Danny Sriskandarajah
Secretary General and CEO
CIVICUS
Headquartered in Johannesburg, CIVICUS is the global civil society alliance with members in more than 160 countries. Danny’s previous roles include Director of the Royal Commonwealth Society, Interim Director of the Commonwealth Foundation, and Deputy Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research. He writes and appears in the media, including contributing to Al Jazeera, Guardian, HuffPo, and Weekend on the BBC World Service. He sits on the boards of several organisations and is a co-founder of the Ockenden Prizes. Danny holds a degree from the University of Sydney, and an MPhil and DPhil from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.