The CCAN core committee elects up to three co-chairs to serve a term of one year. At least one co-chair must represent a civil society organisation from Aotearoa New Zealand.
Co-chairs schedule and facilitate meetings, ensure regular communication with government and company representatives, and ensure that both the core committee and the wider Network represent a diversity of views and backgrounds.
The co-chairs for 2025/2026 are:
Muderhwa Seraphin
Muderhwa Seraphin Mushagalusa (he/him) is a digital rights advocate, author, and social innovator committed to building safer and more inclusive digital societies.
As Executive Director and Co-Founder of Digihub Africa, he directs programs focused on closing the digital gender divide, combating online gender-based violence, and advancing inclusive digital transformation across Sub-Saharan Africa, including conflict-affected regions such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
An active member of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), Seraphin has extensive experience in digital inclusion, online safety, and human rights advocacy. He is also the author of Safari: A Journey Through Fire and Hope, which explores themes of resilience, conflict, and hope through storytelling.
Dia Kayyali
Dia Kayyali (he/they) is a technology and human rights consultant and a community organizer. As a leader in the content moderation and platform accountability space, Dia’s work has focused on the real-life impact of policy decisions made by lawmakers and technology companies, with a particular focus on impacts in global majority countries.
They have cultivated global solidarity to push back and improve the impact of policies on vulnerable communities, from LGBTQIA+ people to religious minorities. They have also advocated for human rights extensively directly with policymakers in the United States, European Union, and globally.
They previously served as a Senior Case and Policy Officer at the Oversight Board (aka the Facebook Oversight Board), a Policy Director at Mnemonic, a Tech + Advocacy Program Manager at WITNESS, and as an activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Abdur Razzaq
Abdur Razzaq (he/him) is the Chairperson of the Royal Commission Follow-up of FIANZ (the umbrella Muslim organisation of Aotearoa New Zealand) and leads the national response to the 15 March terror attack. His advocacy focuses on ensuring that the lessons learned after this tragedy are applied effectively to prevent similar events from occurring in the future.
An educationalist by profession, he was the founding CEO of Education New Zealand (formerly NZEIL), a government-owned organisation. He is currently the Executive Chairperson of New Zealand’s oldest private sector developmental and technology transfer organisation, implementing World Bank & Asian Development Bank projects globally in over 40 countries. He also chairs the New Zealand Halal Industry Forum, which is comprised of government ministries and meat and dairy export sectors, among others.