Ms Saana Keskitalo is a conflict resolution professional with fourteen years of experience in various dialogue, mediation and capacity building processes at CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, an independent Finnish organization specializing in conflict resolution, with operations in three continents. Her experience focuses on the design, implementation and management of informal conflict prevention and resolution processes. Since 2010, she has managed several country specific processes, geared towards supporting local conflict resolution and peaceful transition efforts, including in Libya, Iraq and Palestine. Ms Keskitalo currently manages CMI’s work related to the changing peace mediation field, and engagement with mediation actors across CMI’s four regional programmes. Ms Keskitalo has an MSc in International and Middle East Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and an MA in Politics and Economics from the University of Dundee.