Michel Gonzalez Brun is a safety and security coordinator at Open Briefing. He has a strong learning and development background, and had previously worked in education on long-term development programmes in Chile, Portugal, Syria, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Venezuela. He moved into the humanitarian sector in 2016, and was the security training coordinator at RedR UK for nearly two years. Since then, he has provided security risk management support to LGBT+ activists, human rights defenders, and humanitarian aid workers in Ethiopia, Liberia, Mauritius, Namibia, Sudan, Uganda, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, the Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, France, and Greece. Michel has a master’s degree in international development and education from the UCL Institute of Education. He is fluent in English and Spanish.

Dan Williamson is a security risk management consultant at Open Briefing. Dan supports private foundations, international NGOs, individual defenders, and community organisations, particularly those at extreme risk or with complex needs. Dan has completed over 25 security audits, developed over 30 security risk management frameworks, and is a lead contributor to our series of open resources for human rights defenders. Dan served as our safety and security lead between 2017 and 2022. Before joining Open Briefing, Dan worked in the humanitarian and development sector for 10 years. He was the first global security manager for Marie Stopes International, where he previously served as the South Sudan country director. He also worked as interim head of mission, project coordinator, and operations manager in Zimbabwe, Darfur, and Iraq for Médecins Sans Frontières and as a project manager in Swaziland for PSI. Dan currently lives in Southeast Asia.