Lisbeth Pilegaard

Thematic expertise: Negotiations, Mediation, Conflict Resolution, Democratization, Humanitarian-Development-Security Nexus, Displacement, Civilian-Military Coordination 

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 the chair of the Executive Committee and board member of the European Endowment for Democracy and board member of Copenhagen Hazard Mapping, Ukraine Housing Institute and the Irish democracy initiative CaraDem. Lisbeth Pilegaard was from 2019-2023 the Executive Director of the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy, working to support the development of well-functioning democracies globally. 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