Florian Westphal

Florian is the CEO of Save the Children Germany, the German member of the world’s leading independent child rights agency. He previously worked for the Global Public Policy Institute on a research project related to the protection of civilians during armed conflicts. From 2014 until 2020, he served as the CEO of the German section of Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Before that he worked for 15 years with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Kenya and Malaysia as well as at global HQ in Geneva. Florian has a background in radio journalism and holds a Masters in International Policy from the University of Bristol and a BA in Economics and Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.