Geoff Loane is the current Head of Regional Delegation of the United States and Canada for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). In this capacity he oversees ICRC visits to the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and is responsible for day to day working relationships with the United States Government. Mr. Loane has also worked in the Balkans, Middle East and spent more than a decade in the Horn of Africa during the major conflicts there. These include Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Rwanda. He has also served as the Head of the Emergency Relief Unit of the ICRC in Geneva. Mr. Loane has published books on the unintended consequences of humanitarian assistance and has conducted extensive field research in assistance operations. He was a senior scholar for the Conflict Prevention Network in Berlin where he prepared a number of research papers for the European Commission. He has organized and managed an emergency roster of personnel on behalf of the Irish government. Mr. Loane has raised his three children in a variety of international settings. He is a graduate of the University of Dublin, Trinity College.