Prior to joining The IIJ, Prima served as a prosecutor for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Philippines, for ten years. She was a designated prosecutor for cases involving extrajudicial killings, media killings, trafficking in persons, terrorism and terrorism financing cases. She was also a prosecutor-evaluator for the DOJ Witness Protection Program of Region XII in Mindanao, Philippines.

Aside from prosecutorial work, Prima was part of the training pool of the Special Projects Division, DOJ National Prosecution Service. She was the Course Manager for the Technical Working Group (TWG) for Environmental Crimes, and a member of the TWGs for Techniques in Witness Handling, International Humanitarian Law, and Counterterrorism and Terrorism Financing. Before becoming a prosecutor, she was a legal counsel of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) for seven years. As FFFJ counsel, she served as a private prosecutor in several media killing cases including the consolidated Ampatuan, Maguindanao Massacre cases.

Julien joined the IIJ as a Programme Manager in 2024. Prior to joining the IIJ, Julien worked with Hedayah where he was leading the implementation of P/CVE capacity building programmes for government and non-government stakeholders in North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia. His work focused on disengagement, rehabilitation, and reintegration of terrorist fighters and their family members, preventing youth radicalization and multi-agency collaboration. He holds a master’s degree in international relations from Sciences Po Lille in France.

Heather joined the IIJ in July 2023. Her professional experience includes positions in administration and information technology. Her most recent position was as an Office Management Specialist for Diplomatic Security in the United States. Prior to that, she served as an Administrative Assistant at United States embassies in Brussels, Belgium and Conakry, Guinea. Before her administrative roles, Heather worked as a Programmer Analyst for 10 years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Decision Sciences.

Nathalie joined the IIJ as a Programme Manager in 2022. She is a French lawyer by training who has served as a human rights and rule of law specialist for the past 15 years. She managed technical assistance projects and research initiatives on criminal justice reform, judicial independence, and access to justice in South-Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Americas within various intergovernmental organizations. From 2020 to 2021, Nathalie was a Legal Officer at the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia. Nathalie holds a Master’s degree in public international law from Université Paris Nanterre and an LL.M. in International Human Rights Protection from Washington College of Law. She is currently enrolled in a PhD program in law and behavioural science at the University of Hamburg and was elected staff representative at OSCE/ODIHR for two terms (2014-2017).

Alla joined the IIJ as a Programme Manager in 2022 and is leading the IIJ’s new project on Countering the Financing of Terrorism, in addition to working on workshops under the Global Central Authorities and Judicial Capacity Building initiatives. Prior to joining the IIJ, she worked at the Council of Europe on programmes on countering economic crime in Central Asia and Russia, namely technical assistance projects on anti-money laundering, countering terrorist financing, asset recovery, mutual legal assistance, and anti-corruption. She joined the Council of Europe from OSCE where she worked on counter-terrorism projects including countering violent extremism and the use of the internet for terrorist purposes. Alla has a degree in International Public Law and a master’s degree in Political Science from Mannheim University, Germany.

Winthrop joined the IIJ team as a Programme Manager in 2018, and since then has led the IIJ’s work on Battlefield Evidence, in addition to working on topics including Emerging Technologies and Counterterrorism, Information Sharing to Advance Accountability, Intelligence to Evidence, and Insider Witnesses to International Crimes. He has a degree in international relations from Princeton University and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.