Lisa Golden

Thematic expertise: Peace and reconciliation, ceasefires, mediation/facilitation

Geographic expertise: Balkans, South Asia

Languages: English, French, Bosnian-Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian.

Lisa Golden is Director of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Section on Peace and Reconciliation. She has previously served as Director for the Section for South Asia and Afghanistan and as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Earlier, she has served in the Ministry’s Section for Peace and Reconciliation, from its establishment and for nine years, with responsibility for the Norwegian 3rd party facilitation of the peace process in Sri Lanka, as well as Norway’s support to other peace processes and dialogue efforts, including in Nepal and Afghanistan. She has served at the Norwegian Embassy in Bosnia-Herzegovina. She also has served in the U.S. Department of State at the U.S. Mission to the UN covering the Security Council, U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria, and in Washington, DC, covering Southeast Europe. Ms. Golden has country expertise in South Asia and the Balkan regions, as well as expertise on peace processes, ceasefires and mediation/facilitation. She holds master's degrees in international relations and economics from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.