IAF Geneva - Board Member Profiles
Pamela Lupton Bowers - President
Pamela Lupton-Bowers is the founding and current president of the IAF Chapter and she also served as IAF Director of Europe 2009-2012. She has been an IAF CPF (certified professional facilitator) since October 2005 and renewed her certification in 2009.
As director of PLB Consulting Ltd she provides expert consulting services in facilitation and learning with a particular emphasis on international organizations. She has a broad professional background that includes sports educator, university lecturer, team leader of corporate trainers for Electronic Data Systems, Detroit, USA, and head of staff training and development at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva where she worked for 10 years.
Pamela has worked in more than 60 countries and has facilitated a wide range of events from executive strategic retreats to multi-stakeholder meetings. She is passionate about developing facilitation skills in learning and in leadership, and has worked with all levels of teams across all sectors. Pamela also teaches on the International Diploma of Humanitarian Assistance from whom she received a diploma ‘Honoris Causa’ in 2002.
www.plb-consulting.com
Pamela Lupton-Bowers is the founding and current president of the IAF Chapter and she also served as IAF Director of Europe 2009-2012. She has been an IAF CPF (certified professional facilitator) since October 2005 and renewed her certification in 2009.
As director of PLB Consulting Ltd she provides expert consulting services in facilitation and learning with a particular emphasis on international organizations. She has a broad professional background that includes sports educator, university lecturer, team leader of corporate trainers for Electronic Data Systems, Detroit, USA, and head of staff training and development at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva where she worked for 10 years.
Pamela has worked in more than 60 countries and has facilitated a wide range of events from executive strategic retreats to multi-stakeholder meetings. She is passionate about developing facilitation skills in learning and in leadership, and has worked with all levels of teams across all sectors. Pamela also teaches on the International Diploma of Humanitarian Assistance from whom she received a diploma ‘Honoris Causa’ in 2002.
www.plb-consulting.com
Christiane Amici Raboud - Treasurer
Christiane Amici Raboud joined the IAF Geneva Chapter in 2009. She certified as Professional Facilitator (IAF CPF) in 2010 and recertified in 2014. She also graduated as an Adult Trainer from Geneva University.
Christiane has been working for about 36 years with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) serving in the field of operations and at Headquarters mainly as Trainer, Training Project Manager, Training Center Manager and Institutional Facilitator.
She co-founded CYC Partenaires in 2013 and now works as an independant facilitator for International Humanitarian Organisations, Social and Professional Associations, NGOs, and Public Services in Geneva and abroad. She teaches "Team Capacity Building Module" at the CERAH (Center for Education in Humanitarian Action) at Geneva University.
She works in French and English.
She is enthusiastic about working with groups and shows tireless involvement in supporting them to successfully meet their goals and objectives.
Christiane Amici Raboud joined the IAF Geneva Chapter in 2009. She certified as Professional Facilitator (IAF CPF) in 2010 and recertified in 2014. She also graduated as an Adult Trainer from Geneva University.
Christiane has been working for about 36 years with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) serving in the field of operations and at Headquarters mainly as Trainer, Training Project Manager, Training Center Manager and Institutional Facilitator.
She co-founded CYC Partenaires in 2013 and now works as an independant facilitator for International Humanitarian Organisations, Social and Professional Associations, NGOs, and Public Services in Geneva and abroad. She teaches "Team Capacity Building Module" at the CERAH (Center for Education in Humanitarian Action) at Geneva University.
She works in French and English.
She is enthusiastic about working with groups and shows tireless involvement in supporting them to successfully meet their goals and objectives.
Koos de Korte - Events Co-ordinator
Koos joined the IAF Geneva Chapter in 2016. He founded his company Koos & Effect in that same year, offering facilitation and training services, as well as expertise on European research funding.
Koos has been working in the food industry in food law enforcement, and in the promotion of European Research and Innovation funding programmes (FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020) for over 30 years.
Facilitation and training have always been a key part of his professional activities. During his last job at the 2500-staff Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Koos was a member of the internal facilitation team. In this role he assisted colleagues with their strategy plans, team-building and road-mapping for a variety of workshops. He has also an extensive experience in working with large international groups.
Koos key strength as a facilitator is his ability to create a safe, open, congenial atmosphere that motivates participants to work towards shared, positive results.
He works in English (and Dutch)
Koos joined the IAF Geneva Chapter in 2016. He founded his company Koos & Effect in that same year, offering facilitation and training services, as well as expertise on European research funding.
Koos has been working in the food industry in food law enforcement, and in the promotion of European Research and Innovation funding programmes (FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020) for over 30 years.
Facilitation and training have always been a key part of his professional activities. During his last job at the 2500-staff Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Koos was a member of the internal facilitation team. In this role he assisted colleagues with their strategy plans, team-building and road-mapping for a variety of workshops. He has also an extensive experience in working with large international groups.
Koos key strength as a facilitator is his ability to create a safe, open, congenial atmosphere that motivates participants to work towards shared, positive results.
He works in English (and Dutch)
Malika Aït-Mohamed Parent - Board Advisor
Malika joined the IAF Geneva chapter from its creation.
From anti-corruption preaching to corruption fighting, she is committed to developing institutional accountability frameworks embracing soft and hard components of Fraud and Corruption prevention and control.
With 30 years of experience in the Humanitarian sector, she has actively contributed, as a senior leader, to strategic development, policy creation & implementation, network empowerment, accountability framework creation and compliance enforcement, undertaking travel to 93 countries on all continents.
For Under Secretary General at the IFRC, she is currently a Visiting Lecturer at the International Anti-Corruption Academy. As well as an international speaker and investigator; she is also member of the Humanitarian Affairs Think Tank IRIS and the International Scientific Committee, French Red Cross Funds.
Malika joined the IAF Geneva chapter from its creation.
From anti-corruption preaching to corruption fighting, she is committed to developing institutional accountability frameworks embracing soft and hard components of Fraud and Corruption prevention and control.
With 30 years of experience in the Humanitarian sector, she has actively contributed, as a senior leader, to strategic development, policy creation & implementation, network empowerment, accountability framework creation and compliance enforcement, undertaking travel to 93 countries on all continents.
For Under Secretary General at the IFRC, she is currently a Visiting Lecturer at the International Anti-Corruption Academy. As well as an international speaker and investigator; she is also member of the Humanitarian Affairs Think Tank IRIS and the International Scientific Committee, French Red Cross Funds.
Ian Ellery - Webmaster
Ian is an IT Consultant, freelance journalist and radio presenter. After 10 years presenting "The Gadget Guru" on World Radio Switzerland, he works with video companies teaching executives radio and video presentation techniques.
Ian is an IT Consultant, freelance journalist and radio presenter. After 10 years presenting "The Gadget Guru" on World Radio Switzerland, he works with video companies teaching executives radio and video presentation techniques.