Sam is an international lawyer with experience advocating for and advancing the status of refugees, internally displaced people, and migrants.  She has expertise in responding to the transnational crimes of human trafficking and people smuggling, and acts as the focal point for the GPC Task Team on Anti-Trafficking. She has co-authored several papers on these topics, including the GPC’s Introductory Guide to Anti-Trafficking Action in Internal Displacement Contexts.

Francesco joined the GPC in December 2021. He has 17 years of experience in Middle East, North Africa and Latin America. He has been leading the Protection Analytical Framework development and previously the design of a Community Protection Approach. He worked on humanitarian advocacy and HDP Nexus from an integrated protection perspective, and contributed to the HDP Nexus Guidelines of the Italian MoFA.

Kashif brings 18 years of professional experience in the humanitarian and development sector to his new role. He joined the GPC team in July 2021 after working for eight years with the Needs and Response Analysis Section (Assessment Planning and Monitoring Branch) of UNOCHA in Geneva. Kashif was providing direct technical support to field operations on the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC).

Alison Kent joined the GPC in 2023. Previously she worked with Oxfam as Senior Advisor on Protection Advocacy and co-led the GPC’s Advocacy Task Team in 2021 and 2022. She has led a range of research, policy and advocacy efforts linked to humanitarian and human rights issues over the past 15 years in Myanmar, Sierra Leone and the Philippines, amongst other countries. 

Marie joined the GPC in July 2021 to head the Advocacy and Communication Pillar, after two years spent in Mali as the Protection Cluster Coordinator. Previously Marie was deployed to the GPC from the IRC, in a capacity of Coordinator of the GPC Task Team on Protection Mainstreaming, where she led the development of the Protection Mainstreaming Toolkit, providing guidance and support to field clusters in Yemen, Myanmar, Libya, South Sudan, DRC and Somalia.

Julien joined the GPC in June 2020 to head the newly established pillar on Field Operations and Support from NRC Geneva, where he was Senior Protection Policy Advisor leading NRC’s engagement with the GPC at global and field level.

"Each day is our chance to help turn the tide for those exposed to threats of harm, alleviate suffering while reducing risks, and work in and with communities themselves so that we can together prevent and respond to protection needs."