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Management

SEI’s global management structure consists of the Executive Team, Centre Directors, the Global Management Committee and the Global Research Committee. Together they support the Executive Director and the Board.

Executive Team

The Executive Team (ET) is the principal management body for SEI’s headquarters. Chaired by the Executive Director, it provides overall direction and leadership on governance, strategy, and the work of SEI’s headquarters. ET also monitors and evaluates progress towards strategic objectives and key performance requirements defined in our long-term strategy and annual work plan.

Marie Jürisoo
Marie Jürisoo

Centre Director (Asia)

SEI Asia

Luisa Rojas
Luisa Rojas

Executive Assistant

SEI Headquarters

Annika Markovic
Annika Markovic

Engagement and Impact Director

SEI Headquarters

Maria Westerlund
Maria Westerlund

HR Director

Human resources

SEI Headquarters

Simon Persson
Simon Persson

Director of Finance and Operations

Finance and Operations

SEI Headquarters

Somya Joshi
Somya Joshi

Research Director

SEI Headquarters

Bjorn Nyqvist
Björn Nykvist

Head of Division - Global Agendas, Climate and Systems

SEI Headquarters

Timothy Suljada high res
Timothy Suljada

Head of Division: Resources, Rights and Development

SEI Headquarters

Åsa Gerger Swartling
Åsa Gerger Swartling

Head of Division - Societies, Climate and Policy Support

SEI Headquarters

Matthew Fielding
Matthew Fielding

Head of Communications, Learning and Impact

Communications

SEI Headquarters

Centre Directors

The Centre Directors are responsible for day-to-day management of SEI centres and offices.

Andrew Fitzgibbon

Centre Director

SEI Oxford

Ed Carr

Centre Director

SEI US

Lauri Tammiste

Centre Director

SEI Tallinn

Marie Jürisoo
Marie Jürisoo

Centre Director (Asia)

SEI Asia

Niall O’Connor

Centre Director

SEI Africa

Sarah West

Professor and Centre Director

SEI York

Silvia Calderón

Centre Director

SEI Latin America

Global Management Committee

The Global Management Committee (GMC) is the principal management body for the global SEI structure, including the seven research centres around the world. Chaired by the Executive Director, GMC develops, and oversees compliance with, overarching global SEI policies, and joint operational and management principles and procedures. GMC supports the Executive Director in developing, implementing, and monitoring SEI’s work and priority-setting to attain the global SEI strategy. GMC also supports and assists Centre Directors and other Directors with operational and strategic management issues as they arise.

The Global Management Committee consists of some members of the Executive Team and all Centre Directors.

Global Research Committee

The Global Research Committee (GRC) decides on the focus areas of our core funded research, creates space and opportunity for research innovation, and is responsible for internal quality processes for peer review and ethics.

The GRC ensures that we are focused in the right areas and that researchers across our centres have opportunities for synthesis, learning, exchange, and leadership.

Responsibilities include:

  • ensuring accountable, effective use of core funded research investments
  • collaborating across SEI centres to achieve our strategy goals
  • representing SEI in external forums
  • managing the SEI Science Forum and SEI Science Advisory Council, and
  • developing and implementing research-linked SEI policies.

The Global Research Committee also guides other SEI-wide functions such as identifying new opportunities for our work.

Current members

Somya Joshi
Somya Joshi

Research Director

SEI Headquarters

Biljana Macura
Biljana Macura

Senior Research Fellow

SEI Headquarters

Charles Heaps

Senior Scientist

SEI US

Portrait photo of Ivo Krustok
Ivo Krustok

Head of Unit, Senior Expert (Climate Systems and Energy Policy Unit)

SEI Tallinn

Romanus Opiyo
Romanus Opiyo

Policy and Engagement Lead

SEI Africa

Sara Vigil
Sara Vigil

Senior Research Fellow

SEI Asia

Sveva Lazzati
Sveva Lazzati

Research Associate

SEI Headquarters