Sobre o MIR

Pessoal

Sonja Derkum, Directora do MIR

Sonja Derkum is the Head of the GCF's Independent Redress Mechanism. She was previously Head of the Complaints Mechanism (CM) for the European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) for six years where she successfully managed the EIB’s independent public accountability function. She was with the EIB in Luxembourg in different control and accountability functions since 2003. In 2011, she spent a year supporting the Office of Internal Audit (OIA) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Sonja is passionate about topics around good governance and accountability and is a strong advocate for independent grievance mechanisms as a necessity to give a voice to affected communities.

Halina Ward, Senior Consultant and interim Compliance Case Lead

Halina Ward, a dual Polish and UK national, is a specialist in international financial institution accountability and compliance processes. A lawyer by training, she has over thirty years’ experience in applied sustainable development policy research, including through positions with the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Senior Fellow), the International Institute for Environment and Development (Programme Director and Senior Associate) and Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development (Director). She recently served as a member of the Asian Development Bank’s Compliance Review Panel (2018-2023) and has also served as a senior consultant to the compliance team of the International Finance Corporation’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (2019-2021 and currently), as an expert with the Project Complaint Mechanism of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2014-2017), and as an Advisor to the GCF’s IRM (2016-2018). Halina’s research in the field of climate change includes analysis of just transitions from a business and human rights perspective (IHRB, 2020), and a major research project on links between democracy and climate change (FDSD, 2010-2013). Halina holds an LLB from University College London, and an LLM in Law and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Preksha Krishna Kumar, Escriturária e Oficial de Justiça 

Preksha Krishna Kumar is a researcher, with wide-ranging experience relating to accountability and redress mechanisms. She previously worked for an international human rights advocacy organization based in New York, supporting dozens of frontline communities in their efforts to access information and redress.  Over the course of her career, Preksha has been immersed in the policies, practices and impacts of development finance institutions – working with diverse stakeholders in countries such as India, Colombia, Malawi and Kenya. Preksha holds a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, New York, with a focus on Development Economics and Spanish Literature.

Peter Carlson, Diretor de Comunicação

Peter é o responsável pela comunicação da MIRcom uma experiência significativa em comunicação no domínio da educação e do desenvolvimento internacional. Antes de se juntar ao MIR, Peter fez parte da equipa de comunicação da Parceria Global para a Educação (GPE), concentrando-se em campanhas e meios digitais. Antes da GPE, trabalhou na OCDE, gerindo as comunicações da Parceria Estatística para o Desenvolvimento no Século XXI (PARIS21) e da Direção do Ambiente. Trabalhou também na escola de gestão HEC Paris, na UNESCO e nos African Artists for Development. Peter é licenciado em Marketing e Francês pela Ohio State University e tem um mestrado em Assuntos Internacionais pela Sciences Po Paris.

Sue Kyung Hwang, Dispute Resolution Case Associate

After studying International Affairs and Environmental Studies at the George Washington University, Sue Kyung Hwang pursued her master’s degree in Water Cooperation and Diplomacy, a joint programme held at the University for Peace (Costa Rica), IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Netherlands), and Oregon State University (U.S.), to learn how different stakeholders in riparian countries co-manage their shared water resources. Her past work experiences involve preparing a database of livestock carbon emissions and using it to educate the public for climate action in a local community in Costa Rica. Sue Kyung served as the IRM’s intern in 2020 and the IRM’s Team Assistant from April 2021 to October 2023. She was appointed as the Dispute Resolution Case Associate in October 2023.

Amanda Bierschenk, Case Associate

Amanda is the IRM’s Case Associate, supporting compliance review, policy, and advisory functions. Amanda comes to the IRM after three years in GCF’s Secretariat, where she worked in external affairs on resource mobilisation and partnerships. In 2021, she also served as the IRM’s intern. Prior to joining GCF, she held roles at the US House of Representatives, US electoral campaigns, the AmeriCorps, and various human rights and community development nonprofits. Amanda holds an MSc in Environment and Development from the University of Edinburgh and a BA in International Relations from Boston University.

Kiara Tegbe Savignac, Intern

Kiara is an intern at the Independent Redress Mechanism. She has diverse experience both in France and abroad, spanning NGOs, the private sector, and local government. Her roles have included PR assistant, project manager, community liaison, local democracy mission officer, and research assistant. Kiara holds a B.A. from Sciences Po Paris, with a focus on economics and sociology and a Euro-Asian concentration. She also earned a master’s degree in public policy, specializing in social policy and social innovation, from Sciences Po Paris. Her research thesis focused on policy evaluation, and she aspires to work in the field of accountability at the international level.

Oscar Nuwagaba, Intern

Oscar Nuwagaba joined the IRM Unit as an intern after earning his Ph.D. in Public Administration from Yonsei University, South Korea. He also holds a master's degree in Public Administration (Yonsei University) and a bachelor's degree in Democracy and Development Studies from Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda. Oscar is a researcher and boasts over 12 years of experience in community development functions. Previously, he served as a Community Engagement Supervisor at the USAID-Education Development Centre, where he designed and led project-wide stakeholder engagement strategies and provided capacity building for implementing partners. He is deeply passionate about accountability and redress mechanisms.

Antigos funcionários

Paco Gimenez-Salinas
Compliance and Dispute Resolution Specialist (October 2019 – November 2024)

Ibrahim Pam
Chefe do MIR a.i. (Setembro 2022 - Março 2023)

Lalanath de Silva
Chefe do MIR (Novembro 2016 - Agosto 2022)

Christine Reddell
Escriturária e Oficial de Justiça (Fevereiro de 2019 - Julho de 2021)

Susana Rodriguez
Especialista em Conformidade e Resolução de Litígios (Julho de 2017 - Julho de 2019)

Arian Grace Jovena
Assistente de equipa (Agosto de 2017 - Fevereiro de 2019)

Antigos consultores

Paul Safar
Consultor Assistente de Comunicação e Eventos (Janeiro - Dezembro de 2020)

Antigos conselheiros

Asanga Gunawansa
(2016 – 2018)

Halina Ward
(2016 – 2018)

Antigos estagiários

  • Hajar Mountassir (Inverno/Primavera de 2018)
  • Shamir Shehab (Inverno/Outono de 2018)
  • Andrea Guevera (Verão/ Outono de 2018)
  • Peter Boldt (Inverno/Primavera de 2019)
  • Marta Trofimova (Inverno / Primavera de 2019)
  • Siddhanth Prasad (Verão/ Outono de 2019)
  • Paul Safar (Verão/ Outono de 2019)
  • Sue Kyung Hwang (Inverno de 2020/Inverno de 2021)
  • Katrina Lehmann-Grube (Inverno/ Outono de 2020)
  • Giada Giacomini (Outono/Inverno de 2020)
  • Anusha Kaushik (Outono/Inverno de 2020)
  • Amanda Bierschenk (Primavera/ Outono de 2021)
  • Safaa Loukili Idrissi (Outono 2021/Inverno 2022)
  • Noémie Fankhauser (Primavera/ Outono 2022)
  • Charlene Angela Sardoma (Outono 2022/Inverno 2023)
  • Janneke Kielman (primavera/verão 2023)
  • Roxanne Aminou (primavera/verão 2023)
  • Vaishnavi Pallapothu (Summer 2023 - Winter 2024)
  • Nicholas Kemble (Summer 2023 - Winter 2024)