Agnese Koligina-Balode is the Executive Director of BHRS, supervising its operations and projects. Agnese is an experienced administrator of international multi-disciplinary projects. She also has vast experience in policy planning and monitoring as well as advocacy of community interests at the national and European level. Agnese has previously worked as the Manager of the Administrative Manual Secretariat at UNESCO in Paris, and as Head of the Legal Support Division at LMT, a leading Latvian mobile network operator. She holds Master’s degrees in International Administration from the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Law from the University of Latvia.