Michael Keating was the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia from January 2016 to September 2018; he is now the Executive Director of the European Institute of Peace. Previously he was an Associate Director of Chatham House, Deputy UN Special Representative for Afghanistan and Executive Director of the Africa Progress Panel. Matt Waldman is a conflict resolution specialist and Director of the Center for Empathy in International Affairs. Previously a Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School, he has served as a mediation adviser to the UN envoys for Somalia, Syria and Afghanistan.