Suarez-Franco@fian.org
Ana began at FIAN as an intern in 2002 during her PhD studies. From 2011 until 2024, she was FIAN’s Permanent Representative in Geneva. She has advocated in support of affected communities worldwide, including through her work with UN human rights mandates. Ana has also participated as an expert in international negotiations at the UN Human Rights Council.
gerdemann@fian.org
Martin is from Germany and has a background in finance, theology, and human rights advocacy. Before joining FIAN, he worked in Brazil for German development cooperation on microfinance and entrepreneurship and lived there for 16 years. At FIAN International, he serves as the general coordinator for projects and finance.
Vanpoppel@fian.org
Jannette is a Dutch citizen, born and raised in Austria, who studied tourism at university. She works on FIAN’s administration, human resources, project reporting and finance issues.
Kalyan@fian.org
Ayushi coordinates FIAN’s work on corporate accountability. She trained as a lawyer with a specialisation in international human rights law and also works on famine monitoring, starvation governance and issues concerning the right to food in situations of conflict, occupation and war. Additionally, she supports FIAN’s work on women’s rights and gender.
Michele@fian.org
Laura has a background in human rights and development. Her main focus is on the transition to people-centred food systems, human rights-based governance and participation, nutrition and health, and women’s rights. Prior to joining FIAN in 2013, she worked as a human rights advisor in Kenya and Mexico.
Backes@fian.org
Stephan is from Belgium and has an academic background in literature, cultural studies and human rights. He previously worked in diverse CSOs, movements and networks active in the fields of economic, social, cultural rights, migrants’ rights, development education, and anti-poverty struggles in Belgium and Europe.
cordova-gonzales@fian.org
Amanda is from Peru and currently based in Mexico. She has a background in journalism, community communication, documentary filmmaking, visual anthropology, human rights and decolonial feminist activism. She has been a member of Maizal Communication Collective and Tamboras Resistencia drumming collective and specializes in Latin American social and political themes, developing alternative communication practices for political participation.
Lueong@fian.org
Glory is a rural sociologist specializing in local accountability, advocacy, capacity development, and participatory action research. Her expertise lies in promoting South-South learning, bottom-up natural resource governance, and women’s rights. Before joining FIAN, she worked to advance inclusive forest governance in the Congo Basin, supporting indigenous communities and driving community-led change.
Seufert@fian.org
Philip is from Germany and works mainly on land, fisheries and forests, seeds and biodiversity, and technology. He has been part of the FIAN team since 2011, conducting research, supporting local struggles and supporting social movements of small-scale food producers and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations in international policy spaces.
Pabst@fian.org
Sabine is from Germany and has studied agriculture. Her focus is on FIAN’s Asia Work as well as on the thematic area of ecological and climate destruction and agroecological transition.
