Hine-Wai Loose

Hine-Wai Loose is the Director of Control Arms and based in Geneva. Previously, Loose worked as Project Manager for the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) on cyber security governance in the Western Balkans region.  From 2011 to 2017, she served as the Deputy to the Implementation Support Unit for the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) in the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. In this role, she led on the issues of anti-vehicle mines, explosive weapons in populated areas and lethal autonomous weapons systems. Loose started her career with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade where she worked across the issues of disarmament, environmental negotiations, humanitarian affairs, human rights and international law.