International Fund for Peace

Lord Demond Browne is Chair of the Trustees of the European Leadership Network (a group he co-founded) and Vice Chair of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. He was UK Defence Secretary under the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown administrations. He also served as a Minister for Northern Ireland. 

Robert J. Berg was a senior advisor to UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO and the UN Economic Commission for Africa. He was the founding chair of evaluation for the OECD Development Assistance Committee. He has advised and served on the boards of more than 30 non-profit organizations, including as Chair of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, now the world’s largest network of peacebuilding organizations. His work has led to major policy and legislative reforms, expanded funding, and the creation of international programs.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Liberian stateswoman who served as the twenty-fourth President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018 and was the first elected female head of state in Africa. Internationally recognised for her leadership on peace, democratic governance, and women’s empowerment, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. She continues to be a leading global voice on freedom, justice, and inclusive development.

Steve Killelea is a philanthropist focused on peace and sustainable development with a background in international business and technology entrepreneurship. He founded the Institute for Economics and Peace, now the world’s most important producer of peace analyses and indices, including its Global Peace Index.  The Institute is dedicated to evidence-based peace and development, and to fostering reforms of macro-economic policies that are related to enhancing the prospects for peace. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2010.