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Biography

Dr. Comfort Ero was appointed Crisis Group’s President & CEO in December 2021. She joined the organization as West Africa Project Director in 2001 and rose to become Africa Program Director and then, in January 2021, Interim Vice President.

Dr. Ero has spent her entire career working in or in conflict-affected countries. Between her two tenures at Crisis Group, she served as Deputy Africa Program Director for the International Centre for Transitional Justice (2008–2010) and, prior to that, as Political Affairs Officer and Policy Advisor to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General at the UN Mission in Liberia (2004–2007). She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, University of London, and sits on various boards and advisory bodies.

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