Plan International Worldwide Annual Review 2024
This annual review is a summary of our global impact for children, particularly girls, in 2024.
The key people within Plan International
(Information updated September 2025)
Global Leadership Team
Chief Executive Officer: Reena Ghelani
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: Hajir Maalim
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: Awa Faly Ba (Interim)
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: Rozan Khalifeh
Ethiopia: Peter Sweetnam
Kenya: George Otim
Lebanon: Safo Visha
Malawi: Mwape Mulumbi
Mozambique: Luis Paolo
Rwanda: Emelie Fernandes
Somalia: Sadia Allin
South Sudan: Paul Lusato (acting)
Sudan: Kamal Mohamed
Tanzania: Jane Sembuche
Uganda: Phoebe Kasoga
Zambia: Antoinette Ngoma
Zimbabwe: Peter van Dommelen
Africa – West and Central
Sub Regional Director (Mano River Cluster): Johnson Bien-Aime
Roving Country Directors for West and Central Africa: Johnson Bien-Aime, Anika Krstic, Deborah Crowe
Sub Regional Director (Central Africa and Gulf of Guinea): Philippe Adapoe
Benin: Bernadette Fonge
Burkina Faso: Dr Ahmed Maiga
Central African Republic: Seïdina Ousseini
Sub Regional Director (Sahel West Africa): Evariste Sindayigaya
Cameroon: Mohamed Ibrahima Bah
Chad: Christine Karumba
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: Ousseynou Samb
Americas
Canada: Lindsay Glassco
United States: Shanna Marzilli
Brazil: Cynthia Betti
Colombia: Ángela Anzola de Toro
Central America and Mexico Cluster: Verónica Zambrano
El Salvador: Anabell Amaya
Guatemala: José Gutierrez
Honduras: Karla Cueva
Mexico: Pierre Coupeau
South America Cluster: Emma Donlan
Bolivia: Marco Rojas
Ecuador: Catalina Vaca
Paraguay: Noelia Errecarte
Peru: Victor García
Dominican Republic: Roland Angerer
Haiti: André Prospéry Raymond
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: Kimthan Yi (interim)
China: Yexia Zhang
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: Ms Pebbles Badillo Sanchez-Ogang
Thailand: Babeth NgocHan Lefur
Timor-Leste: Fatima Soares
Vietnam: Ms. Le Quynh Lan
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: Cleophas Maragia
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