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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

Gerardine Mukeshimana

Vice-President

Seniors Leaders

Charles Tellier

Chief of Staff, Office of the President and Vice President

Hernan Danery Alvarado

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

Donal Brown

Associate Vice-President, Department for Country Operations

Roger Fischer

Chief Risk Officer, Office of Enterprise Risk Management | Italy

Katherine Meighan

Chief Legal and Governance Officer, Legal Counsel

Guoqi Wu

Associate Vice-President, Corporate Services Department

Directors

Stella Atela

Director, People and Culture Division | Italy

Thomas Bousios

Director and Chief Information Officer, Information and Communication Technology Division

Nigel Brett

Director, Sustainable Production, Markets and Institutions Division

Charalambos Constantinides

Director, Office of Audit and Oversight

Edward Gallagher

Director, Planning, Organizational Development and Budget Division

Nadine Gbossa

Director, Food Systems Coordination, External Relations and Governance Department

Ron Thomas Hartman

Director, Global Engagement, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization

Claudia ten Have

Director of the Office of the Secretary and Secretary of IFAD

Sara Mbago-Bhunu

Director, East and Southern Africa Division

Juan Carlos Mendoza

Director, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division

Matthias Meyerhans

Director, Management Services Division

Bernard Mwinyel Hien

Regional Director, West and Central Africa Division

Advit Nath

Controller and Director, Financial Controller’s Division

Hélène Papper

Director, Communications Division

Berkis Patricia Perez

Chief, Office of Ethics

Rossana Polastri

Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

Reehana Rifat Raza

Regional Director, Asia and the Pacific Division

Dina Saleh

Regional Director, Near East, North Africa and Europe

Sara Savastano

Director, Research and Impact Assessment Division

Gulnara Yunusova

Director and Treasurer, Treasury Services Division | Italy

Vacant Position FMD

Director, Financial Management Services Division

Vacant Position SPMI

Director, Sustainable Production, Markets and Institutions Division

Vacant Position Office of Technical Delivery

Managing Director, Office of Technical Delivery

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Experts

Meet the experts who lay the foundation for our work.

President

The President chairs the Executive Board and is responsible for the overall management of IFAD.

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IFAD’s greatest strength is our people. We are a diverse workforce that shares a commitment to our core values and our mandate.