DAN REDFORD

Deputy Head of Presence

Dan Redford, a secondee of the United Kingdom, joined the OSCE Presence in 2006. He first served as the Presence's Chief Political, Public Affairs and Reporting Officer, and was appointed as Deputy Head on 1 July 2010. He worked as a political party and elections director for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) in Albania from 2002-2006. Before coming to Albania, he had a political career in local government in the London Borough of Harrow, holding various executive positions. He has also held management positions at Harrods Food Halls in London. He holds a Masters Degree in Sociology and a Bachelors Degree in Politics from Durham University in the UK. Contact Dan Redford: dan.redford@osce.org

MICHAEL JOHNSON

Chief, Fund Administration

Michael Johnson joined the OSCE Presence in 2010. Prior to joining the OSCE, he held several positions within the Eurasia Foundation, a privately managed foundation, in Washington DC, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. He was also a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine. He holds an MBA from the Georgetown McDonough School of Business. Contact Michael Johnson: michael.johnson@osce.org

FIORENTINA AZIZI

Head of the Rule of Law and Human Rights Department

Fiorentina Azizi, an Austrian secondee, joined the Presence in April 2011. She came to Albania from the OSCE Office in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she held the position of judicial training officer. Her working experience prior to joining the OSCE include the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, the Austrian Parliament, the Council of Europe’s European Commission of Human Rights, the Argentine Ministry of Justice and the University of Cambridge. Azizi holds a Masters degree in human rights law from the University of Cambridge and the title “Magistra Iuris” from the University of Vienna. She has published and delivered several publications, lectures and training in the field of protection of international human rights law. Contact Fiorentina Azizi: fiorentina.azizi@osce.org

GUY VINET

Head of Security Co-operation Department

Guy Vinet, a French secondee, joined the Presence in August 2011. A former colonel in the French Gendarmerie, he has extensively worked in South Eastern Europe for the United Nations, NATO and the European Union. His last position was in the French Ministry of Interior, where he was in charge of international co-operation and conducted various missions in Africa. Vinet holds a PhD in Political Science and a Masters degree in International Relations and Geopolitics from the Paris Sorbonne University. Contact Guy Vinet: guy.vinet@osce.org

DARCIE NIELSEN

Head of Governance in Economic and Environmental Issues

Darcie Nielsen, a United States secondee, has been with the Presence since 2006. Prior to joining the OSCE, she was the local government programme director for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Turkey. In the United States, she was an elected county commissioner and a land use and community planning professional in local government. Contact Darcie Nielsen: darcie.nielsen@osce.org

PATRICK HOFFMANN

Head of the Democratization Department

Patrick Hoffmann, a German secondee, joined the Presence in November 2011. Prior to that, he worked with the OSCE Mission in Kosovo from 2008-2010 and from 2000 to 2005. Hoffmann was also a member of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission in 1999. He served as Head of a German-based NGO on a large humanitarian field operation in Somalia (2007), and District Electoral Officer for the United Nations Mission in East-Timor (1999). Hoffmann started his career in 1996, in the German Bundestag, where he served for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. He has been an OSCE/ODIHR short- and long-term election observer in several countries. Hoffmann has studied sociology, politics, economics and media at the University of Osnabrück, University of Münster (Germany) and University of Zurich (Switzerland) from which he holds a Diploma in Social Sciences. Contact Patrick Hoffmann: patrick.hoffmann@osce.org

MONTSERRAT BATLLÓ

Project Office Co-ordinator

Montserrat Batlló, a Spanish secondee, joined the Presence in Albania in June 2009. Prior to joining the OSCE, she held positions in China, DRC, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Angola with Médecins Sans Frontières, an international NGO providing medical humanitarian assistance. In Spain, she was appointed Director of the Logistics Department and Desk Manager for African missions. Contact Montserrat Batlló: montserrat.batllo@osce.org