People

Thom Townsend works in the UK Cabinet Office and leads the UK's involvement in OGP.

Alex joined the Open Government Partnership in February 2016 as a Communications Intern. He has lived and worked in Haifa, Israel and Mexico City, where his professional and volunteer efforts centered on education, community development, and youth empowerment. Alex is…

Jessica is the Civil Society Specialist for Global Forest Watch, a free and powerful monitoring platform that promotes transparency by providing near real-time information on the state of forests globally. In close collaboration with the Governance Center team, Jessica leads efforts…

Helen Clark is a global leader on sustainable development, gender equality and international co-operation. She was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999-2008 and served as the Administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) from 2009-2017. She is an…

Sangita Sigdyal joined the Open Government Partnership in November 2014 as its Director of Operations. She was responsible for OGP's operations including finance, human resources and other functions to effectively carry out OGP's four-year strategy. Prior to joining OGP, she…

Sugeng Bahagijo is the Executive Director of INFID, an Indonesian NGO focusing on the SDGs, inequality, and human rights. He served as a civil society member of the OGP Steering Committee from 2014-2017.

Tiago is a Senior Public Sector Specialist at the World Bank’s Governance Global Practice. Having joined the Bank in 2010, Tiago’s activities focus on working with governments to develop solutions for better public policies and services. Prior to joining the…

Ilham B Saenong, Program Director of Transparency International Indonesia (TI-I), has been part of the Open Government Indonesia (OGI) Core Team since its inception. He was the CSO coordinator of OGI in 2013-2014 where he led development of National Action Plan…