Martti Ahtisaari, International Adviser -

Martti Ahtisaari is the former President of Finland and since leaving office, he has accepted positions in various international organisations. In 2000, the British Government appointed him to the team overseeing the inspections of IRA weapons decommissioning in Northern Ireland. He also founded Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), an independent, non-governmental organisation with a goal in developing and sustaining peace in troubled areas.

On 1 December 2000, he was awarded the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding by the Fulbright Association in recognition of his work as peacemaker in some of the world’s most troubled areas.

In 2005, Martti successfully led peace negotiations between the Free Aceh Movement and the Indonesian government through his non-governmental organization CMI. The negotiations ended on 15 August 2005 with a treaty on withdrawal of the armed Indonesian forces and dropped GAM demands for an independent Aceh.

In June 2007 he was appointed as an international adviser to the Group looking at ways to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

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