Meet the Resident Coordinators 

Meet the Resident Coordinators 

Africa

• Algeria - Alejandro Alvarez - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• Angola - Zahira Virani - Read full biography (in Portuguese) Read the announcement (in English)

• Benin - Salvator Niyonzima - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• Botswana - Zia Choudhury - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Burkina Faso - Alain Akpadji (a.i.) - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in Burkina Faso (in French)

• Burundi - Abdou Dieng - Read full biography  (in French) 

• Cabo Verde - Patricia Fernandes de Souza- Read full biography (in Portuguese) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Cameroon - Siaka Coulibaly (a.i.) Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in Cameroon (in English) 

• Central African Republic -  Mohamed Ag Ayoya- Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Chad - Violet Kakyomya - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• Comoros - François Batalingaya - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• Congo - Chris Mburu - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• Cote d'Ivoire - Philippe Poinsot - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• Democratic Republic of Congo - Bruno Lemarquis - Read full biography (in French) 

• Djibouti - Jose Luis Garcia Barahona - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• Egypt - Elena Panova - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Equatorial Guinea - Anna Marttinen Pont - Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

• Eritrea - Aeneas Chuma (a.i.)  Read full biography (in English) 

• Eswatini - George Wachira - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Ethiopia -  Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov- Read the announcement (in English)  

• Gabon - Savina Ammassari - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• The Gambia - Seraphine Wakana - Read full biography (in English) 

• Ghana - Charles Abani - Read full biography (in English) 

• Guinea - Gualbert Gbehounou (a.i.) - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's Office in Guinea (in French)

• Guinea Bissau - Etona Ekole (a.i.)  Read more about the Resident Coordinator's Office in Guinea Bissau (in Portuguese)

• Kenya - Stephen Jackson - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Lesotho - Amanda Mukwashi - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Liberia - Christine N. Umutoni - Read full biography (in English)  Read the announcement (in English) 

• Libya - Georgette Gagnon - Read full biography (in English)

• Madagascar - Issa Sanogo - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• Malawi - Rebecca Adda-Dontoh - Read full biography (in English)  Read the announcement (in English) 

• Mali - Alain Noudehou-  Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in Mali (in French) Read announcement (in English)

• Mauritania - Lila Pieters Yahia - Read full biography (in French)  Read the announcement (in English)

• Mauritius (Multi-country Office) - Lisa Simrique Singh - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Morocco - Nathalie Fustier - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's Office in Morocco (in French)  Read the announcement (in English) 

• Mozambique - Dr. Catherine Sozi - Read the announcement (in English)

• Namibia - Hopolang Phororo - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Niger - Louise Irene Aubin - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• Nigeria - Matthias Schmale (a.i.) Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in Nigeria (in English)

• Rwanda - Ozonnia Ojielo - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Sao Tome Principe - Eric Overvest - Read full biography (in Portuguese) Read the announcement (in English)

• Senegal - Aminata Maiga-  Read the announcement (in English) 

• Sierra Leone - Babatunde Ahonsi - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Somalia - George Conway - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• South Africa  - Nelson Muffuh - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in South Africa (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

• South Sudan - Peter Van Der Auweraert Peter (a.i.) Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in South Sudan (in English)

• Sudan - Clementine Nkweta-Salami - Read the announcement (in English) 

• Togo - Fatoumata Diallo (a.i.) - Read full biography (in French)

• Tunisia - Arnaud Peral - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• Uganda - Susan Ngongi Namondo - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• United Republic of Tanzania - Zlatan Milišić - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Zambia - Beatrice Mutali - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Zimbabwe - Edward Kallon - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

Arab States

• Bahrain - Khaled El Mekwad - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Iraq - Ghulam Mohammad Isaczai -  Read the announcement (in English)

• Jordan - Sheri Ritsema-Anderson - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in Jordan (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Kuwait - Ghada Hatim Eltahir - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Lebanon - Imran Riza - Read full biography (in English)

• State of Palestine - Lynn Hastings - Read full biography (in English)

• Saudi Arabia - Mohamed El Zarkani- Read the announcement (in English) Read full biography (in English)

• Syrian Arab Republic -  Adam Abdelmoula - Read the announcement (in English)

• United Arab Emirates - Dena Assaf - Read full biography (in English) 

• Yemen - David Gressly - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

Asia Pacific

• Afghanistan - Daniel Endres (a.i.) 

• Bangladesh - Gwyn Lewis - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Bhutan- Karla Robin Hershey- Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Cambodia - Joseph Scheuer- Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

• China - Siddrath Chatterjee - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Fiji (Multi-country Office) - Dirk Wagener - Read the announcement (in English)

• India - Shombi Sharp - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Indonesia - Valerie Julliand - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Iran - Stefan Priesner- Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Korea (Democratic People’s Republic)  - Frode Mauring - Read full biography (in English) 

• Lao (People's Democratic Republic) - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's Office in Lao PDR (in English)

• Malaysia (Multi-country Office) - Karima El Korri - Read biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Maldives - Catherine Haswell - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Micronesia (Multi-country Office) - Jaap van Hierden- Read more about the office in Micronesia(in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Mongolia - Tapan Mishra - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Myanmar - Ramanathan Balakrishnan - Read full biography (in English) 

• Nepal - Hanaa Singer-Hamdy - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in Nepal (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Pakistan - Julien Harneis - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Papua New Guinea - Richard Howard - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Philippines - Gustavo González - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Samoa (Multi-country Office) - Themba Kalua - Read the announcement (in English) 

• Sri Lanka - Marc-André Franche Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Thailand - Gita Sabharwal - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Timor Leste - Funmi Balogun - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Vietnam - Pauline Tamesis - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

Europe and Central Asia

• Albania - Fiona Mccluney - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Armenia - Nanna Skau (a.i.) -  Learn more about the Resident Coordinator's Office in Armenia  (in English)

• Azerbaijan -Vladanka Andreeva - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Belarus - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's Office in Belarus  (in English)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ingrid MacDonald - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Georgia - Sabine Machl - Read full biography (in English) 

• Kazakhstan - Michaela Friberg Storey - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Kosovo Team - Arnhild Spence - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Kyrgyz Republic - Antje Grawe-  Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Montenegro - Peter Lundberg - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• North Macedonia - Rossana Dudziak - Read full biography (in English)

• Republic of Moldova - Simon Springett - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Serbia - Françoise Jacob - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Tajikistan - Parvathy Ramaswami - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Türkiye - Gerard Waite (a.i.) Read more about the Resident Coordinator's Office in Türkiye

• Turkmenistan - Dmitry Shlapachenko - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Ukraine - Denise Brown - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Uzbekistan- Consuelo Vidal Bruce - Read full biography (in English) 

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Argentina - Claudia Mojica Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Bolivia- Rafael Ramirez Mesec (a.i.) Read full biography (in Spanish) 

• Barbados (Multi-country Office) - Didier Trebucq Read full biography (in English) 

• Brazil - Silvia Rucks Del Bo Read full biography (in Portuguese) Read the announcement (in English)

• Chile - Maria Jose Torres Macho Read full biography(in Spanish) Read the announcement(in English)

• Colombia - Mireia Villar Forner Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

• Costa Rica - Allegra Baiocchi Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

• Cuba - Francisco Pichon - Read about the Resident Coordinator's Office in Cuba (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

• Dominican Republic - Mauricio Ramirez Villegas Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

• Ecuador - Lena Savelli-Soderberg Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

• El Salvador (Multi-country Office) - Raul Salazar  Read the announcement (in English)

• Guatemala - Jose Miguel Barreto Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement(in English)

• Guyana - Yesim Oruc Kaya Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Haiti - Ulrika Richardson Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Honduras - Alice Shackelford Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

• Jamaica (Multi-country Office) - Dennis Zulu Read the announcement  (in English) 

• Mexico - Peter Grohmann Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

• Panama - Ana Graça  Read about the Resident Coordinator Office in Panama (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

• Paraguay - Mario Samaja Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement(in English)

• Peru - Igor Garafulic Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

• Trinidad & Tobago (Multi-country Office) - Joanna Kazana-Wisniowiecki (Read the announcement) in English) 

• Uruguay - Pablo Ruiz Hiebra Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

• Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela - Gianluca Rampolla Del Tindaro Read full biography (in Spanish) Read the announcement (in English)

List of MCOs (Multi-country Office)

The RC in Barbados also covers Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, British Virgin Isl., Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines.
The RC in El Salvador also covers Belize.
The RC in Fiji also covers the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
The RC in Jamaica also covers Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos.
The RC in Malaysia also covers Brunei and Singapore.
The RC in Mauritius also covers the Seychelles.
The RC in Micronesia also covers Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau.
The RC in Samoa also covers the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau.
The RC in Trinidad and Tobago also covers Aruba, Curacao, Suriname, and St. Maarten.