Editorial Board

Prisca Chaoui is an interpreter at UNOG since 2005. She is Swiss-Lebanese and has lived in Lebanon, France and Switzerland. She holds degrees in translation and interpretation and in international affairs.

Ian Richards is an economist working in development finance and digital government. He is British and Sri Lankan and currently works at UNCTAD. He has lived in France, the UK, Sri Lanka and Switzerland.

Born in Italy, she is an architect and holds a Ph.D. in Territorial and Environmental Planning. She works in the UN system since 1998, including at DESA in New York (USA), and different UNEP offices in Montreal (Canada), Bonn (Germany) and Geneva (Switzerland). She has been with UNECE since 2008, where she is currently the Director of the Forests, Land and Housing Division.

Born in France, Olivier Meyer was a reviser at the French Translation Section of UNOG. He retired in 2023. With degrees in management, ethnomethodology and coaching, he worked in the press, publishing, art education, continuing university education and professional coaching before joining the UN in 2012.

Has worked as professor of literature, UN-accredited journalist, press officer, head of the communications service of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, communications consultant, and is an author and a collector of life stories. Passionate about sculpture and in love with Provence.

Born in Ecuador, lived and worked in seven countries in the Americas, Asia and Europe as an expatriate and diplomat. Former Vice Minister of the Economy of the Republic of Ecuador and Governor to the IMF and the World Bank. Master in International Affairs from Georgetown University and Masters in Banking and Finance from INCAE University. Currently a Division Director at UNITAR with more than a decade serving in senior leadership at the United Nations.

Anyuli González Oliver is an interpreter in the Spanish Interpretation section at UNHQ. She is from Puerto Rico, but has also lived and worked in the USA, France, Brazil, and Switzerland. She holds a B.A. in Literature from Yale University as well as two Master’s degrees from the École normale supérieure de Paris and the École Supérieure d’Interprètes et de Traducteurs (Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris III).