The Geneva Centre is composed of a plurinational staff from France, Switzerland, Belarus, United Arab Emirates and Finland.
Umesh Palwankar, a national of Switzerland, joined the Geneva Centre in December 2018 as Researcher-Planner. He was later appointed Executive Director. His responsibilities include defining the strategic objectives of the Centre, guiding and supervising their implementation by the Centre’s staff, promoting the Centre’s mission and activities with external interlocutors, and developing and consolidating partnerships.