Diyana manages the Long-Term Governance Programme at SOIF.

Diyana is an international affairs specialist with experience working at the highest levels of international organisations across policy planning, strategic planning, advocacy and external relations roles. She previously served in the Policy Planning Unit of the UN Secretary General, where she focused on humanitarian and sustainable development issues, drawing on her years experience with the UN World Food Programme. She has also worked in the Secretary General’s office at Amnesty International, where she supported strategic planning and advocacy across the organisation’s global movement. She holds a BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a Masters in International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.