Philine Nau

Philine is an accredited Mediator (CEDR, IMI), Coach (ACC), and Ombuds. With over a decade of experience in conflict resolution, Philine mediates disputes from workplace and employment to commercial, and interpersonal disputes. Philine is also experienced in designing and facilitating complex multi-stakeholder dialogues and community mediation processes. She has facilitated over 100 disputes across Europe, the Middle East and Africa navigating complex intercultural contexts across four working languages in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

Philine’s diverse mediation experience spans commercial mediation since starting her professional mediation journey at the Centre for ADR of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris. She also has expertise in peace and community disputes from working for the United Nations in Côte d’Ivoire. As an independent mediator, Philine has worked with individual clients, private sector companies like Société Générale and multinational corporations in the mining sector, as well as international organisations and NGOs such as UNICEF, the International Criminal Court, UWC International, and the Council of International Schools.
Since 2021, Philine has served as an OECD Mediator reporting to the Secretary-General in Paris, providing workplace and employment mediation, dialogue facilitation, training, and strategic advice on organisational culture and conflict prevention. Philine previously led a diverse global team herself, while also handling internal complaints and sensitive safeguarding (child protection) reports.

A German-qualified lawyer, Philine holds German and French law degrees from Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich and Paris-Panthéon-Assas University. She has lived in several countries across Europe, in the US, Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire, and South Africa.