Staff
Executive Director:Andrew became the second Executive Director of Front Line Defenders in November 2016. He previously served as Deputy Director since March 2003. Prior to joining Front Line Defenders, Andrew worked for thirteen years at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International where he was Director of the Campaigning and Crisis Response Programme and then Director of the Africa Programme. Andrew was a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York, the Board of Trustees of the Tactical Technology Collective (www.tacticaltech.org) and the Board of Trustees of the Sudan Social Development Organisation UK (www.sudouk.org). He represents Front Line Defenders on the Board of the EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism.
Deputy Director:
Olive Moore took up the role of Deputy Director at Front Line Defenders in September 2020. Olive's passion for human rights and social justice began when she became a member Amnesty International at the age of sixteen. Her activism and interest in global politics and international relations led her to undertaking a Degree in Politics and Social Policy in UCD, and then a European Masters in Human Rights and Democratisation in Venice, Italy. Olive’s experience at the beginning of her career with Trocaire, of living in Kenya and working in South Sudan and Somalia, and the Human Rights Defenders she met during this time, formed her lasting appreciation of, and deep respect for, the work of HRDs.
Olive has held a number of roles in Trocaire, including Human Rights Officer, Policy Officer, Governance and Human Rights Coordinator, and Head of Programmes for the last four and a half years. Previously, she also interned in the Human Rights Unit of the European Commission, worked for the Irish Government at the UN Commission on Human Rights, and spent two years working at the World Bank as Head of Knowledge and Learning at the GPSA (Global Partnership for Social Accountability) in Washington DC.
Head of Operations & Public Engagement:
As Head of Operations & Public Engagement, Tara oversees the Rest and Respite Programme, public engagement & events, human resources and the general administration of the organisation. She contributes to organisational planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning. She also coordinates educational projects & internships. Prior to joining Front Line Defenders in 2004 she worked in Japan on the JET Programme and on development projects in Nepal and the Philippines.
Wojtek is Head of Digital Protection at Front Line Defenders.
Maria is Acting Head of Visibility and Communications, leading Front Line Defenders' campaigns and communications for human rights defenders around the world. Maria also coordinates the Visibility for Protection programme, working collaboratively with human rights defenders and organisations towards using visibility and strategic communications as a security and protection strategy. Before joining Front Line Defenders in 2013, she worked in Amnesty International and in development projects in India.
