Secretary GeneralCentre for Global Pluralism
Meredith Preston McGhie is the Secretary General for the Global Centre for Pluralism overseeing global programs to advance respect for diversity. Previously she mediated and advised a range of peace processes across Africa as the Regional Director for Africa with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and with the UN. She advised Kofi Annan during the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation in 2007/8. Through more than 20 years in Africa, she helped establish peace processes in Nigeria and Somalia, and facilitated and supported mediation processes in Sudan and South Sudan, among other contexts. Her work spans a range of issues, including electoral conflicts, disarmament and demobilisation, and inclusion in peace processes. She continues to contribute to policy discussions on peacemaking globally, including teaching peace process design. She began her career working with the Naga in North East India and ethnic minorities in Myanmar.