Angela Kane

Angela Kane is Vice President, International Institute for Peace (Vienna) and Senior Fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. She is a member of the European Leadership Network, Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Deep Cuts Commission and serves on academic and NGO Boards in Europe, United States and Asia. She participated as a reserve member in the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence of the European Commission.

She had a long and distinguished career at the United Nations. As High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, she led the ground-breaking investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in Syria in 2013. She served as Under-Secretary-General for Management for four years, with responsibility for the UN’s global administration. She also served as Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs; her field experience includes Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, a special assignment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and multi-year postings in Indonesia and Thailand.

Angela studied at the University of München and holds degrees from Bryn Mawr College and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She received an Honorary Doctorate from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California.