Philippe Bolopion is the managing partner at TOBAM. He is a former journalist and human rights advocate with 25 years of experience in international affairs.
Before serving on the executive team, Bolopion spent thirteen years at Human Rights Watch, advocating on behalf of victims of atrocities, traveling to conflict zones, and representing the organization with diplomats, government officials, and the press.
As a journalist, he covered the United Nations for various media, including the French daily newspaper Le Monde. Bolopion has been featured extensively in leading news media and wrote a well-reviewed book about the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay. He graduated in 1996 from Sciences Po Bordeaux and from the Centre Universitaire d’Enseignement du Journalisme in 1999.
Bolopion was an event speaker at the Dialogue.
