Kathryn Gichini

Kathryn Gichini is the Communications Specialist at the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI), where she works on the organization’s communications and external engagement.

Kathryn brings eight years of experience working across International Geneva and multi-stakeholder environments. Before joining SI, she founded and ran Geneva Graphic Recording, a graphic recording and design business serving international organizations, foundations, and UN-adjacent institutions. She previously led strategic communications and stakeholder engagement at Reos Partners, and held communications and coordination roles at the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, working on initiatives on governance, peacebuilding, and civil society.

Kathryn holds a master’s degree in Development Studies from the Geneva Graduate Institute and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Coventry University.