Natalie Klein-Kelly holds an M.Phil in European Studies (1995) from Cambridge University, UK, and a PhD in Modern History (1998) from Mainz University, Germany, as well as an MSc in Development Management (2015) from the Open University, UK, and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Leading Complex Operations and Transformation from Lucerne University (2023). After working a number of years for McKinsey & Company in Frankfurt, Germany, and Seoul, Korea, she joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2003, working in the Protection field in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, including – most recently – based at its Geneva headquarters.