Hibak Kalfan, Network for Empowered Aid Response - NEAR (Global)

Hibak Kalfan is the Executive Director of the Network for Empowered Aid Response (NEAR). NEAR is a network of Global South Civil Society Organizations who have come together to reshape global response to economic, human and environmental threats. Kalfan has more than 16 years’ experience and has worked with several stakeholders in the Humanitarian, Media, Development and Government sectors in the Horn of Africa and Middle East. After beginning a career in commercial and retail banking, she shifted to the humanitarian and development sector as the founder of The African Future, a non-profit organization hoping to improve the education and healthcare in Somalia. She has since held several positions within Internews, World Bank Group, ACTED, Relief International, among others.