Nathalie has worked for over 20 years in the human rights field, with a focus on freedom of expression and the Eurasia region, including through grant-making, international advocacy and organizational management. Prior to joining Araminta, Nathalie supported organizations working on human rights advocacy, gender equality and climate justice including in closed civil societies in the Eurasia region, through her position as Program Officer with the Europe and Central Asia Program of Open Society Foundations. She is a long-term trustee for a small UK-based NGO, Reach all Women in War (RAW), which annually presents the Anna Politkovskaya Award to a woman human rights defender from a conflict zone who, like Anna, stands up for the victims of conflict, often at great personal risk. Nathalie has previously held positions at the Sigrid Rausing Trust, Article 19, where she used her interest and experience from working at the Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), a move she made after she worked for Amnesty International as campaigner on Eastern Europe. Nathalie has a master’s degree in Russian Studies from the University of Leiden and European Environmental Management from the University of Amsterdam. She speaks Dutch, (Swiss) German, English, Russian and French and is based in London.