Team

Leadership

UN/FPDN Executive Committee

Tatyana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations at Geneva
Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations New York
Ivan Pictet, President of the Portail des Nations, FPDN

UN/FPDN Steering Committee

Kira Kugrikova, Director of the Division of Administration, UN Geneva
Alessandra Vellucci, Director at United Nations Information Service, UN Geneva
Aziyade Poltier, Head of the Coordination Team of the future Portail des Nations / Visitor's Center, UN Geneva
Tatjana Darani, Director of the Portail des Nations, FPDN

Fondation Portail des Nations

The Fondation Portail des Nations is responsible, on behalf of the United Nations Office at Geneva, for the development, launch, visitor operations, and overall management of the Portail des Nations until the end of December 2027. Under the leadership of its President, Ivan Pictet, and the supervision of its Board of Trustees, the Fondation operates through a dedicated team, currently composed of:

Tatjana Darani, Director, Portail des Nations
Laurent Thevin, Head of Operations, launch and visitor services
Julien Keller, Development Lead, Café des Nations
Pierre Dal Busco, Development Lead, Café des Nations
Gregori et Aline Gutowski, Development Leads, Portail des Nations Collection

Architecture

Pictet Broillet Architectes Associés

Charles Pictet, Architect, Founder and Partner
Baptiste Broillet, Partner Architect
Daniel Gibbons, Lead Architect
Henri Favre, Project Lead Architect

Artistic Direction

Downtown Studio

Pascal Tea, Producer
Rajinder Sagoo, Project Manager
Celine Baudicourt, Production Director
Charles Sadoul, Technical Director
Olivier Pictet, Creative Director
Guillaume Helleu, Narrative Designer
Adrien Wagner, Visual Art Director
Nathanaël Bürgisser, Visual Framework Lead

Local Projects

Nathan Aktison, Co-Creative Design
Adam Quinn, Co-Technical Design
Sophie Swanson, Content Development
Elsa Lacroix, Content Development for the Fondation Portail des Nations

Communication

de facto communication & relations publiques

Elisabeth Tripod-Fatio, Founder and Partner, Head of Communications, Portail des Nations
Philippe Dunant, Partner, Head of Media Relations
Léonore Saadé-Augier, Project Manager
Seda Türk, Head of Social Media

Visual Identity

Baldinger - vu-huu

André Baldinger, Visual identity and Graphic Design
Pedro Cardoso, Web Development Lead