Dr Michaela Told is a governance and policy specialist with more than 25 years of experience working across development, humanitarian action, migration, global health, and human rights. Her work spans policy and strategy development, governance processes, organizational development, partnerships, facilitation, learning and evaluation.
Prior to founding HI5 Governance, Michaela co-established and served as Executive Director of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and co-headed the WHO Collaborating Centre on Governance for Health and Global Health Diplomacy. In this role, she helped position governance and diplomacy as important dimensions of global health policy and practice. She also supported the development of new platforms, partnerships, and policy initiatives at global and regional levels..
Earlier in her career, Michaela spent more than a decade with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement at local, regional and international levels. Her roles included Organizational Development Delegate in Lao PDR, Policy Lead for Europe and Central Asia, Head of Delegation in the Tsunami Operation in Sri Lanka, and Head of the Principles and Values Department of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. During this time, she strengthened local organizations, led large-scale operations, developed regional strategies, negotiated policies, and facilitated institutional change processes.
Michaela also worked with the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in development cooperation and later served as Secretary General of an international women’s peace and human rights organization based in Geneva.
She holds postgraduate degrees in economics, social work, and development studies, as well as a PhD in Political Science. She currently teaches global health, governance, and diplomacy at the University of Geneva and other academic institutions across Europe. She is a qualified coach and psychodramatist, with a licence in humanistic psychotherapy in Austria.
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