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Members of the Board

The Advisory Board provides advice to both the Council of Foundation and the management of the GICHD. It consists of a small group of eminent persons being in charge at various levels of the international mine action community. The Advisory Board is chaired by the Director of the GICHD.

Martin Borck, Executive Secretary of the National Demining Commission, Ministry of National Defense, Chile

Paula Claycomb, Senior Advisor, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Hansjoerg Eberle, Director General, Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD)

Steinar Essén, Norwegian People's Aid (NPA)

John Flanagan, Deputy Director Operations, United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) 

Etsay Gebre Selassie, Director, Ethiopian Mine Action Office (EMAO), Ethiopia 

Shohab Hakimi, Director, Mine Dog Centre, Afghanistan

David Hewitson, Director, European Land Solutions (ELS)

Oto Jungwirth, Director, Croatian Mine Action Centre (CROMAC), Croatia

Ben Lark, Head of ERW/Mine Action Sector, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Deemah Naser, Head of Planning Department, National Committee of Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR), Jordan

Heng Rattana, Deputy Director, Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), Cambodia

Sara Sekkenes, Senior Programme Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)    

Steve Wilson, Director for International Relations, Mines Advisory Group (MAG)