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Who we are

Our people

The people who run the Bridge Institute day to day, and the board that holds us to account.

Management team

The management team runs the Institute day to day: the programmes we teach, the missions we build with partners, and the organisation behind both.
Mac McKenzie

Mac McKenzie (UK)

CEO
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Jane Sassienie

Jane Sassienie (UK)

Head of Capability, Impact and Design
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Fiona Macintyre

Fiona Macintyre (UK)

Chief Architect
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Jerry Connor

Jerry Connor (Australia)

Head of Strategy
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Ifrah Butt

Ifrah Butt (India)

Director of Programmes
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Suzanne Darkins

Suzanne Darkins (UK)

Head of Finance
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Gabriela Karch

Gabriela Karch (Germany)

Head of Marketing and Communities
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Luisa Barros

Luisa Barros (UK)

Team Associate
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Sonya Timms

Sonya Timms (UK)

Philanthropy Lead
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Sandra Soteriou

Sandra Soteriou (USA)

Director of Mission
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Dr. Bilal Pandow

Dr. Bilal Pandow (Bahrain)

Director of Mission
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Tim Kruger

Tim Kruger (UK)

Director of Mission
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Joyeeta Das

Joyeeta Das (India)

Director of Mission
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Charlie Curtis

Charlie Curtis (UK)

Director of Mission
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Cathy Manning

Cathy Manning (UK)

Director of Mission
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Michael Arthurs

Michael Arthurs (UAE)

Director of Mission
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Tina Oldham

Tina Oldham (UK)

Director of Mission
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Robert Osborne

Robert Osborne (UK)

Director of Mission
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Jeffrey Wotherspoon

Jeffrey Wotherspoon (UK)

Mission Partner
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Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees sets the strategy and provides the governance for the Institute. The trustees bring expertise and experience in the areas that matter most to its work: peace building and reconciliation, government relations, communications, finance, global health, geopolitics and strategy.
Declan Doogan
Declan Doogan
Chair of the Board of Trustees
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Dr. Viveka Kalidasan
Dr. Viveka Kalidasan
Trustee
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Shashi Velath
Shashi Velath
Trustee
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Jonathan Wright
Jonathan Wright
Trustee
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Heidi Lawson
Heidi Lawson
Trustee
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Bridge Institute
Manifesto

Our why. On solving the problems that cannot be solved alone: what we believe, and the principles we work by.

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