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Asia and the Pacific Region

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Hani Abdelkader Elsadani

Head of MCO and Country Director

Jakarta, Indonesia

Valantine Achancho

Country Director

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ambrosio Barros

Head of MCO and Country Director

Hanoi, Vietnam

Kaushik Barua

Lead Portfolio Advisor

Bangkok, Thailand

Frew Behabtu

Country Director

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Roshan Cooke

Country Director

Delhi, India

Ulac Demirag

Head of MCO and Country Director

New Delhi, India

Arnoud Hameleers

IFAD Country Director & Head, South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Knowledge Centre

Umit Mansiz

Country Director, Asia and the Pacific Division

Jerry E. Pacturan

Country Director

Mandaluyong City, Philippines

Sangho Park

Special Programme Officer

Rome, Italy

Nii Quaye-Kumah

Head of MCO and Country Director

Beijing, China

Anupa Rimal Lamichhane

Regional Climate and Environment Specialist

New Delhi, India

Candra Samekto

Country Director

Suva, Fiji

Abdelkarim Sma

Lead Regional Economist

Rome, Italy

Sherina Tabassum

Country Director

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Fernanda Thomaz Da Rocha

Country Director

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

Rome, Italy

Pierre Yves Guedez

Senior Technical Specialist, GCF focal point

Rome, Italy

Janie Rioux

Senior Climate Finance Specialist, GEF coordinator

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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Mohamed El-Ghazaly

Country Director

Kampala, Uganda

Dagmawi Habte-Selassie

Country Director

Kigali, Rwanda

Mariatu Kamara

Country Director

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

Boleslaw Stawicki

Country Director

Nairobi, Kenya

Farmer Organizations

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Marco Camagni

Lead Global Technical Specialist (Global), Rural Institutions

Rome, Italy

Antonella Cianciotta

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

Rome, Italy

Marie Edward Mikhail

Country Technical Analyst (Near East, North Africa and Europe)

Cairo, Egypt

Fisheries

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Richard Abila

Senior Global Technical Specialist, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Rome, Italy

Gender

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Ndaya Beltchika

Lead Technical Specialist, Gender and Social Inclusion

Rome, Italy

Beatrice Gerli

Gender, Targeting and Social Inclusion Specialist

Rome, Italy

Petra Järvinen

Technical Analyst, Gender and Social Inclusion

Silvia Sperandini

Gender, Targeting and Social Inclusion Specialist - Gender Team

Rome, Italy

Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization

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Tuleen Alkhoffash

Senior Partnership Officer, PSFP

Rome, Italy

Suliman Alsawi

Senior/Lead Partnership Officer, Arab and the Gulf

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ama Brandford-Arthur

Senior Partnership Officer, South-South and Triangular Cooperation

Rome, Italy

Federica Cerulli Irelli

Chief Partnership Officer, Members Engagement

Rome, Italy

Ron Thomas Hartman

Director, Global Engagement, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization

Rome, Italy

Gabriel Laizer

Congressional and Civil Society Outreach Partnership Officer

Washington, DC, United States

Guggi Laryea

Senior Partnership Officer, EU and Supplementary Resources

Gene Moses

Senior Partnership Officer, Private Sector and Foundations

Washington DC, United States

Maurizio Navarra

Senior Partnership Officer, Secretariat Coordinator, Global Donor Platform For Rural Development

Rome, Italy

Joanna Veltri

Max von Bonsdorff

Chief Partnership Officer, Global Engagement, Partnership And Resource Mobilization

Rome, Italy

Wei Wang

Chief Partnership Officer, South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Global Engagement, Special Adviser to the President

Rome, Italy

Julio Worman

Programme Analyst – SSTC & KM, Global Engagement, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Division

Brasilia, Brazil

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

Innovation

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Gladys H. Morales

Senior Officer, Global Head of Innovation

Rome, Italy

Institutions and Organizations

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Marie Edward Mikhail

Country Technical Analyst (Near East, North Africa and Europe)

Cairo, Egypt

Fanny Grandval

Senior Regional Technical Specialist (West and Central Africa), Rural Institutions

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Sauli Hurri

Lead Global Technical Specialist (East and Southern Africa), Rural Institutions

Nairobi, Kenya

Luiz Claudio Marques Campos

Senior Regional Technical Specialist (Latin America and the Caribbean), Rural Institutions

Lima, Peru

Zainab Semgalawe

Lead Regional Technical Specialist, Institutions

Rome, Italy

Elizabeth Ssendiwala

Senior Regional Technical Specialist (Asia and the Pacific), Rural Institutions

New Delhi, India

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

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Rima Alcadi

Country Director

Lima, Peru

Daniel Anavitarte

Country Director a.i. and Regional Specialist, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

Rene Castro

Country Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

Panama City, Panama

Cintia Tatiana Guzmán

Programme Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

Brasilia, Brazil

Enrique Hennings

Country Director

Panama City, Panama

Anni Mandelin

Country Director, Latin America and the Caribbean

Lima, Peru

Oliver Page

Regional Climate Change and Environmental Specialist

Panama City, Panama

Maija Peltola

Country Director, Latin America and the Caribbean

Panama City, Panama

Claus Reiner

Country Director & Head, South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Knowledge Centre

Brasilia, Brazil

Dario Rimedio

Senior Regional Finance Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

Panama City, Panama

Juan Diego Ruiz Cumplido

Andean and Southern Cone Hub Head

Panama City, Panama

Paolo Silveri

Country Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division

Near East and North Africa Region

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Mohamed Abdelgadir

Head MCO, Country Director

Cairo, Egypt

Samir Bejaoui

Country Director

Istanbul, Türkiye

Gianluca Capaldo

Senior Portfolio Advisor

Rome, Italy

Liam Chicca

Head MCO, Country Director

Istanbul, Türkiye

Tawfiq El-Zabri

Country Director

Cairo, Egypt

Valentina Franchi

Senior Technical Specialist, Gender and Social Inclusion

Cairo, Egypt

Alessandra Garbero

Lead Regional Economist

Rome, Italy

Vrej Hanna Jijyan

Country Director

Cairo, Egypt

Roberto Longo

Country Director

Istanbul, Türkiye

Laura Mattioli

Country Director

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Walid Nasr

Regional Climate and Environment Specialist for for Near East, North Africa and Europe Division

Cairo, Egypt

Azaiez Nazih

Senior Regional Procurement Officer, Near East, North Africa and Europe

Rome, Italy

Rasha Yousef Omar

Country Director

Khartoum, Sudan

Philippe Remy

Country Director

Rome, Italy

Naoufel Telahigue

Head MCO, Country Director

Rome, Italy

Livestock and rangeland

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Anne Mottet

Lead Technical Specialist (Livestock), Sustainable Production, Markets and Institutions Division

Rome, Italy

Charles Odhong'

Country Technical Analyst

Nairobi, Kenya

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

Lead Global Technical Specialist (East and Southern Africa), Rural Institutions

Nairobi, Kenya

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

Nomindelger Bayasgalanbat

Senior Technical Specialist - Nutrition

Solange Heise

Senior Technical Specialist

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Research and Impact Assessment

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Nelida Sara Maria Alé

Senior Technical Specialist, Agricultural Research for Development

Rome, Italy

Bidisha Barooah

Lead Technical Specialist

Rome, Italy

Amine Belhamissi

Technical Specialist, Agricultural Research for Development Unit

Rome, Italy

Romina Cavatassi

Lead Economist

Rome, Italy

Vibhuti Mendiratta

Senior Economist

Rome, Italy

Sara Savastano

Director, Research and Impact Assessment Division

Roma, Italy

Tisorn Songsermsawas

Economist

Rome, Italy

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

Lead Global Technical Specialist (East and Southern Africa), Rural Institutions

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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Audrey Nepveu

Technical Specialist, Water and Rural Infrastructure

Rome, Italy

West and Central Africa Region

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Tarek Ahmed

Senior Portfolio Adviser

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Pascaline Barankeba

Country Director, West and Central Africa Division

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Koutera Bataka

Country Director, West and Central Africa Division

Yaoundé, Cameroon

Paxina Chileshe

Regional Climate and Environment Specialist

Nairobi, Kenya

Radu Damianov

Senior Regional Financial Officer

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Dede Ekoue

Country Director

Abuja, Nigeria

Fanny Grandval

Senior Regional Technical Specialist (West and Central Africa), Rural Institutions

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Jean Pascal Kabore

Country Director, West and Central Africa

Accra, Ghana

Athur Mabiso

Lead Regional Economist

Rome, Italy

Matteo Marchisio

Head of Hub and Country Director, West and Central Africa

Dakar, Senegal

Fumilayo Hermann Messan

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

Marcelin Norvilus

Country Director

Senegal, Dakar

Eric Rwabidadi

Country Director

Rachel Harifetra Senn

Country Director

Antanarivo, Madagascar

Haoua Sienta

Country Director

Dakar, Senegal

Carine Toure Yemitia

Senior Procurement Officer, West and Central Africa

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Ann Turinayo

Country Director, West and Central Africa Division

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Youth

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Hisham Zehni

Lead Technical Specialist (Youth) and Social Inclusion Cluster Coordinator, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division

Rome, Italy