Tim Carstairs, joined Geneva Call as Head of Communications and External Relations in 2010. He has been involved in Mine Action since 1992. Initially as the coordinator of landmines advocacy and public information activities for Handicap International in France. In 1994, he moved to the United Kingdom to coordinate the UK Working Group on Landmines representing 50 major British charities. In 1997, Tim joined MAG, where, for more than a decade he held a variety of responsibilities including research, policy, governance, fundraising and communications. He also helped set up MAG’s US charitable partner, MAG America to raise awareness and funds in the USA to support mine action, and was Secretary and acting Treasurer for several years.
Communication & Events
Alessio di Sanzio, joined Geneva Call in 2007 as Communication Officer and Events Coordinator. After having studied banking, he undertook humanist studies completed by a Master’s degree in Theology and Philosophy (France) followed by a PhD in Anthropology (Italy). He has worked as a counselor and senior project manager in the public sphere (Swiss government, army, and in the Tessin and Geneva Cantons) as well as the private sphere, in the fields of banking, human resources, fundraising, teaching, technology, marketing and communication. He has studied journalism in the University of Rome and in the photography agency and school of Contrasto in Milan, and worked as a reporter and correspondent for the news agencies Reuters, AFP, AP and ANSA in the fields of sports, culture and society. A regular of major sportive events as press manager and reporter, he still has a privileged contacts with media actors in this field and in broadcasting.
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