Senior management team
Editor-in-chief Aman Sethi
Finance manager Sarah Jones
HR manager Emily Falconer
Development director Rudaba Osmani-Edwards
Other key roles
Technical and publishing manager Matthew Linares
Newsdesk
News editor Indra Warnes
Africa
Africa editor Ayodeji Rotinwa
Americas
Latin America editor Diana Cariboni
South America reporter Angelina de los Santos
UK investigations
Senior investigative reporters Sian Norris
Investigative reporter Ethan Shone
UK news
Gender and identity editor Nandini Archer
Audience and engagement
Audience engagement manager Carla Abreu
Multimedia producer James Battershill
Beyond Trafficking and Slavery
Editor Cameron Thibos
Assistant editor Melissa Pawson
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Editor and director Diana Cariboni
Board of directors
Chair Suzanna Taverne
Non-executive directors Michael Mitchell, Nitil Patel, George Peretz, Inga ‘Inky’ Thordar, Kitty von Bertele
Executive directors Aman Sethi,
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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