​​Richard Moncrieff is the Project Director for the Great Lakes and supervises Crisis Group’s work on the region, talking to the main conflict actors and to regional and international diplomats, and formulating recommendations to reduce violence. He has worked as a diplomat and analyst for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, as a research fellow for the South African Institute of International Affairs and as West and then Central Africa Project Director for International Crisis Group. He holds a PhD from Southampton University in the UK.​