Hanne Lund Madsen

Thematic expertise: Mediation, Multi-party Negotiations, Human Rights, Democratisation and Good Governance, Minority Protection, Diversity, Women in Leadership, Sustainable and Inclusive Leadership

Geographic expertise: 30 years’ experience across Asia, South Pacific, Africa, Central America and especially Myanmar, Burkina Faso, Ukraine, Bhutan

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Hanne Lund Madsen has strong engagement in conflict mediation in Denmark as certified mediator by the National Commission of Police and she has vast global experience with high level mediation and dialogue facilitation among political parties and related actors - including Myanmar, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Tanzania.  As Head of Global Programmes at the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD) she has spearheaded the institute’s dialogue and conflict mediation initiatives and the measure to promote women in political parties.  As Global Programme Director in Cross Cultures she has forged many public-private partnerships for reconciliation and peaceful co-existence in post-conflict communities. Her interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach is harnessed during a long track record as trusted advisor to the UN, bilateral donors, global and local NGOs on human rights, democratization, good governance and sustainable leadership and as lecturer and trainer at the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. She holds Masters in International Development Studies and in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.