Our Team

Regional Bureau for Arab States, New York

The Directorate

Abdallah Al Dardari, Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator, and Regional Director
Marina Walter, Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director
Fay Daoud, Special Assistant to the Directorate
Andrée Antoun, Executive Associate to the Regional Director
Mary Jreidini, Executive and Administrative Associate

Strategy and Analysis Team

Tehmina Akhtar, Senior Strategic Adviser and Team Leader
Ghida Ismail, Research and Policy Specialist
Bahdja Sehli, Graduate Analyst

Partnerships and Communications Team

Fumiko Fukuoka, Partnerships and Communications Senior Adviser, Team Leader
Alessandro Mrakic, Senior Partnerships Adviser
Noeman Alsayyad, Strategic Communications Adviser
Mohammad Allahou, Private Sector Partnership Specialist
Kentaro Yamashita, Programme Analyst
Olivier Pierre Louveaux, Senior Partnerships Adviser – EU /EC and Europe-based Institutions (Brussels based)
Agnieszka Brocka, Programme Specialist (Brussels Based)
Farah Alsweel, GCC Partnership Specialist

Country Support and Oversight Team

Manal Fouani, Country Support and Oversight Team Leader, Senior Adviser
Aurelie Boukobza, Regional Adviser
Fadi Abilmona, Regional Adviser
Ahmad Alhammal, Regional Adviser
Aikan Mukanbetova, Oversight and Management Specialist
Ernesto Maio, Oversight and Management Specialist
Rania El Azem, Oversight and Management Specialist
Thouraya Bahri, Regional Specialist, Gulf Countries
Anna Vitkova, Regional Specialist
Polixenia Calagi, Regional Specialist
Zeina El-Barrage, Coordination Associate

Operations, Management and Planning Team

Yuna Badaker, Operations, Management and Planning Team Leader
Sergelen Dambadarjaa, Operations Adviser
Rima El Hassani, Strategic planning adviser
Pierre Hamouche, Business Management and Information Specialist
Irina Khomyakova, Finance and Operations Analyst
Fernando Ortiz, Operations Associate
Azheen Mustafa, Graduate Analyst
Antoine Khoury, Audit and Risk Adviser (Amman Based)

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

 Hoda ElNahlawy, Web & Digital Media Associate

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
Joanna Nassar, Regional Programme Specialist, Arab States 
Sergio Triana, Technical Specialist, Aid Management and Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus (Secondee) 
Mohammed Al-Qussari, Programme Specialist, Prevention Violent Extremism, Joint RBAS and RBA
Simon Dennett, Programme Analyst, Governance and Rule of Law 
Jamileh Adwan, Programme / Administrative Associate
Marwa Abuqrian, Regional Information Management Officer for the Arab States
Martina Salini, Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Analyst
Martti Karttunen, Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Support Officer  
Taqi Majali, Governance and Peacebuilding Support Officer
Miriam Huovila, Programme Associate - Prevention of Violent Extremism  
Peppi-Anniina Väänänen, Rule of Law Associate Officer 

Regional Electoral Support

Najia Hashemee, Regional Electoral Policy Specialist
Osama Aljaber, Digital Democracy Specialist
Ghassen Selmi, Digital Transformation and Media Specialist
Mais Al-Atiat, Electoral Analyst
Sana Sharabati, Administrative Associate
Ban Kasto, Administrative Associate
Qusai Elamaireh, Administrative Officer  

Inclusive and Sustainable Growth and Development

Vito Intini, Regional lead Economist, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Finance Team Leader
Fekadu Terefe, Programme Specialist, Inclusive Growth and SD
Nada Nohra, Policy Specialist, Livelihood, and Economic recovery  
Akbar Durrani, Inclusive Growth Policy Specialist  
Rachel Beach, Regional Programme Specialist for the Arab States – UNDP Tax for SDGs and TIWB 
Shireen Alazzawi, Labor Economist and Microeconomist
Walid Merouani, Social Protection Expert and Microeconomist
Rania Uwaydah, Public Finance Management Expert
Simon Priollaud, Digital & Inclusive Finance Specialist  
Tarek Akel, Inclusive Finance Specialist 
Zafeirios Panagiotis TZANNATOS , Economic Adviser 
Taoufik Rajhi, Economic Adviser  

Climate Change, DRR and Resilience Team

Kishan Khoday, Regional Cluster Team Leader
Saliou Toure, Regional Technical Specialist – Energy
Stephen Gitonga, Programme Specialist, Energy
Douglas Webb, Health and Environment Advisor 
Denis Korchunov, Sustainable Energy Specialist
Min Htut Yin, Regional Technical Specialist – Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Amal Aldababseh,  Regional Specialist – Energy
Benjamin Basmaci, Regional Climate Change Specialist 
Abdallah Ahmed, Regional Climate Change Specialist
Vijay Kesari, Regional Specialist – Climate Change 
Aseel Omari, Regional Climate Change and Environment Support Officer
Manar Shehadeh, Regional Programme Associate – Environmental Finance
Lina Madadha, Regional Programme Associate – Environmental Finance
Ali Salam, Regional Procurement & Admin Analyst 
 

Gender

Rania Tarazi, Gender Team Leader
Shatha Mahmoud, Programme specialist on gender and inclusive economies
Daria Colella, Gender Specialist 

Health

Elfatih Abdelraheem, Policy Specialist; HIV, Health and Development

Innovation

Jennifer Colville, Regional Team Leader, Innovation

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
Lana Stade, Resilience and Solutions Specialist
Hala Abed Rabbo, Research Assistant
Murad Najim, Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst 

Country Programme Support

Noha Mohamed, Regional RBM & Evaluation Specialist 
Ghada Sous, Evaluation Analyst

Risk Management

Antoine Khoury, Senior Risk Management Advisor

Regional Operations

Operations and Resource Management – Amman Hub

Huda Khattab, Operations Manager

Operations

Laith Subehi , Administrative Analyst
Sara Al Zubi, Administrative & Operational Support Associate
Doa Alhadidi, Operations Associate
Hala Amarin, Operations Assistant

Finance

Samer Fakhury, Finance Analyst
Mahmoud Samadi, Finance Associate
Hania Dahleh, Finance Associate

Procurement

Hanan AbuBaker, Procurement Analyst
Abeer Awawdeh, Procurement Associate
Diana Al Shair, Procurement Associate
Lina Ibrahim, Procurement Assistant

Human resources

Safa Labib, Human Resource Analyst
Rania Dawoudi, Human Resource Associate
Qamar Shurbaji, Human Resources Assistant

Information & Communication Tech

Zaid Amarin, ICT Analyst
Ayman Dar Khalaf, ICT Associate

Support

Abubaker Abdelrazeq, Senior Driver
Hani Jad, Driver

Security

Marwan Naimatt, National Security Officer 

BMS

Khattab Abdullah Hamoud Saeed, Staff Counselor
Shehadeh Habash Chief, Chief Regional ACP 
Cedric Duval, Regional Procurement Specialist 
Christophe Lambert, Sub-Regional Security Specialist

Regional Programme

Paola Pagliani, Regional Programme Coordinator
Dany Wazen, Beirut Digital Transformation Specialist
Azzurra Olmeti, Regional Programme Associate  
Paul Seeman, Regional Digital Analyst 

Arab Human Development Report

Ellen Lavinia Hsu, Policy Analyst

Arab Knowledge Project

Hany Torky,  Chief Technical Specialist
Stephanie Boustany, Project & Research Analyst 
Anthony Fakhoury, Project and Research Analyst
Myriam Sadaka, Research Assistant
Myriam Ibrahim, Research Assistant

Anti-Corruption Corruption and Integrity in the Arab Countries

Arkan El-Seblani, Project Director & Chief Technical Advisor
Anouar Ben Khalifa, Technical Specialist
Sarah Dix, Technical Specialist
Haytham Yassine, Anti-Corruption Specialist
Ornella Najem, Coordination and Communications Officer
Yasmin Fadlallah, Project Assistant
Fatima Roumani, News and Media Analyst
Abdallah Abdallah, Legal Consultant

SDGs Climate Facility

Nora Isayan, Communication and Outreach Specialist

Youth Engagement & Empowerment Project – YEEP – Amman

Linda Haddad, Project Manager
Magda Janiszewska, Project Analyst
Aylin Schulz Van Endert, Project Specialist
Mahmoud Abdelqader, Project Assistant
Layal Wehbe, Project & Research Analyst

Regional Programme Management Support Unit

Maya Abi-Zeid, Programme Analyst (Monitoring, Reporting, and Knowledge Management)
Maya Beydoun, Project Management analyst
Ali Shraim, Finance and Administrative Officer
Tarek Abdelhadi, Management Support analyst
Judy Sbayti, Project Management Associate
Aiman Kcheich, Driver
Rita Sawaya, Operations Assistant 
Alissar Azzam, Operations Assistant
Karen Bakhos, Operations Assistant 
Mary Abi Mansour, Operations Assistant 
Hadi El Khoury, Operations Assistant 
Tala Masrieh, Operations Assistant