Ismar Salimovic

Information Governance Lead
Oxfam GB

Ismar Salimović is the Information Governance Lead at Oxfam GB, where he has spent the past two years driving strategic improvements in data management, accountability, and digital governance across a global confederation. With over seven years of experience in humanitarian and development contexts, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Ukraine, Poland, and Yemen. Ismar has worked extensively on programme quality, MEAL systems, and information management in both crisis and development settings. His work focuses on leveraging technology and governance frameworks to strengthen organisational resilience, ethical data use, and institutional knowledge continuity. Known for his results-driven and pragmatic approach, Ismar combines strong technical expertise with skilled stakeholder engagement and humanitarian negotiation. He is passionate about helping NGOs build information governance systems that are practical, locally grounded, and future-ready, turning data and records into a strategic asset for learning, accountability, and impact.