Palestinian Territories: View of the buffer zone from inside the Gaza Strip. The enforced exclusion zone extends hundreds of meters from the Israeli border, consuming agricultural fields and affecting the livelihoods of many Gaza residents.

about Humanitarian Policy

Christopher Finucane is director of Humanitarian Policy. His focus is delivering transformative and practical policy initiatives, and workshop facilitation for policy design and implementation.

He has operational humanitarian experience with Save the Children and the International Rescue Committee and has completed numerous field deployments covering West and Central Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and South America.

He holds a Masters degree in International Relations with major studies in human rights and international law.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Faculty Associate, 2009-ongoing

Centre for Refugee and Disaster Response, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Project Affiliate, 2009-ongoing
Security Management Initiative, Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Conflict Advisor (Military and Security), 2009-ongoing
Deployable Civilian Expert (DCE) Roster, Stabilization Unit, United Kingdom Government

Board Member, 2008-ongoing
International NGO Safety and Security Association (INSSA) and Chairperson of the Association’s Code of Conduct Committee

Guest Speaker, 2009
World Food Program (WFP) Regional Security Conference, Bangkok and Kampala

Consultant to HPCR International and the Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research Program, Harvard University (Aug 2008 – July 2009).

FIELD EXPERIENCE

Chris' field experience includes:

• Afghanistan
• Australia
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Colombia
• Cote d’Ivoire
• Indonesia
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Lebanon
• Liberia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Palestinian Territories (West Bank & Gaza)
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Islands
• Tajikistan
• Timor Leste
• United Kingdom

You can also find Chris on Linkedin and follow Humanitarian Policy on Twitter @HumanitarianPol

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