Committee

A committee of eight representative members manages the Graduate Institute Alumni Association. The Association plays a strategic advisory role with the Institute’s Direction, while the Alumni Relations & Professional Networks Office carries out the jointly established action plan. 

President 
Mrs Jasmin Danzeisen | MA International Relations 2007

Senior Manager, People & Organisation, PwC Switzerland
Elected 2021

 

Ting Fang

Vice President 
Mr Ting Fang | Mdev 2013

Protection Delegate, International Committee of the Red Cross,
Afghanistan/Uzbekistan
Reelected 2022

 

Byron

Mrs Jessica Byron | PhD Political Science 1990
Director, The Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus
Reelected 2023

 

Mahmud

Mr Mahmud Samandri I PhD International Law 1987
Secretary General, Global Governance Forum
Elected 2023

 

Matthew

Mr Matthew Stephenson I PhD Political Science 2018
Head Investment and Services, World Economic Forum
Elected 2023

 

Kossiwaj

Mrs Jacqueline Kossiwa Tossoukpe I MIA 2019
Director, Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, UBS
Elected 2023

 

Mr Marcos Tourinho | PhD Political Science 2005
Director, Global Response, Meta, Brazil
Elected 2021

 

Suba

Mrs Suba Umathevan I MIA 2009
CEO, Drosos Foundation
Elected 2023 

 

2024 General Assembly of the Alumni Association

Statutes

Agreement