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Who's who

The key people within Plan and member organisations

(updated on 1 May 2012)

International Board of Directors

Chair: Ellen Løj
Vice Chair: Dorota Keverian
Treasurer: Peter Gross

Pierre Bardon
Stan Bartholomeeussen (Chair of the Programme Committee)
Werner Bauch
Lydie Boka Mene
Martin Hoyos (Chair of the Financial Audit Committee)
Joshua Liswood
Reema Nanavaty
Anne Skipper

Committees of the International Board

Financial Audit Committee: Martin Hoyos (Chair), Pierre Bardon, Werner Bauch, Dorota Keverian, Peter Gross (ex-officio, Treasurer), Axel Berger*, Masao Yukawa*

Programme Committee: Stan Bartholomeeussen (Chair), Lydie Boka Mene, Reema Nanavaty, Anne Skipper, Johanna Brismar Skoog*, Angela Penrose*, Frans Roselaers*

People and Culture Committee: Dorota Keverian (Chair), Joshua Liswood, Anne Skipper, Rita Aerts*, Jane Clare*

* Non-voting Members' Assembly representatives

Committees of the Members' Assembly

Members' Assembly Audit and Compliance Committee: Hans Schoenwaelder (Chair), Andreas Buerge, David Vriesendorp, Karen Jackson, Luis Rivera, Finn Bergesen

Members' Assembly Nominating and Governance Committee: Jane Clare (Chair), Takao Kawakami, Jens Gehl, Gunvor Kronman, Juan Emilio Posada

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 02886
USA

Plan Limited
International Headquarters
Dukes Court
Block A
Duke Street
Woking
Surrey
GU21 5BH
UK           

National Organisation, National Directors

+ Australia: Ian Wishart
+ Belgium: Dirk van Maele
+ Canada: Rosemary McCarney
+ Colombia: Gabriela Bucher
+ Denmark: Gwen Wisti
EU office: Karen Schroh
+ Finland: Riitta Weiste
+ France: Alain Caudrelier-Benac
+ Germany: Maike Röttger
Hong Kong: James Murray
+ India: Bhagyashri Dengle
+ Ireland: David Dalton
+ Japan: Gabriel Kazuo Tsurumi
+ Korea: Sang-Joo Lee
+ Netherlands: Monique van 't Hek
+ Norway: Helen Bjørnøy
+ Spain: Concha López
+ Sweden: Anna Hagg-Sjöquist
Switzerland: Andreas Herbst
+ United Kingdom: Marie Staunton
+ United States: Tessie San Martin
+ = 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' Assembly, and as Chair of the UK National Organisation.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Tjipke Bergsma

Regional Directors and Deputy Directors
Americas: Director Roland Angerer, Deputy Director (Operations) Ingrid Kuhfeldt, Deputy Director (Programme) Matthew Carlson
Asia: Director Mark Pierce, Deputy Director (Programme) Haider W Yaqub
Eastern & Southern Africa: Director Gezahegn Kebede, Deputy Director (Operations) Hazel Nyathi, Deputy Director (Programme) Luther Bois
West Africa: Director Adama Coulibaly, Deputy Director (Operations) Amavi Akpamagbo, Deputy Director (Programme) Stefanie Conrad

International Headquarters Senior Management
Chief Information Officer: Mark Banbury
Chief Operating Officer/Director of Finance: Ann Firth
Director of Disaster Management: Roger Yates
Director of Global Assurance: Gary Mitchell
Director of Global Campaign, Because I am a Girl: Deepali Sood
Director of Marketing and Communications: Mark Banbury (Acting)
Director of People and Culture: Harriet Dodd
Director of Policy and Global Advocacy: Gorel Bogarde
Director of Programming and Effectiveness: Alex Jacobs
General Counsel and Company Secretary: Tara Camm

Programme countries: Country directors or Coordinators
Bangladesh: Myrna Evora
Benin: Bell’Aube Houinato
Bolivia: Jennifer Vaughan
Brazil: Michael Diamond (Acting)
Burkina Faso: Mark Wentling
Cambodia: Supriyanto Supriyanto
Cameroon: Famari Barro
China: Mark Leighton
Dominican Republic: Brechtje van Lith
Ecuador: Rossana Viteri
Egypt: Mac Abbey
El Salvador: Rodrigo Bustos
Ethiopia: David Throp
Ghana: Prem Shukla
Guatemala: Débora Cóbar
Guinea: Ibrahima Toure
Guinea-Bissau: Fadimata Alainchar
Haiti: John Chaloner
Honduras: Han Dijsselbloem (Acting)
Indonesia: John McDonough
Kenya: John Morris
Laos: Terence McCaughan
Liberia: Mohamed Bah
Malawi: Bolaji Akinboro
Mali: Michelet William (Acting)
Mozambique: Habte Woldemariam
Nepal: Donal Keane
Nicaragua: Horacio Torres
Niger: Rheal Drisdelle
Pakistan: Rashid Javed
Paraguay: Belinda Portillo    
Peru: Mariella Greco
Philippines: Carin van der Hor
Rwanda: Peter Van Domellen
Senegal: Mie Takaki
Sierra Leone: Augustine Allieu
Sri Lanka: Ned Espey
South Sudan: Fikru Abebe
Sudan: Don McPhee
Tanzania: David Muthungu
Thailand: Maja Cubbarubia
Timor-Leste: Susan Smandych
Togo: Fritz Foster
Uganda: Subhadra Belbase
Vietnam: Glenn Gibney
Zambia: Timothy Budge
Zimbabwe: Else Kragholm Nielsen