Rainer Gude is currently on Sabbatical and has just finished a 1100 km walk from Switzerland to Rome. From facilitator, moderator, convenor, public speaker and manager, his many roles all start with a belief in the importance of being the change you want to see in the world.
Barb will moderate the session, share her vision on the role of ethics in creating digital trust and explain the uniqueness of the Caux Forum Ethical Leadership experience.
Jérôme Bertini comes from Nice (France), where he worked as a painter for a local company for 17 years, and 7 years as a craftsman. He joined the maintenance team in Caux in September 2016 as a painter and became Team Manager and Technical Coordinator in December 2023.
Ulrike Ott Chanu has been part of the Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation’s communications team since February 2014. She takes care of and coordinates translations and proofreading, writes and edits content, creates graphic designs and looks after the Foundation's websites and social media accounts. After studying English, French and History she worked as a teacher in Germany until marriage to a Frenchman not only made her change country but also retrain professionally.
After participating in different Caux conferences (Learning to be a Peacemaker 2011, Living in a Multicultural World 2011 and Impact Initiatives for Change 2014), Javed Latif returned in 2015 to give a presentation, together with co-founder Rudy van der Aar, on their initiative to green up local mosques in the Randstad conurbation and co-create opportunities for collaboration between Muslim/non-Muslim actors on local environmental issues.
Ajmal Masroor is a travelling Imam, leading Friday prayers (Jummah) in a wide range of mosques in the UK.
Timo Pfender holds a Bachelor’s degree in European Studies with a social science orientation and geographical focus on Central and Eastern Europe. Besides his interests in civil society development in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia, Timo is passionate about communication, personal development and understanding societal conditions of social exclusion and discrimination and their effect on personality. Currently he is studying Social Work.
Since 2007 Rob Lancaster has worked on trustbuilding projects and programmes in Asia, Africa, and Eastern and Western Europe with over 30 different teams, primarily of Initiatives of Change. His experience ranges from leadership programmes in Caux, to the reconciliation process and grassroots consultation in South Sudan. Rob has Honours degrees in both Law (LLB) and Arts (International Relations/French) from the Australian National University, as well as a Master’s of Public Policy (MPP) from the University of Oxford.