PS21 Staff
Peter Apps – Executive Director
Peter currently works as a Global Defense Correspondent at Reuters and joined on as Executive Director full-time from January 2015. He is a veteran reporter paralyzed from the shoulders down covering the Sri Lanka war in 2006.
Steph Baker – Chief of Staff
Steph graduated from King’s College London with a MA in War Studies, and is currently working in the Disarmament team of the UK Mission to Geneva. Her main interests include Middle East conflict and work across the humanitarian sector.
Lauren Greatz
Deputy Chief of Staff
Lauren completed her MA in international relations, political violence and counter terrorism. Her main interests include international politics and human rights.
Julia Thommessen
Deputy Chief of Staff
Julia is currently studying international relations at King’s College London. Her research interests include far-right extremism and radicalisation.
Sebastian Beyenburg
Intern
Sebastian is currently studying international relations at King’s College London and has a prominent interest in international law, human rights and grand strategy.
Amy Jimenez
Intern
Amy is currently completing her MSc in International Social and Public Policy at London School of Economics and is particularly interested in education, technology and social inequality.
Tomas Fiala-Price
Intern
Thomas graduated with his MSc in Conflict Studies and is particularly interested in politics, people, and the evolution of society.
Nikhita Swarnkar
Intern
Nikhita is currently studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics at King’s College London, her research interests include contemporary British politics and global economic trends.
Rebecca Visser
Intern
Rebecca is a student of History and International Relations at King’s College London with a particular interest in American domestic politics and US-China relations.
Sakshi Rai
Intern
Sakshi is a LLM Candidate at the London School of Economics, specialising in Public International Law and particularly interested in transnational environmental law.
Florence Magalon
Intern
Florence is currently completing her MA in Geopolitics, her interests include cybersecurity and the impact of technology on territories, space, and people.
Hannah Bogaert
Intern
Hannah is currently studying International Relations at King’s College London, with a particular interest in the relationship between ethics, foreign policy, and human rights.
Governing Board
Tom Beazley – Company Secretary
Former British Army officer and now consultant for Deloitte
Jennifer Brindisi
Political consultant and Former London Executive Director of Young Professionals in Foreign Policy
Jonn Elledge
Editor, CityMetric; Journalist, New Statesman
Katherine Maher
Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation
Sidney Olinyk
Former Chief of Staff, Mideast Policy, Office of the US Secretary of Defense
Metsa Rahimi
Regional Head of Intelligence within Corporate Security & Business Continuity, Deutsche Bank
Ari Ratner
Founder and CEO of strategic communications firm Inside Revolution; Former Political Appointee, US Department of State
Monique Villa (Strategic Advisor to the Board)
CEO Thomson Reuters Foundation
International Advisory Group
Commodore Philip Thicknesse, RN
Former head of Futures UK Defence Concepts and Doctrines Centre
Gary Barnabo
President, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP)
Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb
Former Director, UK Special Forces and Commander, Field Army
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi
UAE-based blogger and columnist
David Sanderson
Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim
Steve Killelea
Founder and Chief Executive, Institute for Economics and Peace
Nikolas Gvosdev
Professor of National Security studies, US Naval War College
John Bassett
Former GCHQ Official, now fellow at Oxford University
Richard Barrett
Former head UN al-Qaeda/Taliban monitoring team, current Senior Vice President of The Soufan Group
Jack A. Goldstone
Professor of International relations, George Mason University
Joshua Marcuse
Founder, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy
Sir Michael Leigh
Former Director for Enlargement, European Union, previously Deputy Director External Relations, now senior advisor to German Marshall Fund.
Richard Burge
Chief Executive, Wilton Park
Global Fellows
Brittany Damora
Senior Operations Manager, Kidnap & Ransom, Aegis Response.
Caitlin Vito
Coordinator, Office of the Director of Studies at the International Institute
for Strategic Studies (IISS); Formerly at NATO, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division
Dalia Abd El Hameed
Gender and Sexuality Officer, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Erik Lin-Greenberg
Former US Air Force Officer, PhD candidate Columbia University
Felicity Fitzgerald
Pediatrician, currently working on Ebola in West Africa
Frederic Ischebeck-Baum
Former UNODC Counter-Piracy Advisor,
Fellow of the King’s College London Sir Michael Howard Centre,
Fellow of the Cambridge Security Initiative
Margarita Noriega
Social media specialist, New York
Martina Fuchs
TV Business Reporter, CCTV News (China Central Television)
Christian Le-Miere
Security Advisor, Government of the United Arab Emirates. Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Negar Razavi
Anthropologist, PhD candidate University of Pennsylvania
Julia Clark
Senior Vice President, Ipsos (US), former Head of Political Research, Ipsos MORI (UK)
Anna Bowden
Senior Associate, Social Outcomes, Australia
David Murrin
Author, Breaking the Code of History and chairman, Spartent Global Solutions
Kate Thomas
Editor of Ebola Deeply, experienced Africa correspondent
Steve Pritchard
United Nations Programme Manager, Landmine Clearance and Weapons Management
John Drake
Head of Global Intake, Mideast Analyst, AKE Group
Natalie Chwalisz
Africa peace and conflict consultant
Ali Wyne
Adjunct, RAND Corporation and contributing analyst, Wikistrat
Peter Liebert
Special Assistant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
Amjad Saleem
Political Analyst, former humanitarian worker (Muslim Aid); consultant on peace building
Rasha Elass
Former Reuters, NPR reporter, Damascus
Hayat Alvi
Professor, Middle East studies, US Naval War College
Milena Rodban
Independent Geopolitical risk consultant

Gwenn Laine
Former French Navy officer turned documentary filmmaker
Rebecca Bunce
Researcher at Human Rights Consortium and Campaigner
Linda Tirado
Activist, author of Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
Jennifer Abrahamson
Consultant and writer
Alia Brahimi
Visiting Research Fellow at University of Oxford
Tom Bruxner
Brittish Army officer, Defense Concepts and Doctrine Center
Kathryn Floyd
Professor of international relations, College of William & Mary
Srdja Popovic
Serb activist, specialist in nonviolent revolutions
Donna Bryson
Former Associated Press Africa Correspondent, US-based writer
Tim Hardy
Technical writer, commentator and activist with a special interest in the political and cultural consequences of new technology.
Lara Fatah
Former journalist; co-founder, Zanraw Consulting, Kurdistan
Frank Spring
Independent consultant for innovation, politics and security issues
Joseph Walker-Cousins
Former advisor to the UK’s Special Envoy & Head of the British Embassy Office in Benghazi. Director, Middle East Business Development KBR UK Ltd.
Alexey Dolinskiy
International relations and public policy scholar and consultant and partner at Capstone Connections
Darya Pilram
Field anthropologist/social scientist with US Military. Current lecturer at University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies, Fort Leavenworth
Marina Prentoulis
London spokesperson for Greek ruling party, Syriza. Senior Lecturer at University of East Anglia
Robert Colvile
News Director at Buzzfeed UK
Sandy Schumann
Wiener-Anspach Post-doctoral Research Fellow in social psychology at the University of Oxford
Dr.Vasily Kashin
Senior Researcher, CAST. Former deputy chief, RIA Novosti, Beijing.
Alison Wakefield
Senior Lecturer, University of Portsmouth and Vice Chairman, Security Institute
Nancy Okail
Executive Director, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Patrick Bury
Former Captain in the British Army Royal Irish Regiment. Currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Exeter’s Strategy and Security Institute
Bernie de Haldevang
Head of FINPRO International, Aspen Insurance
Chris Mackmurdo
Director, Contest Global; former Head of Counter-Terrorism and National Security Analysis, Foreign Office
Frances Hudson
Global Thematic Strategist, Standard Life Investments
Nigel Inkster
Former Deputy Chief, Secret Intelligence Service (MI6); Head of transnational threats and political risk, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Contributors
Anne-Katrin Lother, Events Organiser
Adam Maisel – Contributor, PS21 Defence
Will DuVal – Contributor, PS21 Defence