As the CEO of RedR Australia, Dr Helen Durham applies her 30 years’ experience in the humanitarian sector and high-level expertise in international humanitarian law, policy and diplomacy in the direction and governance of the team. Helen has significant field experience in Asia and the Pacific, as well as engagement in the Middle East, Africa and diplomatic negotiations in NY, Brussels and Geneva. She is widely published, in particular in the area of women and armed conflict. In 2017 she was awarded the prestigious Officer of the Order of Australia. Helen was the first woman and first Australian to be the Director of International Law and Policy for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva, a role that saw her actively involved in field missions as well as diplomatic negotiations in New York, Brussels and London.