Italian national, Cristina holds an undergraduate degree in public administration (Bocconi University, Italy) and a master in development economics (University of East Anglia, UK). Cristina has worked for 12 years for NGOs, both in emergency and development contexts, and both in the field and in the HQ. Eclectic professional, her field experience ranges from needs assessment and programme planning, to coordination, monitoring and evaluation, as well as programme support functions, while her thematic expertise includes food assistance and livelihoods support, but also nutrition, health, WASH and protection. She has been deployed to Sudan, Myanmar, Indonesia, Kenya, DRC, Chad and Jordan, and more recently supported operations in Ethiopia, Uganda, Cote d’Ivoire, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Yemen. Cristina is fluent in English, French and Spanish. Beside languages, Cristina enjoys nature in all its forms, traveling, music and dancing. She has joined the gFSC team in February 2020. 

Davide holds a Master degree in Social Sciences (Paris 8), and one in Political Science (Roma TRE), with a special focus on human rights & international relations. He has worked in the humanitarian sector since 2008, working for NGOs and UNs (WFP and FAO) mainly in the field of food security, livelihoods and nutrition. He has been deployed to various countries and crisis – both conflict and natural disasters related - in the middle east (oPt, Whole of Syria, Turkey), Cox’s Bazar (Rohingya emergency) and DPR Korea. He worked as Food Security Cluster coordinator from 2014 to 2018, and has joined the gFSC team in Rome in September 2019. He is fluent in English and French.

Louis Parker has experience using geospatial analysis and technologies to address challenges relating to Food Security and Disaster Risk Reduction. He first began his career in conservation, providing GIS and database support to the Zoological Society of London and to the Atlantic Whale Foundation. He then moved into agricultural research and development, joining the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), where he worked from HQ in Cali, Colombia, before being deployed to the Asia region where he helped develop and implement projects supporting small holder farmers. His focus was on capacity strengthening, trainings, participatory GIS and land use change, crop suitability mapping and modelling, climate change impact assessment for agricultural systems and food security, and vulnerability and hotspot assessments. More recently Louis was deployed by IMMAP, an NGO focused on Information Management to support the Food Security and Health Sector’s emergency response in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Louis is an avid Tottenham Hotspurs FC supporter and remains hopeful they will win the premier league sometime in the next three decades; when not making maps and dashboards, he enjoys walking, swimming, playing table tennis and hanging out with friends and family. Louis Parker holds an MSc in Water: Science and Governance from King’s College London and a Bachelor degree in Geography from the University of Nottingham.

Citizen of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Wenceslas Ntumba have several years of experience in Information Management Systems, GIS, Naturals resources and Agricultures at National and International level. Before joining the gFSC, he worked for 2 years as IMO for Food Security Cluster in Mali, in Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar) to support humanitarian response to the Rohingya with IOM as IMO for the WASH cluster, at Logistics Cluster (WFP-DRC) as GIS Officer and Information & Knowledge Management (IMKM) between 2011-2017 and for WFP in the Philippines between 2013-2014 during response to Typhoon Haiyan. Wenceslas has extensive knowledge of cluster coordination mechanisms, food security analysis, capacity building, data collection and GIS as to support better decision making. He holds a master’s degree in Natural Disaster Management from University of Liège, Belgium and a degree in Agricultural Engineering (Soil and Water Management) from university of Kinshasa, DRC.

Domitilla has a keen interest in international cooperation and humanitarian issues. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science for Cooperation and Development and a Master’s Degree in Development Economics, both from Università degli Studi di Roma Tre.  Domitilla describes herself as a hard-working, dynamic and proactive person. Domitilla has recently worked as administrative assistant at the Swiss Mission to the UN in Rome and as an assistant customer service for a pharmaceutical company in Rome, validating agreements with public and private clients. She has also worked as a conference messenger at WFP and IFAD, providing support to formal or informal meetings of the Executive Board, and assisting delegations and with other conference arrangements. Domitilla is 26 years old and an Italian citizen. During her free time, she loves reading, writing and taking long walks.

Herve holds a master degree in International Affairs and a Master in Humanitarian Programme Management from the Bioforce Institute. His experience in both, the private and the humanitarian sector, allowed him to develop strong skills in: assessment methodologies, information and knowledge management. Herve worked in several emergency contexts covering different roles, including reporting and communications in Haiti in 2018, IMO for the DRC food security cluster in 2020, and more recently as assessment officer for the cash and market working group in CAR. He joined the global FSC support team in November 2021.

French national, Angelique holds a master of business administration (ESSEC Paris, France) and a master of civil law (University of Cergy-Pontoise, France). She first started her career the private sector in the United States (Chicago, IL) and later on in Europe (Rome, Brussels) where she developed a solid experience in communications and marketing, as well as expertise in event management. Passionate about human rights, she also provided pro-bono support to NGOs expert in the field of migration. In 2018, she joined UNICEF (3 years in Italy, 1 year in Eastern and Southern Africa), where she coordinated the implementation of digital platforms and interagency programmes aiming at providing strengthened accountability to affected population (focusing on youth on the move, more particularly unaccompanied and separated children), ensuring access to protection services, and fostering impact through youth-led advocacy initiatives. She has joined the FSC in March 2022. Communications is not only her work expertise, but her way of life: passionate about people and culture, she is always happy to pause and connect with others, sharing her love for languages, dancing, traveling, tasting and/or cooking all kinds of food and world spices.

Angelina is a national of Ukraine with 8 years of experience in information management and socio-economic research. She holds a PhD degree in Economics obtained at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine). Before joining the gFSC team, she served as an Information Management and Data Visualization Officer with WFP Niger. She has also prior information management experience with Food Security Cluster and Gender-Based Violence Sub-Cluster in Ukraine and had been working as a researcher at institutions for sociological and economic studies. She has joined the gFSC team in August 2022. She speaks English, French, Ukrainian and Russian.