Senior Staff Announcements

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the following senior staff appointments. I know these senior leaders will deliver strong results in their new roles while advancing our core values. As always, we remain committed to achieving diverse and equitable representation in current and future senior staff appointments.

Europe and Central Asia (ECAR)

· Munir Mammadzade, Representative in Uzbekistan, has been appointed as Representative, Ukraine.

· Paolo Marchi, Deputy Representative in Türkiye, has been appointed as Representative, Türkiye.

· Saja Farooq Abdullah, Chief Field Services in Dhaka, Bangladesh, has been appointed as Representative, Azerbaijan.


Eastern and Southern Africa (ESAR)

· Christine Jaulmes, Representative in Kyrgyzstan, has been appointed as Representative, Madagascar.

Latin America and the Caribbean (LACR)

· Rafael Obregon, Representative in Paraguay, has been appointed as Representative, Nicaragua.

· Victoria Colamarco, Deputy Representative in Colombia, has been appointed as Representative, El Salvador.

· Yvette Blanco, Representative in El Salvador, has been appointed as Representative, Costa Rica.

Middle East and North Africa (MENAR)

· Douglas Hageman, Deputy Representative Operations in Ukraine, has been appointed as Deputy Representative Operations, Sudan.

· Lana Kataw, Deputy Representative Operations in India, has been appointed as Deputy Representative Operations, Yemen.

South Asia (SAR)

· Melissa Corkum, Senior Programme Manager in Programme Group, has been appointed as Chief, Polio Eradication Programme, Pakistan.

Western and Central Africa (WCAR)

· Andrew Brooks, Regional Adviser Child Protection in Nairobi, has been appointed as Representative, Liberia.

· Djanabou Mahonde, Representative in Benin, has been appointed as Representative, Niger.

· Nafisa Shafique, Chief Field Office in Patna, India has been appointed as Representative, The Gambia.

Headquarters (HQ)

· Edward Carwardine, Representative, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has been appointed as Deputy Director, Division for Global Communication and Advocacy.

· Fouzia Shafique, Principal Adviser Health in Afghanistan has been appointed as Associate Director, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Programme Group.

· Helga Fogstad, Executive Director of Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health hosted by the World Health Organisation, has been appointed as Director, Health Programme, Programme Group.

· Kennedy Ongwae, Chief Health in South Sudan, has been appointed as Deputy Director, Programme Supply & Market Influencing, Supply Division.

Please join me in warmly congratulating each of them and wishing them every success in their new assignments.

With best wishes,
Catherine Russell
Executive Director