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The key people within Plan International
(information updated May 2022)
Leadership Team
Chief Executive Officer Stephen Omollo
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
Executive Director of Delivery, Performance & Accountability Damien Queally
Executive Director Resources Tara Camm
Executive Director People and Culture Lawrence Ncube
Executive Director Finance and IT Alison Currie
Director Global Assurance Sagar Dave
Director Governance & Executive Maria Comerford
General Counsel Laila El Baradei
Director of External Communications and Brand Carla Jones
Find our more about our Leadership Team
Programme Country Directors or Coordinators
Bangladesh: Dennis O’Brien (interim)
Benin: Karl Frederick Paul
Bolivia: Emma Donlan
* Brazil: Cynthia Betti
Burkina Faso: Yaouba Kaigama
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: Virginia Saiz
Ecuador: Rossana Viteri
Egypt: Mohammed Kamal
El Salvador: Anabel Amaya (interim)
Ethiopia: Mudasser Siddiqui
Ghana: Solomon Tesfa-Mariam
Guatemala: Lorena Garcia
Guinea: Johnson Bien-Aime
Guinea-Bissau: Antoinette Chibi
Haiti: Eulalia Scott (interim)
Honduras: Celina Rosales (interim)
* Indonesia: Dini Widiastuti
Jordan: Muna Abbas
Kenya: Kate Maina-Vorley
Laos: Carol Mortensen
Lebanon: Safo Visha
Liberia: Dr Ufuoma Festus Omo-Obi
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: Leticia Pereira
Peru: Veronique Henry
Philippines: Ana Maria J. Locsin
Rwanda: William Mutero
Senegal: Kinvi Amoussou (interim)
Sierra Leone: Evariste Sindayigaya
South Sudan: George Otim
Sudan: Anika Krstic
Tanzania: Peter Mwakabwale (interim)
Thailand: John McGown
Timor-Leste: Dillyana Ximenes
Togo: Awa Faly Ba
Uganda: Iveta Ouvry
Vietnam: Sharon Kane
Zambia: James Pimundu
Zimbabwe: Peter van Dommelen
Roving Country Director for West and Central Africa: Johnson Bien-Aime
* 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 (Americas) – Carmen Elena Aleman (interim)
Sub Regional Director (South America) – Veronica Zambrano
Asia Pacific:
Sub Regional Director (South East Asia) – Mattias Bryneson
Sub Regional Director (South Asia) – Andy Baker
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 (Coastal West Africa) – Sven Coppens
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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