Our team

Director

Nani Jansen Reventlow

Nani is the Director of the Digital Freedom Fund. She is a recognised international lawyer and expert in human rights litigation responsible for groundbreaking freedom of expression cases across several national and international jurisdictions. Nani is also a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School and Adjunct Professor at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University. Nani is based in Berlin.

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Programme Officer

Thomas Vink

Thomas is the Programme Officer at the Digital Freedom Fund. Before joining DFF he worked at an international anti-corruption organisation, managing multi-country projects on areas such as ethics and integrity policy, protecting victims and witnesses of corruption, and social accountability. Thomas is based in Berlin.

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Legal Adviser

Jonathan McCully

Jonathan is the Legal Adviser to the Digital Freedom Fund. He previously held a senior legal role at an international non-governmental organisation, working on strategic litigation before international, regional and domestic courts. Jonathan is also a Mozilla Fellow, creating resources to facilitate greater collaboration between litigators and technologists in cases challenging human rights violations caused by AI. Jonathan is based in London.

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Finance Manager

Darrah Hassell

Darrah is the Finance Manager at the Digital Freedom Fund. She is a qualified finance professional, holding a Master’s in Finance from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Before taking up her position at DFF, Darrah worked for eight years in the international development sector. Darrah is based in Berlin.

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Operations Officer

Charles Soebarta

Charles is the Operations Officer at the Digital Freedom Fund. He previously worked on international events and has written a book on content moderation and social media. Charles is based in Berlin.

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Project Support

Joel Hide

Joel works part-time as Project Support on DFF’s decolonising project. They are in the process of completing a master’s degree in Global History where their research focuses on the way in which gender and sexuality were reforged in colonial contexts. Before joining DFF they worked for an LGBTQ+ rights organisation. Joel is based in Berlin.

Mozilla Fellow

Aurum Linh

Aurum is a technologist and product developer embedded as a Mozilla Fellow within the Digital Freedom Fund. They are currently examining the use of machine learning algorithms by oppressive power structures to identify human rights violations. Aurum will collaborate with DFF to lower the barriers of knowledge between technologists and digital rights litigators so that these two groups can work together more effectively. Aurum is based in New York.

Legal Fellow

César Manso-Sayao

César is a Legal Fellow at DFF. He is a law graduate from the University of Costa Rica, and holds two Master’s degrees from the University of Barcelona, one in Human Rights and the other in Sociology. He also has as a postgraduate degree in Digital Rights from Pompeu Fabra University. César is based in Barcelona.

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