Meet the Resident Coordinators 

Meet the Resident Coordinators 

Africa

• Algeria - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in Algeria (in French) 

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

• Benin - Aminatou Sar -  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 - Carol Flore-Smereczniak - Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

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

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

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

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

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

• Comoros - James T. Bot - 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 - Nahla Valji - Read the announcement (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 - Karl-Frédérick Paul - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

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

• Guinea - Kristèle Younès -  Read full biography (in French) Read the announcement (in English)

• Guinea-Bissau - Geneviève Boutin - Read full biography (in Portuguese) Read the announcement (in English)

• 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 - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in Madagascar (in French) 

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

• Mali - Alain Noudehou-  Read full biography (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 full biography (Portuguese) Read the announcement (in English)

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

• Niger -  Nicole Kouassi (a.i.) Read more about the Resident Coordinator's Office in Niger (in French)

• Nigeria - Mohamed M. Malick Fall - Read the announcement (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 - Seraphine Wakana - 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 - Anita Kiki Gbeho - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

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

• United Republic of Tanzania - Ngongi Namondo - Read full biography (in English) 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 - Leonard Zulu - 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 - Muhannad Hadi - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (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 - Bérangère Boëll-Yousfi - Read the announcement (in English)

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

Asia Pacific

• Afghanistan - Indrika Ratwatte - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

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

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

• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - Joe Colombano - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Lao (People's Democratic Republic) - Bakhodir Burkhanov - Read the announcement (in English) 

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

• Maldives - Niels Scott (a.i.) - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's Office in the Maldives (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 - Marcoluigi Corsi (a.i.) 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 - Mohamed Yahya - 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 - Michaela Friberg-Storey - 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 -  Françoise Jacob -  Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

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

• Belarus - Rasul Baghirov - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

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

• Georgia - Didier Trebucq - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Kazakhstan - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in Kazakhstan (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 - Vladimir Gjorgjiev (a.i.) - Read more about the Resident Coordinator's office in Montenegro (in English)

• North Macedonia - Rita Columbia - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English) 

• Republic of Moldova - Yesim Oruc - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Serbia - Matilde Mordt - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

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

• Türkiye - Babatunde A. Ahonsi - Read the announcement (in English)

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

• Ukraine - Matthias Schmale - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

• Uzbekistan- Sabine Machl - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (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) - Simon Springett - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (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 - Julia Sanchez - 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 - Jean Njeri Kamau - Read full biography (in English) Read the announcement (in English)

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

• Honduras - Alejandro Alvarez - 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 - Rossana Dudziak 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. 

*Development Coordinator