Kristen Petillon

Business Engagement Lead - PeaceNexus Foundation

Kristen is the Business Engagement Lead at PeaceNexus Foundation, where he spearheads efforts to integrate conflict sensitivity into corporate and investment practices and to promote peace-positive investments. With over a decade of experience at the UN, he has a strong background in political affairs, diplomacy, humanitarian coordination, strategic partnerships, business development and financing. He has had assignments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Somalia, and at UN Headquarters in New York. He holds a Master’s in International Law & Humanitarian Affairs from the University of Aix-en-Provence and a Bachelor’s in Political Science from University of Sherbrooke.