Since 2014, he has been Director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) of the World Council of Churches (WCC), responsible for activities related to peace, disarmament and human rights, and for WCC’s relations with the UN system.

A lawyer, he has long experience representing church organizations in the international political arena. Before joining WCC, he was Assistant General Secretary for International Affairs and Human Rights of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) for more than 12 years and Executive Director of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA).

Among other, he has served as President of the NGO Special Committee on Human Rights (Geneva), 2000-2008; member of the UNAIDS International Advisory Group on Universal Access, 2011; member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Councils network 2012-2014; and member of Steering Group of International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD), 2018 to date.