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The key people within Plan International
(Information updated July 2024)
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 Programme Officer Damien Queally
Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer Kathleen Sherwin
Details of our International Board can be found here.
Programme Country Directors
Bangladesh: Kabita Bose
Benin: Bernadette Fonge
Bolivia: Emma Donlan
Brazil: Cynthia Betti
Burkina Faso: Karl-Frederick Paul
Cambodia: Gwynneth Wong
Cameroon: Mohamed Ibrahima Bah
Central African Republic: Seïdina Ousseini
China: Haider W. Yaqub
Colombia: Ángela Anzola de Toro
Dominican Republic: Roland Angerer
Ecuador: Rossana Viteri
Egypt: Khalifeh Rozan)
El Salvador: Anabel Amaya
Ethiopia: Peter Sweetnam
Ghana: Constant Tchona
Guatemala: Lorena Garcia
Guinea: Evariste Sindayigaya
Guinea-Bissau: Antoinette Chibi
Haiti: Johson Bien Aime(Interim)
Honduras: Fiorella Mackliff
Indonesia: Dini Widiastuti
Jordan: Hamida Jahamah
Kenya: George Otim
Laos: Carol Mortensen
Lebanon: Safo Visha
Liberia: Miriam Murray
Malawi: Mwape Mulumbi
Mali: Jackson Acha Atam
Mozambique: Gerald Magashi
Myanmar: Haider Yaqub
Nepal: Ram Kishan
Nicaragua: Johanna Langbroek
Niger: Innocent Mumararungu
Nigeria: Charles Emmamuzou
Pacific: Dillyana Ximenes
Paraguay: Thiago Silva
Peru: Veronique Henry
Philippines: Ana Maria J. Locsin
Rwanda: Solomon TesfeMariam(Interim)
Senegal: Salimata Bocoum
Sierra Leone: Muniratu Issifu
Somalia: Sadia Allin
South Sudan: Kamal Mohamed
Sudan: Mohammed Qazilbash
Tanzania: Paul Lusato (acting)
Thailand: Rangsima Airawanwat
Timor-Leste: Fatima Soares (interim)
Togo: Awa Faly Ba
Uganda: Phoebe Kasoga
Ukraine: Iveta Ouvry
Vietnam: Migena Shulla
Zambia: Antoinette Ngoma
Zimbabwe: Peter van Dommelen
Roving Country Directors for West and Central Africa: Johnson Bien-Aime, Anika Krstic, Deborah Crowe
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: Petra Berner
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
Directors of Sub-Regions
Americas:
Sub Regional Director (Central America and the Caribbean) – Carmen Elena Alemán
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
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) – Philippe Adapoe
Sub Regional Director (Mano River Cluster) – Johnson Bien-Aime
Heads of Liaison Offices
EU: Niamh Nic Carthaigh
Geneva: Charlotte Stemmer
New York: Débora Cóbar
Africa Union: Doris Mpoumou
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