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The key people within Plan International
(Information updated September 2024)
Global Leadership Team
Interim Chief Executive Officer: Debbie Simpson
Regional Director Americas: Carmen Elena Alemán
Regional Director Asia Pacific Region: Bhagyashri Dengle
Regional Director West and Central Africa: Alasan Senghore
Regional Director Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa: Roger Yates
Chief Information Officer: Kaumudi Bohms
Chief Financial Officer: Celine Thibaut
General Counsel: Linda Gregory
Chief People and Culture Officer: Lawrence Ncube
Chief Programmes Officer: Damien Queally
Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer: Kathleen Sherwin
Details of our International Board can be found here.
Country and Regional Leadership
Africa – Eastern and Southern and Middle East
Sub Regional Director (North, Horn, and Middle East Africa): Angela Muriithi
Sub Regional Director (East and Southern Africa): Gerald Magashi
Egypt: Caroline McCausland (interim)
Ethiopia: Peter Sweetnam
Kenya: George Otim
Lebanon: Safo Visha
Malawi: Mwape Mulumbi
Mozambique: Luis Paolo
Rwanda: Solomon Tesfe Mariam (interim)
Somalia: Sadia Allin
South Sudan: Kamal Mohamed
Sudan: Mohammed Qazilbash
Tanzania: Paul Lusato (acting)
Uganda: Phoebe Kasoga
Zambia: Antoinette Ngoma
Zimbabwe: Peter van Dommelen
Africa – West and Central
Sub Regional Director (Sahel West Africa): Fatoumata Haidara
Sub Regional Director (Central Africa and Gulf of Guinea): Philippe Adapoe
Sub Regional Director (Mano River Cluster): Johnson Bien-Aime
Roving Country Directors for West and Central Africa: Johnson Bien-Aime, Anika Krstic, Deborah Crowe
Benin: Bernadette Fonge
Burkina Faso: Karl-Frederick Paul
Cameroon: Mohamed Ibrahima Bah
Central African Republic: Seïdina Ousseini
Ghana: Constant Tchona
Guinea: Evariste Sindayigaya
Guinea-Bissau: Antoinette Chibi
Liberia: Miriam Murray
Mali: Jackson Acha Atam
Niger: Innocent Mumararungu
Nigeria: Charles Emmamuzou
Senegal: Salimata Bocoum
Sierra Leone: Muniratu Issifu
Togo: Awa Faly Ba
Americas
Sub Regional Director (Central America and the Caribbean): Carmen Elena Alemán
Sub Regional Director (South America): Veronica Zambrano
Bolivia: Emma Donlan
Brazil: Cynthia Betti
Canada: Lindsay Glassco
Colombia: Ángela Anzola de Toro
Dominican Republic: Roland Angerer
Ecuador: Rossana Viteri
El Salvador: Anabel Amaya
Guatemala: Lorena Garcia
Haiti: Johnson Bien Aime (interim)
Honduras: Fiorella Mackliff
Paraguay: Thiago Silva
Peru: Veronique Henry
United States: Shanna Marzilli
Asia-Pacific
Sub Regional Director (South East Asia and China): Babeth Ngoc Han Lefur
Sub Regional Director (South Asia and island nations): Sharon Kane
Australia: Susanne Legena
Bangladesh: Kabita Bose
Cambodia: Gwynneth Wong
China: Haider W. Yaqub
Hong Kong, SAR of China: Kanie Su
India: Mohammed Asif
Indonesia: Dini Widiastuti
Japan: Yuichi Tanada
Jordan: Hamida Jahamah
Korea: Sang-Joo Lee
Laos: Carol Mortensen
Myanmar: Haider Yaqub
Nepal: Ram Kishan
Philippines: Ana Maria J. Locsin
Thailand: Rangsima Airawanwat
Timor-Leste: Fatima Soares (interim)
Vietnam: Migena Shulla
Europe
Belgium: Isabelle Verhaegen
Denmark: Dorthe Petersen
Finland: Ossi Heinanen
France: Anne Bideau
Germany: Petra Berner
Ireland: Paul O’Brien
Netherlands: Garance Reus
Norway: Kari Helene Partapouli
Spain: Concha López
Sweden: Mariann Eriksson
Switzerland: Jochen Stark
United Kingdom: Rose Caldwell
Ukraine: Iveta Ouvry
Heads of Liaison Offices
EU: Niamh Nic Carthaigh
Geneva: Charlotte Stemmer
New York: Débora Cóbar
Africa Union: Doris Mpoumou
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