Our Board Members
Diana Eggleston
Secretary of the Board
After six years of leading the effort to attract foreign NGOs and purpose-driven companies to The Hague, Diana Eggleston joined the Municipality of The Hague in a new role as Special Envoy for the International City of Peace & Justice. With a background in corporate strategy consulting and a strong focus on execution, Diana leverages her multilingual and multicultural expertise to connect stakeholders across public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Having worked across Europe, the U.S., and Asia, Diana has extensive experience in coordinating international teams and delivering impactful results.
Jill Wilkinson
Treasurer of the Board
Jill Wilkinson is an international leader with extensive experience in industry, consulting, government and not for profit. She is dedicated to advancing sustainability, peace and justice. As the managing director of The Hague Humanity Hub, Jill drives cross sectoral connections and the development of the peace and justice ecosystem of the Hague. Jill has an MBA from York University and a B.A. in German and Linguistics from the University of Toronto.
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Maja Groff
Board Member
Maja Groff, Esq., an international lawyer based in The Hague, is the Convenor of the Climate Governance Commission and Co-Chair of the International Anti-Corruption Court’s Steering Committee. She has worked on multilateral treaties, chaired The New Institute’s Planetary Governance Program, and co-authored Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century. A recipient of the New Shape Prize, she advises organizations promoting ethical business and governance.
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Sheila Atim
Board Member
Sheila Atim is a senior international criminal investigator with more than 20 years of experience advancing accountability, justice, and the rule of law. Since 2005, Sheila Atim has served with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), where she has led complex investigations into war crimes, crimes against humanity, sexual and gender-based violence, and crimes against children in conflict-affected regions around the world.
Throughout their career, Sheila Atim has developed and implemented investigative strategies, managed multidisciplinary teams, and worked closely with survivors, civil society organisations, government authorities, and international partners to gather evidence and support international criminal proceedings. They played a key leadership role in the ICC’s landmark Dominic Ongwen case, contributing to efforts that delivered accountability for victims of some of the gravest international crimes.
Kirsten Meersschaert
Board Member
Kirsten is a strategic advocate with more than 20 years of experience in conflict prevention, peacebuilding, international justice, human rights, and civilian protection. She spent over a decade working to advance accountability for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and environmental crimes, convening global civil society networks to strengthen national, regional, and international accountability frameworks and institutions. Her work at the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) and at the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP) supported efforts related to the International Criminal Court, transitional justice mechanisms, ad hoc tribunals, and atrocity prevention initiatives.
Kirsten previously served as Chief Operations Officer of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC). She was also the first Executive Director of International Alert Europe and supported human rights defenders across the OSCE at the Netherlands Helsinki Committee.
Inbal Djalovski
Board Member
Inbal Djalovski is a lawyer with 20 years of experience in accountability, integrity and justice. She is a Member of the Asian Development Bank’s Compliance Review Panel and previously served on the Independent Complaints Mechanism of DEG, FMO and Proparco. A former Prosecution Lawyer at the International Criminal Court, she advised judges at the UN tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and serves on the expert group that drafted a treaty for an International Anti-Corruption Court. Inbal holds an Executive MBA from INSEAD, an LLM from Columbia Law School and an LLB from Tel Aviv University.
Jean-Pelé Fomété
Board Member
Dr. Jean-Pelé Fomété, a Cameroonian national, has been Deputy Registrar of the International Court of Justice since 2013. He previously served as Registrar of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal in Nairobi and spent 12 years at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as legal adviser, special counsel to the Registrar and program director. Earlier, he worked at the ICTY and at Cameroon’s Ministry of External Relations. Dr. Fomété holds a Doctorate in international law and diplomacy from the International Relations Institute of Cameroon and an MBA from the Maastricht School of Management.
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Sophie Kloos
Managing Director
Sophie Kloos has nearly a decade of experience in senior management and operations promoting access to justice. Passionate about human rights and combating grand corruption, she previously served as Director of the asylum NGO Asylos and worked with the UNDP Joint Migration and Development Initiative. Sophie holds an MSc in Sociology from the London School of Economics and an MA in Political Science and International Relations from Yeditepe University, Istanbul.
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