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She holds a Master’s degree in Translation from the University of Mons as well as an Executive Master’s degree in Human Resources from the ICHEC Management School in Brussels.\n\nJeanne is very keen to learn new languages and cultures. She learned English and Dutch in school and German during a gap year in Germany. During her university studies, she spent a year in Wales at the University of Bangor.\n\nPrior to joining the Basel Institute, she worked in several HR positions at Ogilvy Social.Lab, Feldschlösschen and Valora, combining her passion for people and languages.\n\nOutside of work, Jeanne enjoys watercolour painting, visiting exhibitions, taking Italian classes and advocating for environmental protection.","Team",[17],"62469","jeanne-closson",[22],"HR & Admin",[24],"Europe",[26],"Operations",false,{"id":29,"status":6,"sort":30,"user_created":31,"date_created":32,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":34,"first_name":35,"last_name":36,"position":37,"phone":38,"email":39,"image":40,"cv":41,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":42,"nid":43,"slug":44,"function":45,"country":47,"directorate":49,"hidden":27},736,51,"03bebfd8-0b40-4a2a-820d-b9d9c13b9de6","2025-03-27T21:22:03.000Z","b0662e2a-864d-4888-a1b7-4342b7570b30","2025-07-13T12:30:18.000Z","Stevan","Dragoljevic","Intern, IT","+41 61 205 56 72","stevan.dragoljevic@baselgovernance.org","9df7f6ad-6799-4a8e-8fb7-81edaef381e5","Stevan Dragoljevic joined the Basel Institute's IT Team in August 2024.\n\nStevan studied at the Informatikmittelschule Basel and is now starting his first hands-on IT job with the Institute to develop his skills. He will work with the team for the next 12 months on various IT support, eLearning and web development tasks.",[17],"62053","stevan-dragoljevic",[46],"IT & Web",[48],"Switzerland (HQ)",[26],{"id":51,"status":6,"sort":52,"user_created":31,"date_created":53,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":54,"first_name":55,"last_name":56,"position":57,"phone":58,"email":59,"image":60,"cv":61,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":62,"nid":64,"slug":65,"function":66,"country":68,"directorate":69,"hidden":27},737,52,"2025-03-27T21:22:04.000Z","2025-07-13T12:30:28.000Z","Aida","Erba","Specialist, Finance","+41 61 205 55 11","aida.erba@baselgovernance.org","f5a60dce-7aae-43b4-99a3-9ea9db7aa1bc","Aida joined the Basel Institute on Governance as Specialist, Finance in January 2024. She supports the Finance team with routine accounting tasks and payments relating to the Institute’s headquarter-based and global operations.\n\nPrior to joining the Basel Institute, Aida worked in a small family office that engaged in sustainable and purposeful investments. During that time, she also created a fair-trade fashion label that manufactured high-quality clothes completely made in Sub-Saharan Africa, from the yarn to the finished product.\n\nAida holds a Diploma in Economics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, with a specialisation in Development Policy and International Cooperation. Her mother tongue is both German and Tigrinya and she speaks fluent English and French.",[63,17],"Administration","61841","aida-erba",[67],"Finance",[48],[26],{"id":71,"status":6,"sort":72,"user_created":31,"date_created":73,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":74,"first_name":75,"last_name":76,"position":57,"phone":77,"email":78,"image":79,"cv":80,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":81,"nid":82,"slug":83,"function":84,"country":85,"directorate":86,"hidden":27},739,54,"2025-03-27T21:22:05.000Z","2025-07-13T12:30:50.000Z","Isis ","Gaeta Falcone","+41 61 205 55 32","isis.falcone@baselgovernance.org","0ddee500-94ac-4968-afe7-8bee4f93c6ad","Isis Gaeta is Specialist, Finance at the Basel Institute, where she is responsible for the financial administration of a variety of international multi-year projects as well as routine accounting duties, financial analysis and administrative support. She joined the Institute in March 2021 as part of the central finance unit supervised by the Head of Operations, and works closely with project management units of the Basel Institute. \n\nShe has more than 13 years’ experience in non-governmental organisations across different geographies, particularly in project management, finance, treasury and administrative areas. \n\nPrior to joining the Basel Institute, she worked as a Financial Manager in an international NGO based in Geneva, Switzerland, dedicated to humanitarian projects in Afghanistan. In this role, she managed financial data, including data analysis and reporting. Before moving to Switzerland, she worked for 12 years as a Financial and Project Manager for an Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, where she gained extensive experience in project financial administration.\n\nIsis holds an MBA in Financial Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas - São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP).",[17],"55381","isis-gaeta-falcone",[67],[48],[26],{"id":88,"status":6,"sort":89,"user_created":31,"date_created":90,"user_updated":8,"date_updated":91,"first_name":92,"last_name":93,"position":94,"phone":58,"email":95,"image":96,"cv":97,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":98,"nid":100,"slug":101,"function":102,"country":104,"directorate":105,"hidden":27},740,55,"2025-03-27T21:22:06.000Z","2026-04-23T23:19:10.000Z","José","Girau","Specialist, eLearning","jose.girau@baselgovernance.org","30bd5272-e628-493e-989e-a53789785362","José joined the Basel Institute on Governance in November 2019 as Specialist, eLearning.\n\nPrior to this, José worked for many years as a freelance IT consultant and IT Manager at the University of Basel Department of Biomedicine. He trained as an IT specialist at the Siemens-Nixdorf centre in Freiburg, and worked at Sun Microsystems for various Swiss banks and insurance companies with Unix operating systems, mainframes and storage systems.\n\nJosé studied aerospace engineering at the Technische Universität Berlin, science in Marburg and Konstanz, and landscape planning and biology at the University of Freiburg, where he graduated with a diploma. He worked for several years as an environmental biologist, creating landscape plans and environmental recreation concepts.",[99,17],"Digital tools","18072","jose-girau",[103,46],"Basel LEARN",[48],[106,26],"Asset Recovery",{"id":108,"status":6,"sort":109,"user_created":31,"date_created":110,"user_updated":8,"date_updated":111,"first_name":112,"last_name":113,"position":114,"phone":115,"email":116,"image":117,"cv":118,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":119,"nid":120,"slug":121,"function":122,"country":124,"directorate":125,"hidden":27},743,58,"2025-03-27T21:22:08.000Z","2026-05-20T21:43:10.000Z","Monica","Guy","Team Lead, Communications and External Relations","+41 61 205 55 12","monica.guy@baselgovernance.org","6d95cf25-5e8f-4eb1-b46a-daca726475db","Monica Guy leads internal and external communications and publications across the Basel Institute on Governance and works closely with senior management to support strategic external engagement and institutional priorities. As part of her role, she also coordinates crypto-related events and engagements. She joined the Institute in 2018 and is part of the Office of the Executive Director and President. \n\nMonica leads the Institute’s Communications team, overseeing strategy, publications and digital channels to ensure clear, consistent and high-quality communications across the organisation. She works closely with the Executive Director and Core Management Team on external relations and strategic engagement, including supporting partnerships, international events and policy outreach. \n\nIn her capacity as Coordinator for Crypto and Digital Finance, she leads the co-organisation of the annual Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets together with Europol and UNODC, and coordinates and contributes to a range of crypto-related initiatives across the Institute.\n\nBefore joining the Basel Institute, Monica worked mainly in international communications and digital content management. She was Director of Operations for Europe and the Middle East at a US-based content agency, where she led major digital marketing and content projects for global clients including Google, Expedia, IHG and Accor.\n\nEarlier in her career, she worked on communications projects including trade publications, reports and websites for a wide range of companies and non-profit organisations, primarily in the shipping, engineering and technology sectors. She also spent several years as assistant to Professor Stephen Hawking in Cambridge. During this time she became a strong advocate for accessibility in the travel sector, engaging in initiatives including the development of the first accessibility guide to the University of Cambridge, travel information websites for people with disabilities in Cambridge and Cape Town, and communications and fundraising support for disability rights organisations in Europe, the U.S. and South Africa.\n\nMonica holds a first-class degree in Classics from the University of Cambridge, a Master's in Interactive Communications from Quinnipiac University and a Master's in Sustainable Development from SOAS University of London. She speaks several languages, including Spanish, German, French, Catalan and Arabic – the latter rather poorly.",[17],"2","monica-guy",[123],"Communications & Visual Design",[48],[26],{"id":127,"status":6,"sort":128,"user_created":31,"date_created":129,"user_updated":8,"date_updated":130,"first_name":131,"last_name":132,"position":133,"phone":134,"email":135,"image":136,"cv":137,"category":138,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":139,"nid":140,"slug":141,"function":142,"country":145,"directorate":146,"hidden":27},699,15,"2025-03-27T21:21:40.000Z","2026-06-04T14:36:42.000Z","Peter","Huppertz","Head, IT and eLearning","+41 61 205 55 18","peter.huppertz@baselgovernance.org","549e011b-da68-49b5-9c86-af8d150d79ea","Peter Huppertz is Head of the IT and eLearning team at the Basel Institute on Governance. In this role he is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Basel Institute's IT unit, which covers eLearning, websites, visual design, IT support and other related products and services. \n\nPeter is also co-lead of a cross-cutting training and learning platform initiative and a member of the Extended Management Team.\n\nPeter plans and develops eLearning courses in cooperation with internal and external experts, manages the development of the [Basel LEARN](https:\u002F\u002Flearn.baselgovernance.org\u002F) and [Basel Open Intelligence](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fbasel-open-intelligence) tools, and is responsible for the IT-related development of the [Basel AML Index](https:\u002F\u002Findex.baselgovernance.org\u002F). He also oversees, coordinates and manages project-specific IT tools, visual design and internal web\u002FIT projects.\n\nHe holds a Master of Arts in Educational Media from the University Duisburg-Essen in Germany and a Diploma in Media Technology from the University of Applied Science, Mittweida, Germany. \n\nPrior to joining the Basel Institute, Peter worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Education in Freiburg. There he conducted training courses on creating and using media in educational scenarios, developed software environments to support learning and worked on a research project involving the use of interactive video for teacher training. During his studies, Peter worked for several IT companies, advertising agencies and movie post-production companies.","Management",[106,99,17],"1","peter-huppertz",[103,143,46,144],"Extended Management","Training & Learning",[48],[106,26],{"id":148,"status":6,"sort":149,"user_created":31,"date_created":150,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":151,"first_name":152,"last_name":153,"position":154,"phone":58,"email":155,"image":156,"cv":157,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":158,"nid":159,"slug":160,"function":161,"country":162,"directorate":163,"hidden":27},748,62,"2025-03-27T21:22:11.000Z","2025-07-13T12:33:12.000Z","Tetyana","Kalyuzhna","Associate, Visual Design","tatiana.kaliuzhnaia@baselgovernance.org","376cd64f-57ca-46e8-a669-5abe5b1a802f","Tetyana Kalyuzhna is a graphic designer and illustrator from Ukraine. Since 2017, she has worked in graphic design and artistic direction for numerous Ukrainian publishers. A particular specialisation in the last years has been illustrating children’s books.\n\nAmong other designs, she won a competition for a poster concept for the “Jazz nad Odrą” international music festival in Wroclaw, Poland. She also designed the logo concept of an annual international poetry festival in Wroclaw, “Silesius”\n\nTetyana holds two BAs: one in Fine Art from the National Technical University of Ukraine \"Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute\", and one in Graphic Design, Media and Illustration from the Eugeniucz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw. \n\nShe has also been a member of the Erasmus exchange programme in the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo and the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm.",[17],"61112","tetyana-kalyuzhna",[123],[48],[26],{"id":165,"status":6,"sort":166,"user_created":31,"date_created":167,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":168,"first_name":169,"last_name":170,"position":171,"phone":172,"email":173,"image":174,"cv":175,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":176,"nid":177,"slug":178,"function":179,"country":180,"directorate":181,"hidden":27},749,63,"2025-03-27T21:22:12.000Z","2025-07-13T12:33:26.000Z","Keziah","Kamau-Borner","Senior Specialist, Administration \u002F Executive Assistant","+41 61 205 55 33","keziah.kamau@baselgovernance.org","c796e9dd-54e1-42b5-83fd-66781021e4ee","Keziah Kamau-Borner joined the Basel Institute on Governance in March 2020 and is currently Senior Specialist, Administration \u002F Executive Assistant to the Management Group. \n\nPrior to joining the institute, Keziah was part of the management team at the Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine at the University of Freiburg where she worked as the International Program Coordinator. She had earlier provided administrative services in Nairobi, Kenya as the Student Services Coordinator for California Miramar University. \n\nKeziah holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California Miramar University, San Diego.\n\nShe speaks fluent English, German, Swahili and Kikuyu.",[63,17],"21169","keziah-kamau-borner",[22],[48],[26],{"id":183,"status":6,"sort":184,"user_created":31,"date_created":185,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":186,"first_name":187,"last_name":188,"position":189,"phone":58,"email":190,"image":191,"cv":192,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":193,"nid":194,"slug":195,"function":196,"country":197,"directorate":198,"hidden":27},752,65,"2025-03-27T21:22:14.000Z","2025-07-13T12:34:19.000Z","Flavio","Kirst","Senior Specialist, Finance","flavio.kirst@baselgovernance.org","c23751b2-6d00-4a94-ada1-4f1a7eb63f39","Flavio Kirst joined the accounting department of the Basel Institute on Governance in May 2020. He has a commercial background and previously worked within the international trading and logistics industries. During this time, he was responsible for maintaining and building relationships with multiple stakeholders around the globe.\n\nSpecialising in accounting and finance, Flavio has since worked for several companies handling the bookkeeping for multiple subsidiaries within a variety of sectors. His tasks ranged from everyday duties to partaking in or managing annual audits, forecasting and mergers.\n\nHis interest in global and local issues has taken him to work for various small conservation and social projects in Latin America and Southeast Asia.\n\nFlavio has a Commercial Diploma from the Educational Center kvBL Reinach and is a Chartered Specialist in accounting and financial management.",[63,17],"24863","flavio-kirst",[67],[48],[26],{"id":200,"status":6,"sort":201,"user_created":31,"date_created":202,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":203,"first_name":204,"last_name":205,"position":206,"phone":207,"email":208,"image":209,"cv":210,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":211,"nid":212,"slug":213,"function":214,"country":215,"directorate":216,"hidden":27},758,71,"2025-03-27T21:22:17.000Z","2025-07-13T12:35:45.000Z","Cornelia","Lutz","Senior Specialist \u002F Team Lead Finance","+41 61 205 55 13","cornelia.lutz@baselgovernance.org","0ba534ca-25b5-48df-a438-57a855552a35","Cornelia Lutz joined the Basel Institute as Senior Specialist \u002F Team Lead Finance in September 2023, bringing over 19 years’ experience in various areas of Business Administration. Her professional experience in the area of financial administration and management is wide-ranging, from daily accounting, regular closing, audits and project controlling to reporting and presenting financial information.\n\nPrior to joining the Institute, Cornelia had been working at Pharmaplan AG for 14 years, initially as a Controller and most recently as Director of Finance, Legal and IT. During this time she implemented and adjusted the financial administration process to reflect the ongoing growth of the company. Cornelia started her professional career at Mondelez (Kraft Foods Germany).\n\nCornelia’s studies took her to various institutes in Germany and the US, including the Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Cornelia has a Diploma in Business Administration from the ESB Business School, Reutlingen and a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Northeastern University, Boston.",[17],"61644","cornelia-lutz",[67],[48],[26],{"id":218,"status":6,"sort":219,"user_created":31,"date_created":220,"user_updated":8,"date_updated":111,"first_name":221,"last_name":222,"position":223,"phone":115,"email":224,"image":225,"cv":226,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":227,"nid":228,"slug":229,"function":230,"country":231,"directorate":232,"hidden":27},759,72,"2025-03-27T21:22:18.000Z","Mirella","Mahlstein","Specialist, Publishing and Communications","mirella.mahlstein@baselgovernance.org","5e30b914-ae7d-402e-8786-518e7511dab1","Mirella Mahlstein joined the Basel Institute in May 2024 to support publishing and communications across the organisation. In this role, she works closely with the Institute's subject-matter experts and researchers to ensure the highest quality standards of publications, as well as their visibility and usefulness to relevant stakeholders. She previously worked at the Basel Institute from 2007–2010 as a research assistant and returned to the Institute temporarily in 2015, providing administration and project support. \n\nIn between, Mirella spent five years in Nigeria, during which she held different positions at the Australian High Commission in Abuja. Her diverse portfolio of tasks included involvement in research, translation work, public diplomacy activities, media liaison, the day-to-day business of the development cooperation program, the preparation of consular and diplomatic missions abroad as well as the development of consular crisis action plans. Following her return to Switzerland, she joined the City of Zurich's administration. As staff of the Director of Social Services at the Department of Social Affairs her main focus was on strategic and operational management support. \n\nMirella then envisaged a career change into publishing, starting with an internship at a small non-fiction publisher in Switzerland. After a brief detour as Rights Manager, she most recently worked as Assistant Editor in non-fiction at the Swiss independent publisher Rotpunktverlag. \n\nMirella holds a Master of Arts degree in Social Anthropology and in Law from the University of Basel. She speaks German and English fluently, a rusty French and acceptable but grammatically rather freestyle Italian.",[17],"173","mirella-mahlstein",[123],[48],[26],{"id":234,"status":6,"sort":235,"user_created":31,"date_created":236,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":237,"first_name":238,"last_name":239,"position":240,"phone":58,"email":241,"image":242,"cv":243,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":244,"nid":245,"slug":246,"function":247,"country":248,"directorate":249,"hidden":27},764,75,"2025-03-27T21:22:21.000Z","2025-07-13T12:37:19.000Z","Ana","Mladinov","Specialist, Administration","ana.mladinov@baselgovernance.org","3a223e10-7779-4d8a-b5b9-88bfe6eb740e","Ana Mladinov joined the Basel Institute in April 2022 as Specialist, Administration. Drawing on more than 12 years of professional experience, she supports the execution of general clerical, office administrative and logistical tasks as well as project-specific responsibilities.\n\nBorn and raised in Slovenia, Ana moved to Basel, Switzerland in 2014. Prior to joining the Basel Institute, she worked for Crown World Mobility, where she assisted the Mobility team with various administrative tasks and operational accounting.\n\nAna's experience includes working at the Faculty of Economics in Slovenia as an Associate in the Post-Graduate Student Affairs Office, providing administrative services to professors and students.\n\nAna holds a Master's degree in Business Administration and Entrepreneurship as well as Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Ljubljana.",[63,17],"60997","ana-mladinov",[22],[48],[26],{"id":251,"status":6,"sort":252,"user_created":31,"date_created":253,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":254,"first_name":255,"last_name":256,"position":257,"phone":258,"email":259,"image":260,"cv":261,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":262,"nid":263,"slug":264,"function":265,"country":266,"directorate":267,"hidden":27},774,84,"2025-03-27T21:22:28.000Z","2025-07-13T12:39:14.000Z","Teresa","Paonessa","Senior Specialist \u002F Team Lead HR, Safeguarding Officer","+41 61 205 55 31","teresa.paonessa@baselgovernance.org","ba3bcc92-31ec-4367-9d02-0b95109c6684","Teresa Paonessa joined the Basel Institute in July 2017 and is currently the Senior Specialist \u002F Team Lead HR. Leading a team of two other HR Specialists, she supports the Management Group and Heads of Division in a variety of personnel-related affairs and takes care of staff requirements and concerns. She also serves as the Basel Institute's Safeguarding Officer.\n\nPrior to joining the Institute, Teresa gained her HR experience in different industries (IBM, BASF, Bank J. Safra Sarasin). In her roles she has been responsible for a wide range of HR affairs. These ranged from the recruitment and onboarding of new employees to providing support and guidance to the management on sensitive and complex staff issues.\n\nTeresa graduated from the University of Basel with a Master of Science in Psychology in 2010. In addition, she holds a Federal Diploma as Human Resources Specialist with a focus on Swiss labour law.",[63,17],"46","teresa-paonessa",[22],[48],[26],{"id":269,"status":6,"sort":270,"user_created":31,"date_created":253,"user_updated":8,"date_updated":271,"first_name":272,"last_name":273,"position":274,"phone":58,"email":275,"image":276,"cv":277,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":278,"nid":279,"slug":280,"function":281,"country":282,"directorate":283,"hidden":27},775,85,"2026-05-20T21:43:11.000Z","Anna","Peyre","Specialist, HR \u002F Programme Assistant, Continuing Education","anna.peyre@baselgovernance.org","6c1989f9-9f2b-4d6c-b63b-def9586a5501","Anna Peyre joined the Basel Institute in June 2023 as Specialist, HR. In this function, she supports the Institute and its global teams in a variety of HR-related tasks. She also assists with the Basel STUDY programme management.\n\nAnna is French and holds a Bachelor's degree in English Literature and Civilisations as well as a degree in Management and Business Administration with a specialisation in HR. Prior to joining the Basel Institute, she worked as an HR Generalist at Cleeven, a consulting company specialised in engineering, and as an HR Coordinator at Moderna. \n\nAlongside her professional engagement in HR, she is also actively involved in various cultural projects. These include being an ambassador for the Kunstmuseum Basel and administrating several jazz festivals in Switzerland.",[17],"61562","anna-peyre",[22],[48],[26],{"id":285,"status":6,"sort":286,"user_created":31,"date_created":287,"user_updated":8,"date_updated":288,"first_name":289,"last_name":290,"position":291,"phone":292,"email":293,"image":294,"cv":295,"category":296,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":297,"nid":299,"slug":300,"function":301,"country":303,"directorate":304,"hidden":27},697,2,"2025-03-27T21:21:39.000Z","2026-04-23T23:19:07.000Z","Andrea","Poelling","Director, Operations \u002F Secretary to the Board","+41 61 205 55 35","andrea.poelling@baselgovernance.org","e67ba209-13fa-4264-b344-98b03bb004b1","Andrea Poelling is Director of Operations at the Basel Institute on Governance and Secretary to its Foundation Board. \n\nAs Director of Operations, Andrea is responsible for managing the Institute’s day-to-day business operations and processes. In this role since 2009, she oversees the Institute’s finances, HR, central administration & IT, and communications with a view to optimising operational efficiency and managing resources effectively. She also contributes to the Institute’s strategic development as a member of the Core Management Team. \n\nShe joined the Institute in 2006 with the launch of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), where she played an instrumental role as Special Assistant to the Director in the setup of this niche competence centre for asset recovery. \n\nBefore returning home to Basel in 2006, Andrea spent 15 years abroad in the USA, Central and South America, and Africa. She commenced her professional career with the Washington Times as international project coordinator, deployed to various countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and East Africa to write and produce special reports on these countries for the Washingtonian audience with focus on economic investment opportunities.\n\nLater, in 2001, she joined the United Nations Department for Peacekeeping Operations, initially at headquarters in New York as Special Assistant to the Director\u002FExternal Relations Officer of the Mine Action Service, and thereafter as Programme Officer at the Mine Action Coordination Centre in Eritrea and Ethiopia. In these positions, she was primarily involved in programme management and coordination, donor and public relations, as well as resource mobilisation. \n\nPreviously - during her studies – she also conducted work for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Washington DC, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in New York and the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.\n\nAndrea holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs with a specialisation in human rights and humanitarian affairs (international public law).\n\nAndrea speaks German, English, French and Spanish. She’s an avid tennis player, skier (downhill and cross country), runner and yoga practitioner. She loves live music.","Director",[298,63],"Senior management","36","andrea-poelling",[302,143],"Core Management",[48],[26],{"id":306,"status":6,"sort":7,"user_created":8,"date_created":307,"user_updated":8,"date_updated":308,"first_name":309,"last_name":310,"position":311,"phone":7,"email":312,"image":313,"cv":314,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":315,"nid":316,"slug":317,"function":318,"country":319,"directorate":320,"hidden":27},823,"2026-04-23T22:19:18.000Z","2026-05-20T21:28:34.000Z","Celeste","Rex","Specialist, Communications and Online Media","celeste.rex@baselgovernance.org","91114f48-d084-40ff-aed8-988138b80190","Celeste Rex joined the Basel Institute on Governance in October 2025 to support the Communications team in amplifying the Institute’s work on social media and other digital channels.\n\nShe previously worked at Alpian, a digital bank headquartered in Geneva, where she led the digital content marketing strategy and launched the SHEWEALTH Collective, a financial literacy community designed for women.\n\nPrior to that, Celeste lived for several years in Germany, working for a digital publisher part of the Funke Mediengruppe in the entertainment sector. In this role, she worked as a Content and Video Editor, and eventually led a team of video producers for an array of social media brands across 10 languages.\n\nCeleste holds two Bachelor’s degrees from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: one in Hispanic Linguistics and Literature and one in Aesthetics (Philosophy). She is currently pursuing an MA in Social Science with a major in Strategic Communications and Management and a minor in Empirical Cultural Studies at the University of Zurich.\n\nShe speaks Spanish, English and German, and is learning Japanese as a hobby inspired by her love of animation and manga.",[17],"62535","celeste-rex",[123],[48],[26],{"id":322,"status":6,"sort":323,"user_created":31,"date_created":324,"user_updated":8,"date_updated":91,"first_name":325,"last_name":326,"position":94,"phone":58,"email":327,"image":328,"cv":329,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":330,"nid":331,"slug":332,"function":333,"country":334,"directorate":335,"hidden":27},781,90,"2025-03-27T21:22:32.000Z","Carmen","Santos","carmen.santos@baselgovernance.org","6e2c1543-708b-4850-8396-49dc12b77220","Carmen joined the Basel Institute on Governance in July 2022 as Specialist, eLearning. In her role, she designs and develops eLearning courses for the Basel Institute’s LEARN platform.\n\nHer career has always been related to adult education, and more specifically online training. Before joining the Institute, Carmen expanded her skills by working as a Learning Consultant in Portugal. There, she collaborated with financial institutions on subjects such as anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, corporate sustainability, work ethics and client service.\n\nIn her most recent position, she was a Learning Advisor and Proofreader for a pharmaceutical company in Switzerland. In this role, she managed eLearning Projects in areas including artwork software, supply chain planning, demand planning and production.\n\nOriginally from Portugal, Carmen graduated from the University of Lisbon with a master’s degree in Adult Education, with a specialisation in the Recognition of Prior Learning Process.",[17],"61172","carmen-santos",[103,46],[48],[106,26],{"id":337,"status":6,"sort":338,"user_created":31,"date_created":339,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":340,"first_name":341,"last_name":342,"position":343,"phone":58,"email":344,"image":345,"cv":346,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":347,"nid":348,"slug":349,"function":350,"country":351,"directorate":352,"hidden":27},786,93,"2025-03-27T21:22:35.000Z","2025-07-13T12:42:18.000Z","Xenia","Schuster","Specialist, Web Development","xenia.schuster@baselgovernance.org","7f4e8e93-5e74-446d-8ba9-04f866326320","Xenia joined the Basel Institute on Governance in April 2020 as a member of the IT team.\n\nPrior to joining the Basel Institute on Governance, she gained experience in developing web apps and websites using a wide range of modern and agile technologies for local companies of various sizes. As a talented fast learner, she joined [offix.pro](https:\u002F\u002Foffix.pro\u002F) in 2017, where she rapidly accumulated experience in UI\u002FUX frontend conception and implementation, mobile apps development, e-commerce, graphic design and programming in different languages. She is able to solve complex problems with ease and passion, fully understanding the requirements and surprising with smart solutions. \n\nFurthermore, through various projects, she has accumulated hands-on experience in consulting, planning software projects and developing efficient marketing concepts. \n\nAs part of the IT team, Xenia plans, develops and extends the Institute's software tools and websites.",[17],"22525","xenia-schuster",[46],[48],[26],{"id":354,"status":6,"sort":355,"user_created":31,"date_created":356,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":357,"first_name":358,"last_name":359,"position":360,"phone":361,"email":362,"image":363,"cv":364,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":365,"nid":366,"slug":367,"function":368,"country":369,"directorate":370,"hidden":27},790,96,"2025-03-27T21:22:38.000Z","2025-07-13T12:43:55.000Z","Mary ","Streeter","Specialist, Visual Design","+41 61 205 55 38","mary.streeter@baselgovernance.org","db910e8c-ec6d-4a09-9932-e49a67ef6548","Mary joined the Basel Institute in December 2023 as Specialist, Visual Design.\n\nShe is an experienced design professional with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Miami University in the United States. During her studies, she also completed design studios abroad in both Germany and Italy. Her interest in international collaborations took her to Basel in 2020 where she earned a Master of Arts in Design from the FHNW Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst.\n\nMary has over 10 years of experience leading multidisciplinary design projects in both the US and Switzerland. Having a passion for innovation and entrepreneurship, Mary's career has been primarily focused on working with small businesses and start-ups. Prior to joining the Institute, she created bilingual visual content in English and German for Tech Labs Switzerland.",[17],"61750","mary-streeter",[123],[48],[26],{"id":372,"status":6,"sort":373,"user_created":31,"date_created":374,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":375,"first_name":376,"last_name":377,"position":343,"phone":58,"email":378,"image":379,"cv":380,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":381,"nid":382,"slug":383,"function":384,"country":385,"directorate":386,"hidden":27},799,104,"2025-03-27T21:22:44.000Z","2025-07-13T12:45:52.000Z","Benny","Zaminga","benny.zaminga@baselgovernance.org","43459b44-f1e2-40bd-a6d4-83574612ee36","Benny joined the Basel Institute on Governance in April 2020 as a member of the IT team. \n\nHe is a seasoned full-stack software developer and Linux system architect, specialised in application development, DevOps and virtualisation. His experience goes back to the early days of the Internet and ranges from tiny micro controllers to multi-tier server systems. During the last 20 years, he has worked as team leader and freelancer for various agencies and companies in the field. Since 2004 he has run his own software company, [offix.pro](https:\u002F\u002Foffix.pro\u002F), and has developed and coordinated numerous IT projects ranging from custom applications to complex distributed systems. \n\nFurthermore, through various projects, he has accumulated hands-on experience in consulting, developing efficient marketing concepts, delivering striking UI\u002FUX, visual design, branding, security and e-commerce. \n\nAs part of the IT team, Benny plans, develops and extends the Institute's software tools and maintains its server infrastructure and websites.",[17],"24007","benny-zaminga",[46],[48],[26],{"id":388,"status":6,"sort":389,"user_created":31,"date_created":390,"user_updated":33,"date_updated":391,"first_name":392,"last_name":393,"position":394,"phone":38,"email":395,"image":396,"cv":397,"category":17,"division":7,"location":7,"tags":398,"nid":399,"slug":400,"function":401,"country":402,"directorate":403,"hidden":27},801,106,"2025-03-27T21:22:45.000Z","2025-07-13T12:46:15.000Z","Joel","Zuppinger","Specialist, IT Support","joel.zuppinger@baselgovernance.org","ffc214c2-d449-4d7d-bc43-ac31f7680c8b","Joel Zuppinger joined the Basel Institute in June 2019 as Specialist, IT Support. He has run his own IT company since 2009 and supports the Head of IT and eLearning with all of the Basel Institute's software and hardware needs.",[17],"13702","joel-zuppinger",[46],[48],[26],1780855219119]