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Who's who

The key people within Plan and member organisations

(updated on 25 January 2010)

International Board of Directors

Chair: Paul Arlman
Vice Chair: Ezra Mbogori
Treasurer: Peter Gross

Pierre Bardon
Stan Bartholomeeussen (Chair of the Programme Committee)
Werner Bauch
Martin Hoyos (Chair of the Financial Audit Committee)
Dorota Keverian (Chair of the People and Culture Committee)
Joshua Liswood
Awa N'Deye Ouedraogo
Anne Skipper

Committees of the International Board


Financial Audit Committee: Martin Hoyos (Chair), Pierre Bardon, Werner Bauch, Ezra Mbogori (ex officio), Axel Berger*, Takao Kawakami*

Programme Committee: Stan Bartholomeeussen (Chair), Ezra Mbogori, Awa N’Deye Ouedraogo, Anne Skipper, Jan Cedergren*, Ian Smillie*, Margaret Winn*

People and Culture Committee: Dorota Keverian (Chair), Awa N’Deye Ouedraogo, Jane Clare*, Luis Rivera* Bitte Westerlund*

* Non-voting Members' Assembly representatives

Committees of the Members' Assembly


Members' Assembly Nominating and Governance Committee: Jane Clare (Chair), Jens Gehl, Takao Kawakami, Dominique Leger, Oren Whyche-Shaw

Members' Assembly Audit and Compliance Committee: Hans Schoenwaelder (Chair), Paul Arlman (ex officio), Andreas Buerge, Marcial Campos, Karen Jackson, David Vriesendorp, Masao Yukawa

Principal addresses of Plan

Plan International, Inc. is a charity registered under Section 501 (c) (3) in the United States having its principal office at:

Plan International, Inc.
PO Box 7670
155 Plan Way
Warwick
Rhode Island 02887
USA

Plan Limited
International Headquarters
Chobham House
Christchurch Way
Woking
Surrey GU21 6JG
UK           

National Organisation, National Directors
 
+ Australia: Ian Wishart
+ Belgium: Dirk van Maele
+ Canada: Rosemary McCarney
+ Colombia: Gabriela Bucher
+ Denmark: Gwen Wisti
   EU liaison office: Vacant
+ Finland: Riitta Weiste
+ France: Alain Caudrelier-Benac
+ Germany: Marianne Raven
   Hong Kong: James Murray
+ India: Bhagyashri Dengle
+ Ireland: David Dalton
+ Japan: Gabriel Kazuo Tsurumi
+ Korea: Sang-Joo Lee
+ Netherlands: Tjipke Bergsma
+ Norway: Helen Bjørnøy
+ Spain: Concha López
+ Sweden: Anna Hagg-Sjöquist
   Switzerland: Beatrice Weber
+ United Kingdom: Marie Staunton
+ United States: Audrey Bracey Deegan (Interim)
+ = Member NOs

Nigel Chapman CEOChief Executive Officer

Nigel Chapman

As Chief Executive Officer, Nigel Chapman leads the Plan team. Having worked previously as the Director of BBC World Service, he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the role. Nigel has also spent over 6 years working at the highest levels of Plan's International Board and Members' Assembley, and as Chair of the UK National Organisation.
 
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Jim Emerson

Regional Directors and Deputy Directors
Americas: Director Pia Stavas Meier, Deputy Director Rodrigo Bustos
Asia: Director Myrna Evora, Deputy Director Patrick Brochard
Eastern & Southern Africa: Director Deepali Khanna, Deputy Director Gezahegn Kebede
West Africa: Director John Chaloner, Deputy Director Mie Takaki

International Headquarters Senior Management
Chief Information Officer: Yalda Zand
Chief Operating Officer/Director of Finance: Ann Firth
Director of Disaster Management: Roger Yates
Director of Global Assurance: Amarjit Atkar
Director of Marketing and Communications: Avril MacDonald
Director of People and Culture: Siobhan Calfe (Acting)
Director of Policy and Campaigns: Vacant
Legal Counsel and Company Secretary: Janet Mbu
 
Programme countries: Country directors or Coordinators
Bangladesh: Ned Espey
Benin: Bell’Aube Houinato
Bolivia: Felipe Sanchez
Brazil: Moacyr Bittencourt
Burkina Faso: Mahamadou Tounkara
Cambodia: Pedrito Sandy M. Fortuna
Cameroon: Amadou Bocoum
China: Mark Leighton
Colombia: Gabriela Bucher
Dominican Republic: Fritz Foster
Ecuador: Philip Groman
Egypt: Mac Abbey
El Salvador: Rossana Viteri
Ethiopia: David Throp
Ghana: Samuel Paulos
Guatemala: Ricardo Gomez Agnoli
Guinea: Ibrahima Toure
Guinea-Bissau: Ingrid Kuhfeldt
Haiti: Rezene Tesfamariam
Honduras: Jennifer Vaughan
India: Roland Angerer
Indonesia: John McDonough
Kenya: John Morris
Laos: Terence McCaughan
Liberia: Augustine Allieu
Malawi: Bolaji Akinboro
Mali: Supriyanto Supriyanto
Mozambique: Habte Woldemariam
Nepal: Donal Keane
Nicaragua: Horacio Torres
Niger: Rheal Drisdelle
Pakistan: Haider W Yaqub
Paraguay: Ernesto Moran    
Peru: Mariella Greco
Philippines: Michael Diamond
Rwanda: Mamadou Kante
Senegal: Ousmane Seye
Sierra Leone: Fadimata Alainchar
Sri Lanka: Han Dijsselbloem
Sudan: Don McPhee
Tanzania: David Muthungu 
Thailand: Maja Cubbarubia
Timor-Leste: Susan Smandych
Togo: Adama Coulibaly
Uganda: Subhadra Belbase
Vietnam: Mark Pierce
Zambia: Timothy Budge
Zimbabwe: Else Kragholm Nielsen