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

Partnerships and Communications Team

Alessandro Mrakic, Senior Partnerships Adviser
Noeman Alsayyad, Strategic Communications Adviser
Mohammad Allahou, Private Sector Partnership Specialist
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

Regional Hub in Amman

Management

Susanne Dam-Hansen, Regional Hub Manager a.i

Country Programme Support

Noha Mohamed, Regional RBM & Evaluation Specialist 

Risk Management

Antoine Khoury, Senior Risk Management Advisor

Programme & Policy Support

Environment and Energy Team

Thomas Pitaud, Regional Team Leader a.i 

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 Programme

Sylvain Merlen, Regional Programme Coordinator a.i.

Regional Operations

Operations and Resource Management – Amman Hub

Huda Khattab, Operations Manager