Global Girls Foundation
The Global Girls Foundation is an independent philanthropic foundation created by Plan International to support its mission.
The key people within Plan International
(Information updated November 2022)
Leadership Team
Chief Executive Officer Stephen Omollo
Deputy Chief Executive Officer Tara Camm
Executive Director Americas & Sponsorship Debora Cobar
Executive Director Asia Pacific Region and Gender Transformative Policy & Practice Bhagyashri Dengle
Executive Director Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa & Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Roger Yates
Executive Director West and Central Africa Regional, Youth, Movements & Campaigns Rotimy Djossaya
Executive Director Strategy & Collaboration David Charles Thomson
Global Director, Programmes and Operations Damien Queally
Chief People Officer Lawrence Ncube
Director Global Assurance Sagar Dave
Global Director, Membership Services – Maike Röttger
Director Governance & Executive Maria Comerford
General Counsel Laila El Baradei
Director of External Communications and Brand Carla Jones
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: Dennis O’Brien (interim)
El Salvador: Anabel Amaya (interim)
Ethiopia: Mudasser Siddiqui
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 (interim)
Kenya: Atieno Onyonyi (interim)
Laos: Carol Mortensen
Lebanon: Safo Visha
Liberia: Miriam Murray (interim)
Malawi: Phoebe Kasoga
Mali: Lazare Charles Djibode (interim)
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: Paul Lusato (interim)
Senegal: Kinvi Amoussou (interim)
Sierra Leone: Evariste Sindayigaya
Somalia: Sadia Allin
South Sudan: George Otim
Sudan: Mwape Mulumbi (interim)
Tanzania: Mona Girgis
Thailand: John McGown
Timor-Leste: Dillyana Ximenes
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: Rashid Javed
United Kingdom: Rose Caldwell
United States: Mustafa Kudrati
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 (Southern Africa) – Charles Businge
Sub Regional Director (North and East Africa) – Sian Platt and Carol Auma (interim)
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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