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The key people within Plan International
(Information updated May 2023)
Leadership Team
Chief Executive Officer Stephen Omollo
Deputy Chief Executive Officer Tara Camm
Regional Director Americas Debora Cobar
Regional Director Asia Pacific Region Bhagyashri Dengle
Interim Regional Director West and Central Africa Bell’Aube Houinato
Regional Director Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa Roger Yates
Chief Information Officer Kaumudi Bohms
Chief Financial Officer Celine Thibaut
Director Governance & Executive Maria Comerford
Director Global Assurance Sagar Dave
Chief People Officer Lawrence Ncube
Global Director, Programmes and Operations Damien Queally
Global Director, Membership Services Maike Röettger
Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer Kathleen Sherwin
Details of our International Board can be found here.
Programme Country Directors or Coordinators
Bangladesh: Kabita Bose
Benin: Karl Frederick Paul
Bolivia: Emma Donlan
* Brazil: Cynthia Betti
Burkina Faso: Anika Krstic (interim)
Cambodia: Gwynneth Wong
Cameroon: Johnson Bien-Aime (interim)
Central African Republic: Housséini Yamyellé Ouedraogo
China: Dr Yexia Zhang
Colombia: Ángela Anzola de Toro
Dominican Republic: Gerrit Saen (interim)
Ecuador: Rossana Viteri
Egypt: Rozan Khalifeh
El Salvador: Anabel Amaya
Ethiopia: Mudasser Siddiqui (Acting Director Mekdim Gullilat)
Ghana: Solomon Tesfa-Mariam
Guatemala: Lorena Garcia
Guinea: Medard Ouinsavi (interim)
Guinea-Bissau: Antoinette Chibi
Haiti: Daphne De Bordes (interim)
Honduras: Celina Rosales (interim)
* Indonesia: Dini Widiastuti
Jordan: Hamida Jahamah
Kenya: George Otim
Laos: Carol Mortensen
Lebanon: Safo Visha
Liberia: Miriam Murray
Malawi: Phoebe Kasoga
Mali: Constant Tchona
Mozambique: Gerald Magashi
Myanmar: Haider Yaqub
Nepal: Ram Kishan
Nicaragua: Johanna Langbroek
Niger: Mohamed Bah
Nigeria: Charles Emmamuzou
Paraguay: Thiago Silva
Peru: Veronique Henry
Philippines: Ana Maria J. Locsin
Rwanda: William R. Mutero
Senegal: Kinvi Amoussou (interim)
Sierra Leone: Evariste Sindayigaya
Somalia: Sadia Allin
South Sudan: Kamal Mohamed
Sudan: Mwape Mulumbi
Tanzania: Mona Girgis
Thailand: John McGown
Timor-Leste: Fatima Soares (interim)
Togo: Awa Faly Ba
Uganda: Iveta Ouvry
Vietnam: Migena Shulla
Zambia: James Pimundu
Zimbabwe: Peter van Dommelen
Roving Country Directors for West and Central Africa: Johnson Bien-Aime, Anika Krstic
* Our Country Offices in Brazil and Indonesia are in transition so that they will become support offices (known as National Organisations) in addition to running programmes.
National Organisation Directors
Australia: Susanne Legena
Belgium: Isabelle Verhaegen
Canada: Lindsay Glassco
Colombia: Ángela Anzola de Toro
Denmark: Dorthe Petersen
Finland: Ossi Heinanen
France: Anne Bideau
Germany: Kathrin Hartkopf
Hong Kong: Kanie Siu
India: Mohammed Asif
Ireland: Paul O’Brien
Japan: Yuichi Tanada
Korea: Sang-Joo Lee
Netherlands: Garance Reus
Norway: Kari Helene Partapouli
Spain: Concha López
Sweden: Mariann Eriksson
Switzerland: Jochen Stark
United Kingdom: Rose Caldwell
United States: Shanna Marzilli
Deputy Regional Directors
Americas:
Sub Regional Director (Central America and the Caribbean) – Carmen Elena Aleman
Sub Regional Director (South America) – Veronica Zambrano
Asia Pacific:
Sub Regional Director (South East Asia and China) – Babeth Ngoc Han Lefur
Sub Regional Director (South Asia and island nations) – Sharon Kane
Middle East, Eastern & Southern Africa:
Sub Regional Director (North, Horn, and Middle East Africa) – Charles Businge (Acting Director Mudasser Siddiqui)
Sub Regional Director (East and Southern Africa) – Angela Muriithi
West and Central Africa:
Sub Regional Director (Sahel West Africa) – Fatoumata Haidara
Sub Regional Director (Central Africa and Gulf of Guinea) – Solomon Tesfa-Mariam (interim)
Sub Regional Director (Mano River Cluster) – Bell’Aube Houinato
Heads of Liaison Offices
EU: Serap Altinisik
Geneva: Anne-Sophie Lois
New York: Leila Asrari (interim)
Pan Africa: Samuel Norgah
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