
Massimiliano Montanari
Chief Executive Officer
Massimiliano Montanari is an international civil servant who holds over eighteen years of experience in international affairs, diplomacy and social innovation. Prior to assuming his current role as ICSS Group CEO, Massimiliano served in various roles at the ICSS, including as Chief Executive Officer of the ICSS INSIGHT (2018-2020), Chief of Cabinet (2014 – 2016) and Executive Director of Save the Dream, a role he still holds. Read More

Diogo Guia
Director, Sports Public Policy
Diogo, who also serves as the COO of ICSS INSIGHT, heads up ICSS’s initiatives in the fields of international cooperation, sports public policy, and EU affairs, including leading the ICSS delegation in Brussels. Read More

Dale L. Sheehan M.O.M
Director, Capacity Building and Executive Education
Dale, who is co-leading the ICSS Sport Integrity Unit, has over 35 years’ experience in international law enforcement with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, INTERPOL and the United Nations. Read More

Fred Lord
Director, Sport Integrity and Protection
Fred has over 30 years of experience in the fields of operational security and integrity, international law enforcement and anti-corruption in sport. Since 2018, Fred has been co-leading the ICSS Sport Integrity Unit. Read More

Siham Alawami
Director, Special Projects
Siham is a strategic partnerships expert in projects relating to youth empowerment and the use of sport in the humanitarian context. She has over 30 years of experience in business strategy and management, and program activation, Read More

Steven Fleming
Head, Sport Event Security
Steven has over 30 years of experience in law enforcement and major sporting events security planning and delivery, from both, a policing and an organising committee perspective. Read More

Alain Van Thiel
Head, Safety and Security Training Development
Alain is a senior training professional with extensive international experience in a variety of industries including aerospace, defence, education, energy, healthcare, law enforcement, major events, safety, security and sports. Read More

Bahruz Balayev, PhD
Head, Save the Dream, Global Outreach
Bahruz, who also serves as Acting Director on Legacy & Innovation at the ICSS INSIGHT, is a former Edward S. Mason Fellow at Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government with over 15 years’ experience Read More

Salem Al Adbi
General Coordinator, Stakeholders Relations
Salem joined the ICSS in 2015 and is responsible for stakeholder management, exploring growth opportunities in the local context, and the implementation of an annual engagement plan for key external stakeholders. Read More

Saleh Al Eida
Special Advisor, Strategy and Partnership Development
Saleh is an experienced corporate communications professional with a proven track record internationally, working with key media, sports events and managing communications at a senior management level. Read More

Mallorie Trannois, PhD
Senior Manager, Sport Integrity
Mallorie is based in Paris as a part of ICSS INSIGHT and works on various programs relating to sport integrity, education and capacity building. PhD in Private Law, author and co-author of several reference papers in the area, she authored a thesis on ‘The European harmonization on Online Gambling’ Read More

Magda de Lange
Head, Research and Strategic Studies
With over 20 years international working experience, Magda currently leads research activities across different areas of ICSS work, including but not limited to the security of major sporting events. Read More

Elda Kulenovic
Head, Brand and Strategic Communications
Elda is an international senior marketing and corporate communications professional with 16 years of experience who has worn many hats at a variety of companies from both the private and public sectors. Read More

Wael Daher
Head, Finance and Accounting
Wael serves as the Head of Finance and Accounting at the ICSS and has over 12 years of experience in corporate finance and accounting. Wael’s experience also extends to corporate administration. Read More

Carol Jimenez
Senior Manager, Multi-dimensional Security
Carol has over 10 years of experience in international development. She has worked with different international organisations, particularly INTERPOL, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), Read More

Nadeesha Rathnayake
Manager, Media and Communications
Nadeesha has over 15 years of international experience in public relations, media and communications. Before joining the ICSS, she held positions in both multi-national and non-government organisations in different sectors such as banking, media and advertising. Read More

Shabnam Hajiyeva
Senior Officer, Save the Dream, Global Outreach
Shabnam started her professional career at Save the Dream in 2016 with responsibilities in the field of communications and social media. Read More

Nassim Zoghbi
Senior Manager, Legal Affairs
Nassim is a senior legal professional with over 44 years’ experience in banking, oil and gas, HSE, general contracting, tendering, procurement, insurance, government relations and financial control. Read More

Michelle Maxwell
Manager, Administration and Operations Support
Michelle joined the ICSS in June 2013 as an Administration Manager. Michelle has a varied background working for large organisations such as Aecom, BBC Television and Merrill Lynch as a researcher, senior executive assistant and Read More

Taleb Hanzab
Manager, Chairman’s Office
Taleb is responsible for managing the everyday affairs of the Chairman’s office. Prior to joining the ICSS, Taleb served as the External Relations Officer for the Community Development CEO at Qatar Foundation.

Ali Nasser Alyafie
Senior Officer, Chairman’s Office
Ali Nasser joined the ICSS in 2011 and has been instrumental in his role overseeing the overall management of the Chairman’s Office and support the Chairman as his Personal Assistant in the course of several missions internationally. Read More

George Sebastian
Manager, Information Technology
With over 12 years of experience, George is a seasoned IT professional. George has experience in IT governance, infrastructure management, cloud computing, administration and IT operations. Read More

Maya Noueihed
Manager, Human Resources
Maya is a certified human resources professional with over 14 years of experience. She joined the ICSS HR team in 2015. Read More

Jonineth Cabague
Senior Specialist, Human Resources
Jonineth holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (BSA) with a certificate in Human Resources Management. She is responsible for recruitment, learning and development, employee relations, compensation and benefits, and other HR-related matters. Read More

Hicham Belarbi
Senior Officer, Public Relations
Hicham joined the ICSS in 2015 and is responsible for public relations activities in Geneva.

Aboubakr Ghoulam
Manager, Procurement and Operations Support
Aboubakr holds over 15 years of experience in procurement, sales and events planning. Read More

Leanne Danvers
Senior Officer, Administration and Operations Support
Leanne’s main responsibilities at the ICSS are the coordination of business travel and facilities management. Leanne is a QMS internal auditor and has successfully led several audit processes for the ICSS. Read More

Shaneer Kuniyil
Officer, Administration and Operations Support
Shaneer joined the ICSS in 2015 and has been instrumental in ensuring the seamless running of the General Services department. He holds a Diploma in Computer Engineering. Shaneer is based in Doha, Qatar, with his family.

Hamid Mugagad
Officer, Government Relations
Hamid is one of ICSS’s long-serving employees who has been with the organisation since its early days. Read More