In this episode we sit down with Gabriel Bourdon-Fattal, the Director of Programmes at the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa and co-director of Climate Whistleblowers, to discuss the dangers faced by whistleblowers around the world. Gabriel is an experienced human rights jurist and campaigner. Among others, Gabriel led an organisation against the deportation of migrant workers’ children and worked on environmental justice issues in the Middle East. Gabriel has an LL.B from the University of Haifa and a Master in African Legal Studies from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Gabriel is an alumnus of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin and of the Our Generation Speaks Fellowship in Boston.
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The hosts:
Lewis Sage-Passant is a researcher in the field of intelligence and espionage, and a former British Military Intelligence Officer. Lewis holds a PhD from Loughborough University in intelligence studies, and is an adjunct professor in intelligence at Sciences Po Paris. He has extensive experience working and living in the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions in a variety of geopolitical analysis and intelligence roles, supporting the energy industry, the financial sector, leading technology firms, and the pharmaceuticals sector. He has appeared in numerous media outlets, including the BBC, France24, CNBC, Harvard Business Review, The New Arab, El Mundo, GQ, and others, discussing intelligence, geopolitics, and security topics.
Aleksandra Szylkiewicz is a multilingual security and intelligence professional based in France, currently serving as a geopolitical risk advisor in the US technology sector. She specialises in bridging the gap between geopolitical advisory, security operations, and business strategy, and has served in both consulting and in-house roles. Aleksandra holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s in International Relations/International Security from Sciences Po Paris, and has provided threat monitoring and geopolitical analysis to public and private entities across various sectors and regions, producing actionable intelligence and decision-making support. She has extensive international experience, has lived in Mexico and in various countries across Europe, and is fluent in 6 languages.
The production team:
Producer: Edwin Tran
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