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Asia and the Pacific Region

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Ambrosio Barros

Head of the Mekong Hub and Country Director

Hanoi, Vietnam
Frew Behabtu

Country Director

New Delhi, India
Roshan Cooke

Country Director

Delhi, India
Ulac Demirag

Country Director and Head of South Asia Hub

New Delhi, India
Arnoud Hameleers

Country Director

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Umit Mansiz

Country Director, Asia and the Pacific Division

Sakphouseth Meng

Country Director (Mongolia) and Country Programme Officer (Cambodia)

Phom Penh, Cambodia
Meera Mishra

Country Programme Officer

New Delhi, India
Nii Quaye-Kumah

IFAD Country Director and Country Representative to The People’s Republic of China
Reehana Rifat Raza

Regional Director, Asia and the Pacific Division

Rome, Italy
Candra Samekto

Country Director

Suva, Fiji
Sherina Tabassum

Country Director

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Omer Zafar

Country Director

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Climate and Environment

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Paxina Chileshe

Regional Climate and Environment Specialist

Nairobi, Kenya
Jahan-Zeb Chowdhury

Lead Technical Specialist - Environment & Climate Cluster Coordinator

Rome, Italy
Marie-Aude Even

Senior Technical Specialist, Biodiversity

New Delhi, India
Pierre Yves Guedez

Senior Technical Specialist, GCF focal point

Rome, Italy
Janie Rioux

Senior Climate Finance Specialist

Rome, Italy
Hisham Zehni

Senior Technical Specialist - SECAP, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division

Rome, Italy

Crops

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Robert Delve

Lead Global Technical Advisor

Rome, Italy
Putso Nyathi

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Agronomy

Nairobi, Kenya

East and Southern Africa Region

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Philipp Baumgartner

Country Director

Johannesburg, South Africa
Shirley Chinien

Regional Economist

Rome, Italy
Mohamed El-Ghazaly

Country Director

Kampala, Uganda
Dagmawi Habte-Selassie

Country Director

Kigali, Rwanda
Mariatu Kamara

Country Director

Nairobi, Kenya
Sara Mbago-Bhunu

Director, East and Southern Africa Division

Nairobi, Kenya
Custodio Mucavel

Country Director

Luanda, Angola
Bernadette Mukonyora

Country Director

Lilongwe, Malawi
Caroline Mwongera

Country Director, East and Southern Africa Division

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Francesco Rispoli

Country Director

Johannesburg, South Africa
Joseph Rostand Olinga Biwole

Acting Country Director

Nairobi, Kenya
Jonky Tenou

IAP Task Manager and Country Director a.i.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Farmer Organizations

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Marco Camagni

Lead Global Technical Specialist, Producers Organizations and Rural Development

Rome, Italy
Antonella Cianciotta

Technical Specialist, Farmers' Organizations in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (FO4ACP)

Rome, Italy
Alice Van Der Elstraeten

KM and M&E Analyst, Farmers' Organizations in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (FO4ACP)

Rome, Italy

Fisheries

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Richard Abila

Senior Global Technical Specialist, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Rome, Italy

Gender

Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization

Indigenous Peoples

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Lorenzo Del Castillo

Consultant - Indigenous Peoples, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, IFAD

Ilaria Firmian

Lead Technical Specialist - Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Issues

Rome, Italy
Margherita Loddoni

Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, IFAD

Karla Pita Vidal

Consultant (Indigenous Peoples)

Rome, Italy

Institutions and Organizations

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Fanny Grandval

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Institutions

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Zainab Semgalawe

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Institutions

Rome, Italy
Elizabeth Ssendiwala

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Institutions

New Delhi, India
Fernanda Thomaz

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Institutions

Lima, Peru

Land

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Rikke Grand Olivera

Lead Global Technical Specialist, Land Tenure & Natural Resources Management

Rome, Italy

Latin America and the Caribbean Region

Near East and North Africa Region

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Mohamed Abdelgadir

Country Director

Cairo, Egypt
Samir Bejaoui

Country Director

Istanbul, Türkiye
Gianluca Capaldo

Country Director

Rome, Italy
Tawfiq El-Zabri

Country Director

Cairo, Egypt
Alessandra Garbero

Lead Regional Economist

Rome, Italy
Stefania Gnoato

Country Director a.i

Vrej Hanna Jijyan

Country Director

Istanbul, Türkiye
Roberto Longo

Country Director

Istanbul, Türkiye
Nerina Muzurovic

Knowledge Management and Grants Officer

Rome, Italy
Omar Ebrima Njie

Country Director

Cairo, Egypt
Rasha Yousef Omar

Country Director

Khartoum, Sudan
Philippe Remy

Country Director

Rome, Italy
Dina Saleh

Regional Director, Near East, North Africa and Europe

Rome, Italy
Abdelkarim Sma

Lead Regional Economist

Rome, Italy
Naoufel Telahigue

Country Director

Rome, Italy

Livestock and rangeland

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Anne Mottet

Sustainable Production, Markets and Institutions Division (Livestock)

Rome, Italy

Market Access

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James Marc de Sousa-Shields

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Cairo, Egypt
Lorna Grace

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

New Delhi, India
Sauli Hurri

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Nairobi, Kenya
Mylene Kherallah

Lead Global Technical Advisor, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Rome, Italy
Nadhem Mtimet

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Cairo, Egypt

Nutrition

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Antonella Cordone

Senior Technical Specialist, Nutrition

Rome, Italy
Joyce Njoro

Lead Technical Specialist, Nutrition

Research and Impact Assessment

Rural Finance

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Jonathan Agwe

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Rome, Italy
James Marc de Sousa-Shields

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Cairo, Egypt
Pedro de Vasconcelos

Lead Technical Specialist and Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) Manager

Rome, Italy
Lorna Grace

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

New Delhi, India
Sauli Hurri

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Nairobi, Kenya
Mauro Martini

Senior Technical Specialist - Remittances, Migration and Development

Rome, Italy
Nadhem Mtimet

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Finance, Markets and Value Chains

Cairo, Egypt

Water

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Tarek Kotb

Lead Global Technical Specialist, Water and Rural Infrastructure
Audrey Nepveu

Technical Specialist, Water and Rural Infrastructure

Rome, Italy

West and Central Africa Region

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Valantine Achancho

Country Director

Kinshasa, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Tarek Ahmed

Senior Portfolio Adviser

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Ibrahima Bamba

Lead Regional Economist

Rome, Italy
Dede Ekoue

Country Director

Abuja, Nigeria
Fanny Grandval

Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Institutions

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Bernard Mwinyel Hien

Regional Director, West and Central Africa Division

Istanbul, Türkiye
John Hurley

Lead Regional Economist

Rome, Italy
Jean Pascal Kabore

Country Director, West and Central Africa

Accra, Ghana
Matteo Marchisio

Head of Hub and Country Director, West and Central Africa

Dakar, Senegal
Alessandro Marini

Country Director

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Norman Messer

Country Director, West and Central Africa

Dakar, Senegal
Lakshmi Moola

Country Director

Nairobi, Kenya
Emime Ndihokubwayo

Country Director

Yaoundé, Cameroon
Rachel Harifetra Senn

Country Director

Antanarivo, Madagascar
Haoua Sienta

Country Director

Dakar, Senegal
Ann Turinayo

Country Director, West and Central Africa Division

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Youth

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Rahul Antao

Consultant, Youth Desk

Rome, Italy
Tom Anyonge

Lead Technical Specialist, Youth

Rome, Italy