Arab States
About us
Our Team
The Directorate
Khalida Bouzar, Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator, and Regional Director
Sarah Poole, Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director
Andrée Antoun, Executive Associate to the Regional Director
Mary Jreidini, Executive and Administrative Associate
Tehmina Akhtar, Senior Strategic Adviser
Susanne Kim Siao, Special Adviser to the Regional Director
Mohammad Allahou, Programme Analyst
Helene Remling, Strategic Engagement Specialist
Fumiko Fukuoka, Partnerships Adviser
Alessandro Mrakic, Partnerships Development Specialist
Olivier Pierre Louveaux, Programme and policy specialist
Agnieszka Brocka, Programme Specialist
Abdullah Jafar, Programme Analyst
Kentaro Yamashita, Junior Partnerships Officer
Theodore Murphy, Policy and Communications Specialist
Chavia Ali, Assistant Research Office
Planning, Coordination and Oversight
Moises Venancio, Regional Adviser
Firas Gharaibeh, Regional Adviser
Melanie Hauenstein, Regional Adviser
Rima El Hassani, Strategic planning adviser
Aikan Mukanbetova, Regional Specialist
Ernesto Maio, Regional Specialist
Rania El Azem, Regional Specialist
Sabrina Aubert, Regional Policy Specialist
Peter Cole, Regional Specialist
Anna Vitkova, Regional Analyst
Zeina El-Barrage, Regional Associate
Madi Musa Mohamed, Regional Associate
Compliance and Operations
Sergelen Dambadarjaa, Resource Management Adviser
Pierre Hamouche, Business Specialist
Irina Khomyakova, Finance and Operations Analyst
Regional Hub in Amman
Management
Khaled Abdel Shafi Manager Regional Hub in Amman
Susanne Dam-Hansen, Deputy manager Regional Hub in Amman
Rima Manneh Executive Associate
External Relations & Advocacy
Noeman Alsayyad Regional Communications Advisor
Nada Bouari Regional Partnerships Advisor
Hoda ElNahlawy Online Content & Social Media Assistant
Programme & Policy Support
Governance, Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Team
Giordano Segneri Governance and Peacebuilding Regional Team Leader for Arab States
Hassan Krayem Governance Adviser
Rawhi Afghani Programme Advisor, Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
Aneesa Walji Programme Advisor, Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights
Fadi Abilmona Regional Programme Specialist, Joint Programme UNDP-DPPA
Mohammed Al-Qussari Programme Specialist, Prevention Violent Extremism, Joint RBAS and RBA
Simon Dennett JPO, Governance and Rule of Law
Jamileh Adwan Programme / Administrative Associate
Marwa Abu Qrian Regional Information Management Consultant
Under Recruitment Italian Fellowships, Programme Analyst Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
Under Recruitment UNV Finland, Programme Analyst, Prevention Violent Extremism
Under Recruitment Programme Specialist, Justice and Human Rights
Global Elections Project
Luis Martinez Betanzos Regional Electoral Advisor (Istanbul based)
Najia Hashemee Regional Electoral Policy Specialist
Mais Al-Atiat Electoral Analyst
Osama Aljaber Advocacy and Youth Participation Coordinator
Abdallah Al Omari Administrative Coordinator
Sana Sharabati Administrative Associat
Ban Kasto Administrative Associate
Inclusive and Sustainable Growth and Development
Divika Iyer Policy Specialist
Fekadu Terefe Programme Specialist, Inclusive Growth and SD
Under recruitment Policy & Programme Specialist, Livelihood
Vito Intini Economist Adviser
Climate Change, DRR and Resilience Team
Kishan Khoday Regional Cluster Team Leader
Stephen Gitonga Programme Specialist, Energy
Walid Ali Programme Specialist, Climate Change
Yulia Isaeva Climate Change and Environment Specialist
Denis Korchunov Sustainable Energy Specialist
Gender
Frances Guy Gender Team Leader
Rania Tarazi Gender Specialist
Development Impact & Crisis Coordination Support
Jennifer Colville Regional Team Leader, Innovation
Kawtar Zerouali Innovation Specialist
Under recruitment Innovation Specialist
Roxani Roushas Innovation Analyst
CHEN Xiaohui (Gracia) Innovation Analyst
SDG Integration
Gonzalo Pizarro Regional Team Leader - SDG Integration
Justus Okoko SDG Coordination Specialist
Alexandra Fawzi SDG Analyst
Syria Sub-Regional Facility
Abdallah Al-Laham, SRF Coordinator
Verena Vad, Resilience Policy and Partnership Specialist
UNHCR - UNDP Joint Secretariat
Miki Takahashi, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Zeinab Kobeissi, Communication Consultant
Country Programme Support
Under recruitment Country Programme Specialist
Ghada Sous Country Programme Associate
Results-based Management
Mohammad AlBatayneh Regional RBM and Evaluation Specialist
Regional Operations
Human Resources
Rakan Al Assaf Regional Procurement Specialist
Amir Kamal Sub-Regional Security Specialist
Robert Foort Regional Clustering Manager
Security
Marwan Naimatt National Security Officer
Operations and Resource Management – Amman Hub
Huda Khattab Operations Manager
Operations
Laith Subehi Administrative Analyst
Maha Mahmoud Operations Associate
Sara Al Zubi Administrative & Operational Assistant
Finance
Samer Fakhury Finance Analyst
Mahmoud Samadi Finance Associate
Hania Dahleh Finance Assistant
Procurement
Hanan AbuBaker Procurement Analyst
Abeer Awawdeh Procurement Associate
Diana Al Shair Procurement Associate
Human resources
Safa Labib Human Resource Analyst
Rania Dawoudi Human Resource Associate
Information & Communication Tech
Zaid Amarin ICT Analyst
Ayman Dar Khalaf ICT Associate
Support
Abubaker Abdelrazeq Senior Driver
Hani Jad Driver
Servicing the Region from Istanbul
Regional Advisory Committee on Procurement (RACP)
Cyrille Pernette RACP Chief
Nihad Mahmoud RACP Secretary-Procurement Associate
Elfatih Abdelraheem, Policy Specialist; HIV, Health and Development
South South Cooperation
Edem Bakhshish South-South Regional Advisor
United Nations Volunteers
Stephanie Laryea Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Regional Programme
Paola Pagliani Regional Programme Coordinator
Alessandra Muto Regional Programme Analyst
Vacant Programme Management and Communication Officer
Arab Human Development Report
Ellen Lavinia Hsu Research Assistant
Nicolas Rapp Data Visualization Designer
Arab Knowledge project
Hany Torky Chief Technical Specialist
Stephanie Boustany Research Associate
Sirine Saghira Web Content and Research Assistant
Diana Assaf Copywriter and Research Officer
Anthony Fakhoury Research Assistant
Anti-Corruption Corruption and Integrity in the Arab Countries
Arkan El-Seblani Project Director & Chief Technical Advisor
Anouar Ben Khalifa Technical Specialist
Reem Kaedbey Research and Coordination Officer
Sarah Dix Technical Specialist
Mostafa Hunter Senior Expert on Corruption Risk Management - Consultant
Arabic Economic Integration For Sutsainable Development
Quang Anh Le Project Manager & Chief Technical Advisor
Qusay Qasrawi Trade Analyst
Amr Radwan Trade and Regional Economic Integration Analyst
Anne Marie Rihane Research Assistant
Waleed El Nozahy Trade Development Advisor - Consultant
Iman Abdelkader Trade Policy Expert - Consultant
Alaa Bassyouni Customs and Facilitation of Cross-border Trade Expert - Consultant
SDGs Climate Facility
Sujala Pant Chief Technical Advisor and Regional Project Manager
Dustin Schinn Regional Climate Change Specialist
Youth Leadership Programme
Linda Haddad Programme Manager
Saana Sarpo Youth Peace and Security
Guri Strand Karlsen Youth Empowerment
Magda Janiszewska YLP Consultant
Arab Development Portal (ADP) &Digital Lighthouse Initiative (DLI)
Farah Choucair Project Manager & Technical Specialist
Layal Wehbe Project and Research Analyst
Yasser Najem Senior Statistician
Yasmine Koujou Research Officer and National Statistical Offices' Coordinator
Petra Halawi Research Assistant
Mohammad Bzeih Research Assistant
Joya Harmouche Junior Statistician
Fostering Capacities in the Arab States for Sustaining Peace & Preventing Conflict
Atsuko Geiger Project Coordinator
Regional Programme Management Support Unit
Maya Abi-Zeid Programme Analyst (Monitoring, Reporting, and Knowledge Management)
Dany Wazen ICT Coordinator
Nagham Ramadan ICT assistant
Maya Beydoun Project Management analyst
Ali Shraim Finance and Administrative Officer
Tarek Abdelhadi Project Management analyst
Anthony Abi Saad Project Management Associate
Judy Sbayti Project Management Associate
AbedelKader AlHaj Ahmad Operations Assistant
Mary Fadel Operations Assistant
Naim Chlela Operations Assistant
Elsa Sfeir Operations Assistant
Ali Mohsen Office Clerk
Aiman Kcheich Driver
