STAFF

Dr Ed Marques is the Head of CMI’s Eurasia team and leads CMI’s programme activities in the region.

Marques joined CMI in 2017 and previously worked as a Senior Manager in the Middle East and North Africa Programme where he oversaw a regional and a national dialogue process. Most recently he served as an Advisor to CMI’s CEO Dr Janne Taalas.

Prior to joining CMI, Marques served in various leadership positions related to peacebuilding, diplomacy and development. He holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from SOAS, looking at how rebel groups engage with foreign diplomats.

Areas of expertise: Africa, mediation and dialogue, transitions, elections, political parties, gender and women’s participation, youth

Biography: Tiina Kukkamaa-Bah serves as the Head of CMI’s Sub-Saharan Africa unit.

Ms. Kukkamaa-Bah joined CMI in 2019 and has previously worked at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights as a Chief of the Democratic Governance and Gender Unit based in Warsaw, Poland as well as at Political Parties of Finland for Democracy, Demo Finland as the Executive Director. She has also worked with a number of Finnish development NGOs, including Kepa as a Project Adviser based in Tanzania.  She holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences (Sociology) from University of Helsinki, Finland.

Hanna Klinge serves as Deputy CEO since May 2021. Prior to this, she served as Acting Executive Director (January 2020 – April 2021). Ms Klinge joined CMI in January 2018 as the Advisor to Executive Director and the principal lead on strategic partnerships.

Hanna Klinge’s background is in international relations, primarily in managing strategic partnerships, large scale projects and people. Prior to joining CMI Ms Klinge worked as Country Director at the British Council Finland leading its work in Finland. The broad institutional portfolio included several international capacity building programmes, policy dialogue initiatives, and publications. Ms Klinge is experienced in forging strategic partnerships and alliances across public, private and third sectors. She has specialized in social development and innovation, equality and inclusion issues, and social enterprise. Ms Klinge has studied and worked in Greece, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland. She holds an Executive Master in International Negotiation and Policy-Making from Geneva Graduate Institute, and a MA in Cultural Studies and Social Sciences from Helsinki University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (UK).

Areas of expertise: Strategic communications, dis/misinformation, media relations, journalism

Biography: As the Head of Communications, Antti Ämmälä leads CMI’s communications efforts globally. Ämmälä has over 15 years of wide-ranging experience in the field, from strategic communications to journalism. He previously held the post of Communications Manager at CMI.

Prior to joining CMI in 2016, Ämmälä worked as a journalist for some of the leading news outlets in Finland, focusing on international relations and economy. This has included stints as a foreign affairs reporter, news editor and sub-editor at Helsingin Sanomat, Scandinavia’s largest daily newspaper, and as a reporter for the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle.

Ämmälä has a Master’s Degree in Political Communication from the University of Tampere.