Emily Tripp is the Executive Director of the UK-based civilian harm watchdog organisation Airwars. Before joining Airwars, Emily had a career in humanitarian response – living and working primarily in the Middle East, managing data collection and assessment teams in highly volatile contexts. After taking over the leadership of the organisation in 2022, Emily has overseen the development of Airwars into new conflicts, including a substantive and on-going effort to document civilian casualties in Gaza, and has pushed forward direct engagement with military actors responsible for civilian harm, with a primary focus on the United States. Airwars sits between the fields of investigative journalism, human rights, policy, and humanitarian response – with a mission to ensure that human lives are acknowledged, accounted for and better protected in conflict.