute of the Mediterranean in Barcelona. Prior to joining ACAPS, she worked as a journalist for the Spanish news media, where she developed a professional career on the International/Latin American desk. She also collaborated in the Communication Department of several INGOs, including Defence for Children International in Geneva.

Tiu joined ACAPS as an Administration Assistant in July 2022 at 50%. She holds a Maturité Professionnelle Bilingual English diploma. She combines her work at ACAPS with the Haute Ecole de Gestion (HEG) in the International Business Management sector as a part-time student.

Anna teamed up ACAPS Support unit in November 2019. Her educational background is related to the Applied Linguistics and French Studies. Her professional path led her to the humanitaria sector in early 2019 when she joined the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) office in Geneva as an administrative assistant.

Shaikha joined ACAPS in 2022. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from the University of Jordan and is a certified CMA. She has more than five years of experience in INGOs, including IRC and NRC. Prior to ACAPS, she worked at the NRC Syria Response Office.