NATALIE SAMARASINGHE Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
	Tel: 020 7766 3457 E-mail: samarasinghe (at) una.org.uk Fax: 020 7930 5893
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Biography
Natalie is Executive Assistant to the Executive Director, and leads on UNA-UK’s human rights work. Prior to joining UNA-UK, she worked as a personal assistant to senior managers, including the Registrar of Oxford University and the Managing Director of Sri Lankan Airlines (Frankfurt Office), and has had challenging roles as a PA in local government. A native of Austria and Sri Lanka, she has campaigned on human rights issues in those countries, primarily on minority rights, discrimination, poverty and welfare rights. She has also written for the Sri Lankan English-language broadsheet, The Sunday Leader. Natalie has an MA (Hons) in Modern History from the University of Oxford. She also has an MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics, and secured a distinction in her dissertation on global poverty-reduction strategies. Natalie speaks fluent German and has a working knowledge of French.