Adnan Charakh is the Senior Manager of Training and Capacity-Building at IRIS. He joined IRIS in 2019 as the Program Manager of the Iraq Leadership Fellows (ILF) program. Before IRIS, Adnan played a pivotal role in establishing the Rafidain Center for Dialogue (RCD), and its RCD Forum series. He has two degrees in Information Technology and Biotechnology, and he speaks native Arabic and fluent English.