Leadership

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IFAD’s leadership possesses world-class experience, knows how to effectively mobilize and manage resources, and maintains a laser focus on our mission: to invest in rural people as they transform food systems and build sustainable communities.

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Meet our executive team

President and Vice President

Alvaro Lario

President

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Gerardine Mukeshimana

Vice-President

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Senior Leaders

Dina Saleh

Chief of Staff, Office of the President and Vice President

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Hernan Danery Alvarado

Associate Vice-President, Financial Operations Department, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Controller

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Carola Alvarez

Managing Director, Office of Development Effectiveness (ODE)

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Pieternel Boogaard

Managing Director, Office of Technical Delivery

Donal Brown

Associate Vice-President, Department for Country Operations

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Federica Diamanti

Associate Vice-President, External Relations Department

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Roger Fischer

Chief Risk Officer, Office of Enterprise Risk Management

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Katherine Meighan

Chief Legal & Governance Officer, Office of Legal and Governance

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Guoqi Wu

Associate Vice-President, Corporate Services Department

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Directors

Stella Atela

Director, People and Culture Division

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Thomas Bousios

Director and Chief Information Officer, Information and Communication Technology Division

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Nigel Brett

Director, Sustainable Production, Markets and Institutions Division

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Madina Bazarova

Director, Office of Audit and Oversight

Edward Gallagher

Director, Planning, Organizational Development and Budget Division

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Nadine Gbossa

Director, Food Systems Coordination, External Relations and Governance Department

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Ron Thomas Hartman

Director, Global Engagement, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization

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Claudia ten Have

Director of the Office of the Secretary and Secretary of IFAD

Yann Kervinio

Director, Management Services Division

Sara Mbago-Bhunu

Director, East and Southern Africa Division

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Juan Carlos Mendoza

Director, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division

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Janet Muir

Director, Procurement and Financial Management Division

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Bruce Murphy

Director, ad interim, Communications Division

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Bernard Mwinyel Hien

Regional Director, West and Central Africa Division

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Berkis Patricia Perez

Chief, Office of Ethics

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Rossana Polastri

Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

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Reehana Rifat Raza

Regional Director, Asia and the Pacific Division

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Jenny Scharrer

Director, Private Sector Operations Division (PSD)

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Allegra Saitto

Director, Financial Controller's Division

Naoufel Telahigue

Regional Director ad interim, Near East, North Africa and Europe Division

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Gulnara Yunusova

Director and Treasurer, Treasury Services Division

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