Senior management team

CEO Satbir Singh
Editor-in-chief Aman Sethi
Head of news Ramzy Alwakeel
Senior investigative editor Margaret Coker
HR manager Emily Falconer
Head of impact Stewart Kirkpatrick
Development director Rudaba Osmani-Edwards
Platform and brand editor Julian Richards
Head of engagement Alastair Tibbitt

Other key roles

Fundraising manager Harriet Arnold
Operations coordinator Jonelle Gyamfi
Finance manager Sarah Jones
Technical and publishing manager Matthew Linares

Newsdesk

News editors Sam Gelder, Indra Warnes

Africa

Africa editor Ayodeji Rotinwa
East Africa reporter Khatondi Soita Wepukhulu

Americas

Latin America editor Diana Cariboni
South America reporter Angelina de los Santos
Columnist Chrissy Stroop
Mesoamerica correspondent Dánae Vílchez

UK investigations

UK investigations editor Martin Williams
Senior investigative reporters Jenna Corderoy, Sian Norris
Investigative reporter Ethan Shone
Investigative consultant Ben Webster

UK news

Gender and identity editor Nandini Archer
Reporter Adam Bychawski
UK gender reporter Lou Ferreira
Political correspondent Ruby Lott-Lavigna
UK health and social affairs correspondent Caroline Molloy
Reporter Anita Mureithi
Special correspondent Adam Ramsay

Fellow Dahaba Ali Hussen

Audience and engagement

Audience engagement manager Carla Abreu
Multimedia producer James Battershill
Audience engagement officer for Africa Martha Kingsmike

Beyond Trafficking and Slavery

Editor Cameron Thibos
Assistant editor Melissa Pawson

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Editor and director Francesc Badia i Dalmases

Board of directors

Chair Suzanna Taverne
Non-executive directors Alison Goldsworthy, Michael Mitchell, Nitil Patel, George Peretz, Inga ‘Inky’ Thordar, Kitty von Bertele
Executive directors Aman Sethi, Satbir Singh

Honorary president Anthony Barnett

Inclusivity information

At the end of 2023, openDemocracy had 52 team members

• 52% of our team were women, 42% were men and 6% were gender non-conforming
• 75% were white
• They lived in Armenia, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Spain, Uganda, Ukraine, the UK, the US and Uruguay

The senior management team had eight members

• 37% were women, 63% were men
• 75% were white

Over the year we hired seven people

• 71% were women, 29% were men
• 29% were white

The openDemocracy board had ten members (including one staff member already covered above)

• 40% were women, 60% were men
• 70% were white

We are committed to continuous learning and transparency about our performance on diversity, equity and inclusion

Technical team

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