Alnoor Maherali

About Alnoor

Alnoor Maherali is a highly skilled diplomat, Organizational Ombuds, facilitator, and CEDR and SIMI-accredited mediator.

He brings 20 years of experience working in conflict zones, the not-for-profit sector, diplomacy, mediation, human rights, and crisis management.

His personal and professional travels have taken him to more than 50 countries, giving him deep experience navigating cultural, ethnic, and racial conflict and differences.

Approach

Alnoor helps people and organizations address conflict with cultural awareness, calm judgment, and practical tools for communication, negotiation, and collaboration.

His approach draws on years of work in high-stakes international settings, where trust, discretion, and careful problem-solving are essential.

Through ombuds services, mediation, coaching, and training, Alnoor helps people prepare for difficult conversations, clarify options, and move toward constructive outcomes.

Background

Alnoor mediates for MWI, Venn Mediation, the Office of the United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services, and the New York Peace Institute.

He coaches and mentors the next generation of mediators at Harvard, Yale, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

His professional accomplishments include negotiating resolutions at the United Nations in Geneva and New York, sharing disaster response and civil-military coordination best practices with the Government of Brazil, and playing important roles in the resolution of two high-profile kidnapping cases in Afghanistan.

Alnoor holds a Bachelor of Science, Honors, in Mathematics from Queen’s University in Canada and a Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. He was trained by the International Ombuds Association in the Foundations of Organizational Ombuds Practice course.