Our Team

Regional Bureau for Arab States, New York

The Directorate

Abdallah Al Dardari, Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator, and Regional Director 
Zena Ali Ahmad, Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director (Amman-based) 
Mohamed Bchir, Strategic Initiatives Adviser & Chief Economist
Fay Daoud, Special Assistant to the Directorate 
Richard Cores, Executive Associate to the Regional Director
Esin Erkan, Programme Analyst (Türkiye-based)

Liaison, Partnerships and Communications Team

Marina Walter,  Chief, Liaison and Partnerships
Aurelie Boukobza, Strategic Liaison Adviser 
Polixenia Calagi, Strategic Liaison Specialist 
Olga Aleshina, Senior Partnerships Advisor
Muni Ahlawat, Regional Partnership Specialist 
Mohammad Allahou, Private Sector Partnership Specialist (Amman-based) 
Olivier Pierre Louveaux, Senior Partnerships Adviser – EU/EC and Europe-based Institutions (Brussels-based) 
Dunya Bahar, Junior Programme Analyst  (Brussels-based) 
Farah Alsweel, GCC Partnership Specialist (Saudi Arabia-based) 
Noeman Alsayyad, Strategic Communications Adviser 
Hoda El Nahlawy, Communications Analyst  (Egypt-based) 

Country Support Team [Based in Amman, Jordan]

Manal Fouani, Country Support Team Leader, Senior Adviser 
Fadi Abilmona, Regional Adviser 
Ahmad Alhammal, Regional Adviser 
Anna Vitkova, Regional Specialist
Thouraya Bahri, Regional Specialist, Gulf Countries 
Anas Abdulmoumen, Regional Specialist 

Strategic Planning and Oversight Team

Yuna Badaker, Strategic Planning and Oversight Team Leader 
Abusabeeb Elsadig, Oversight & Risk Management Adviser  
Rima El Hassani, Strategic Planning Adviser 
Irina Khomyakova, Finance and Operations Analyst 
Fernando Ortiz, Operations Associate 
Aikan Mukanbetova, Oversight and Management Specialist  (Amman-based)
Rania El Azem, Oversight and Risk Management Specialist (Amman-based)
Arwa Humaid, Business Management & Oversight Specialist (Amman-based)

Strategy and Analysis Team

Ghida Ismail, Research and Policy Specialist (Amman-based) 

Regional Hub in Amman

Country Operations Support

Susanne Dam-Hansen, Chief/Deputy Regional Hub Director

Country Programme Support

Noha Mohamed, Regional RBM & Evaluation Specialist 

Programme & Policy Support

Environment and Energy Team

Thomas Pitaud, Regional Team Leader 

Inclusive Growth Team

Vito Intini, Regional Lead Economist, and Regional Team Leader

Gender

Rania Tarazi, Regional Team Leader

Governance, Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Team

Giordano Segneri, Regional Team Leader

Health

Elfatih Abdelraheem, Policy Specialist

Innovation

Jennifer Colville, Regional Team Leader

SDG Integration

Justus Okoko, Regional Team Leader a.i.

Syria Sub-Regional Facility

Abdallah Al-Laham, SRF Coordinator

Regional Operations

Operations and Resource Management – Amman Hub

Huda Khattab, Operations Manager

Regional Programme

Elina Silén, Regional Programme Manager