Keynote Speaker - Professor Mukesh Kapila CBE

Professor Emeritus of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester, UK. Senior Adviser to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean

Mukesh Kapila has extensive experience in humanitarian affairs, conflict and security, global health and international development, human rights and diplomacy, He has qualifications in medicine and public health from the Universities of Oxford and London.

He is Professor Emeritus of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester, and Senior Adviser to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.

His previous leadership functions have included senior directorships at the World Health Organization and United Nations, and as Undersecretary-General at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Previously he was Head of Conflict & Humanitarian Affairs at what is now the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office.

He has served on several Boards, including chairing Minority Rights Group International, and Nonviolent Peaceforce which was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016. Also advised many multilateral institutions including the World Bank. UN agencies, and international NGOs.

His many awards include a CBE from King Charles III, a Global Citizenship Award, the “I Witness!” award for human rights, and a special resolution of the California State Legislature for “lifetime achievements and meritorious service”.

His first memoir “Against a Tide of Evil” was shortlisted for the 2013 Best Non-Fiction Book award. His further book (2019) is entitled “Not a Stranger to Kindness”. He is a public and media speaker, and his writings can be sampled on https://www.mukeshkapila.orgP|