Marianne Rasmussen

Marianne Rasmussen is a career diplomat from the Danish Foreign Service, currently serving as Advisor to the Nordic-Baltic Executive Director at the World Bank. She has been posted to the Danish Embassies in Iraq and Afghanistan and has served as political advisor for the EU Delegation to Sudan during the formation and implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and subsequent secession of South Sudan. She has also served as Media Officer to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and has NGO experience from Haiti and Egypt. Drawing on a decade of experience from conflict- and post-conflict settings, Rasmussen brings a broad and nuanced understanding of conflict dynamics at all levels of society. She has experience with community-based peace-building as well as high-level dialogue and mediation. Rasmussen has worked extensively with gender-issues and women’s rights.