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Asia and the Pacific Region

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Hani Abdelkader Elsadani

Head of MCO and Country Director

Jakarta, Indonesia
Ambrosio Barros

Head of MCO and Country Director

Hanoi, Vietnam
Kaushik Barua

Lead Portfolio Advisor

Bangkok, Thailand
Frew Behabtu

Country Director

Hanoi, Viet Nam
Roshan Cooke

Country Director

Delhi, India
Ulac Demirag

Head of MCO and Country Director

New Delhi, India
Arnoud Hameleers

Country Director

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Umit Mansiz

Country Director, Asia and the Pacific Division

Jerry E. Pacturan

Country Director

Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Sangho Park

Special Programme Officer

Rome, Italy
Nii Quaye-Kumah

Head of MCO and Country Director

Beijing, China
Reehana Rifat Raza

Regional Director, Asia and the Pacific Division

Rome, Italy
Candra Samekto

Country Director

Suva, Fiji
Abdelkarim Sma

Lead Regional Economist

Rome, Italy
Sherina Tabassum

Country Director

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Fernanda Thomaz Da Rocha

Country Director

Climate and Environment

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Paxina Chileshe

Regional Climate and Environment Specialist

Nairobi, Kenya
Jahan-Zeb Chowdhury

Lead Technical Specialist - Environment & Climate Cluster Coordinator

Rome, Italy
Marie-Aude Even

Senior Technical Specialist, Biodiversity

New Delhi, India
Pierre Yves Guedez

Senior Technical Specialist, GCF focal point

Rome, Italy
Janie Rioux

Senior Climate Finance Specialist, GEF coordinator

Rome, Italy

Crops

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Robert Delve

Lead Global Technical Advisor

Rome, Italy
Putso Nyathi

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Agronomy

Nairobi, Kenya

East and Southern Africa Region

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Mohamed El-Ghazaly

Country Director

Kampala, Uganda
Dagmawi Habte-Selassie

Country Director

Kigali, Rwanda
Mariatu Kamara

Country Director

Nairobi, Kenya
Sara Mbago-Bhunu

Director, East and Southern Africa Division

Nairobi, Kenya
Custodio Mucavel

Country Director

Luanda, Angola
Bernadette Mukonyora

Country Director

Lilongwe, Malawi
Caroline Mwongera

Country Director, East and Southern Africa Division

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Francesco Rispoli

Country Director

Johannesburg, South Africa
Joseph Rostand Olinga Biwole

Acting Country Director

Nairobi, Kenya
Boleslaw Stawicki

Country Director

Nairobi, Kenya

Farmer Organizations

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Marco Camagni

Lead Global Technical Specialist (Global), Rural Institutions

Rome, Italy
Antonella Cianciotta

Technical Specialist (Global), Farmers' Organizations in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (FO4ACP)

Rome, Italy
Marie Edward Mikhail

Country Technical Analyst (Near East, North Africa and Europe)

Cairo, Egypt

Fisheries

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Richard Abila

Senior Global Technical Specialist, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Rome, Italy

Gender

Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization

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Tuleen Alkhoffash

Senior Partnership Officer, PSFP

Rome, Italy
Suliman Alsawi

Senior/Lead Partnership Officer, Arab and the Gulf

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ama Brandford-Arthur

Senior Partnership Officer, South-South and Triangular Cooperation

Rome, Italy
Federica Cerulli Irelli

Chief Partnership Officer, Members Engagement

Rome, Italy
Ron Thomas Hartman

Director, Global Engagement, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization

Rome, Italy
Gabriel Laizer

Congressional and Civil Society Outreach Partnership Officer

Washington, DC, United States
Guggi Laryea

Senior Partnership Officer, EU and Supplementary Resources

Gene Moses

Senior Partnership Officer, Private Sector and Foundations

Washington DC, United States
Maurizio Navarra

Senior Partnership Officer, Secretariat Coordinator, Global Donor Platform For Rural Development

Rome, Italy
Joanna Veltri

Chief Partnership Officer and Head Americas and Multilateral Relations, Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization Division

Washington DC, United States
Max von Bonsdorff

Chief Partnership Officer, Global Engagement, Partnership And Resource Mobilization

Rome, Italy
Wei Wang

Chief Partnership Officer, South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Global Engagement, Special Adviser to the President

Rome, Italy
Julio Worman

Programme Analyst – SSTC & KM, Global Engagement, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Division

Brasilia, Brazil

Indigenous Peoples

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Lorenzo Del Castillo

Consultant - Indigenous Peoples, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, IFAD

Ilaria Firmian

Lead Technical Specialist - Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Issues

Rome, Italy
Margherita Loddoni

Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, IFAD

Karla Pita Vidal

Consultant (Indigenous Peoples)

Rome, Italy

Innovation

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Gladys H. Morales

Senior Officer, Global Head of Innovation

Rome, Italy

Institutions and Organizations

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Marie Edward Mikhail

Country Technical Analyst (Near East, North Africa and Europe)

Cairo, Egypt
Fanny Grandval

Senior Regional Technical Specialist (West and Central Africa), Rural Institutions

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Sauli Hurri

Lead Global Technical Specialist (East and Southern Africa), Rural Institutions

Nairobi, Kenya
Luiz Claudio Marques Campos

Senior Regional Technical Specialist (Latin America and the Caribbean), Rural Institutions

Lima, Peru
Zainab Semgalawe

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Institutions

Rome, Italy
Elizabeth Ssendiwala

Senior Regional Technical Specialist (Asia and the Pacific), Rural Institutions

New Delhi, India

Land

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Rikke Grand Olivera

Lead Global Technical Specialist, Land Tenure & Natural Resources Management

Rome, Italy

Latin America and the Caribbean Region

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Daniel Anavitarte

Country Director a.i. and Regional Specialist, Latin America and the Caribbean Division
Rene Castro

Country Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

Panama City, Panama
Cintia Tatiana Guzmán

Programme Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

Brasilia, Brazil
Enrique Hennings

Country Director

Panama City, Panama
Anni Mandelin

Country Director, Latin America and the Caribbean

Lima, Peru
Oliver Page

Regional Climate Change and Environmental Specialist

Panama City, Panama
Maija Peltola

Country Director, Latin America and the Caribbean

Panama City, Panama
Rossana Polastri

Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

Rome, Italy
Claus Reiner

Country Director & Head, South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Knowledge Centre

Brasilia, Brazil
Dario Rimedio

Senior Regional Finance Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

Panama City, Panama
Juan Diego Ruiz Cumplido

Andean and Southern Cone Hub Head

Panama City, Panama
Paolo Silveri

Country Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

Near East and North Africa Region

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Mohamed Abdelgadir

Head MCO, Country Director

Cairo, Egypt
Samir Bejaoui

Country Director

Istanbul, Türkiye
Gianluca Capaldo

Senior Portfolio Advisor

Rome, Italy
Liam Chicca

Head MCO, Country Director

Istanbul, Türkiye
Tawfiq El-Zabri

Country Director

Cairo, Egypt
Alessandra Garbero

Lead Regional Economist

Rome, Italy
Vrej Hanna Jijyan

Country Director

Cairo, Egypt
Roberto Longo

Country Director

Istanbul, Türkiye
Laura Mattioli

Country Director

Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Azaiez Nazih

Senior Regional Procurement Officer, Near East, North Africa and Europe

Rome, Italy
Rasha Yousef Omar

Country Director

Khartoum, Sudan
Philippe Remy

Country Director

Rome, Italy
Dina Saleh

Regional Director, Near East, North Africa and Europe

Rome, Italy
Naoufel Telahigue

Head MCO, Country Director

Rome, Italy

Livestock and rangeland

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Anne Mottet

Lead Technical Specialist (Livestock), Sustainable Production, Markets and Institutions Division

Rome, Italy
Charles Odhong'

Country Technical Analyst

Nairobi, Kenya

Market Access

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James Marc de Sousa-Shields

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Cairo, Egypt
Lorna Grace

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

New Delhi, India
Sauli Hurri

Lead Global Technical Specialist (East and Southern Africa), Rural Institutions

Nairobi, Kenya
Nadhem Mtimet

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Cairo, Egypt

Nutrition

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Antonella Cordone

Senior Technical Specialist, Nutrition

Rome, Italy

Research and Impact Assessment

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Nelida Sara Maria Alé

Senior Technical Specialist, Agricultural Research for Development

Rome, Italy
Bidisha Barooah

Lead Technical Specialist

Rome, Italy
Amine Belhamissi

Technical Specialist, Agricultural Research for Development Unit

Rome, Italy
Romina Cavatassi

Lead Economist

Rome, Italy
Vibhuti Mendiratta

Senior Economist

Rome, Italy
Sara Savastano

Director, Research and Impact Assessment Division

Roma, Italy
Tisorn Songsermsawas

Economist

Rome, Italy

Rural Finance

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Jonathan Agwe

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Rome, Italy
James Marc de Sousa-Shields

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Cairo, Egypt
Pedro de Vasconcelos

Lead Technical Specialist and Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) Manager

Rome, Italy
Lorna Grace

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

New Delhi, India
Sauli Hurri

Lead Global Technical Specialist (East and Southern Africa), Rural Institutions

Nairobi, Kenya
Mauro Martini

Senior Technical Specialist - Remittances, Migration and Development

Rome, Italy
Nadhem Mtimet

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Cairo, Egypt

Water

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Audrey Nepveu

Technical Specialist, Water and Rural Infrastructure

Rome, Italy

West and Central Africa Region

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Valantine Achancho

Country Director

Kinshasa, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Tarek Ahmed

Senior Portfolio Adviser

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Pascaline Barankeba

Country Director, West and Central Africa Division

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Koutera Bataka

Country Director, West and Central Africa Division

Yaoundé, Cameroon
Radu Damianov

Senior Regional Financial Officer

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Dede Ekoue

Country Director

Abuja, Nigeria
Fanny Grandval

Senior Regional Technical Specialist (West and Central Africa), Rural Institutions

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Bernard Mwinyel Hien

Regional Director, West and Central Africa Division

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Jean Pascal Kabore

Country Director, West and Central Africa

Accra, Ghana
Athur Mabiso

Lead Regional Economist

Rome, Italy
Matteo Marchisio

Head of Hub and Country Director, West and Central Africa

Dakar, Senegal
Fumilayo Hermann Messan

Country Director

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Norman Messer

Country Director, West and Central Africa

Dakar, Senegal
Lakshmi Moola

Country Director

Nairobi, Kenya
Emime Ndihokubwayo

Country Director

Yaoundé, Cameroon
Marcelin Norvilus

Country Director

Senegal, Dakar
Eric Rwabidadi

Country Director
Rachel Harifetra Senn

Country Director

Antanarivo, Madagascar
Haoua Sienta

Country Director

Dakar, Senegal
Carine Toure Yemitia

Senior Procurement Officer, West and Central Africa

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Youth

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Hisham Zehni

Lead Technical Specialist (Youth) and Social Inclusion Cluster Coordinator, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division

Rome, Italy