Lisbeth Pilegaard

Thematic expertise: Negotiations, Conflict Resolution, Democratization, Humanitarian-Development-Security Nexus 

Geographic expertise: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, MENA-region, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Yemen, Western Balkan, Eastern and Southern Africa

Languages: English, German, Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian

 Lisbeth Pilegaard is Executive Director of the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy, working to support the development of well-functioning democracies globally. Lisbeth Pilegaard is the chair of the Executive Committee of the European Endowment for Democracy. Pilegaard has been seconded by the Danish MFA as an Expert Adviser to the UN High Level Panel for Humanitarian Financing. Pilegaard previously headed the Department for Middle East & North Africa at the Danish institution for Gender, Equality and Diversity. Pilegaard headed the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Global Technical Support and led NRC in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran as Regional Representative. She has worked in more than 40 conflict ridden countries across all continents and has held board positions in the LIVIA Foundation, the Anna Lindh Foundation and has been the chairperson of the Danish Council for International Conflict Resolution. Pilegaard has been a guest lecturer at different institutions as the University of Aalborg and the NATO School in Oberammergau. Pilegaard has a Masters in Rhetoric with a focus on peace negotiations from the University of Copenhagen.