UNHCR HEADQUARTERS
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
(GENEVA, BUDAPEST, COPENHAGEN)
ODMS, 1 January 2016
High Commissioner
Filippo Grandi
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Geneva
Executive Office of the High Commissioner (Athar Sultan-Khan, Chef de Cabinet)
Policy Development and Evaluation Service (Ewen MacLeod)
Office of the Inspector General (Claire Bourgeois, a.i)
Ethics Office (Nemia Temporal)
Liaison Office in New York (Ninette Kelley)
GSC Budapest
GSC Copenhagen
Deputy High Commissioner
Kelly T. Clements
- Organizational Development and Management Service (Dominik Bartsch as of 18
January 2016, a.i Anne-Marie Deutschlander)
- Legal Affairs Service (Frits Bontekoe)
- Ombudsman’s Office (Tahiana Andriamasomanana)
- Entreprise Risk Management (Arman Harutyunyan)
- UNHCR Innovation (Olivier Delarue)
- Management Unit of the Global Service Centre in Budapest (Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor)
Division of External Relations
(DER)
Daniel Endres
- Office of the Director
- Donor Relations & Resource Mobilization
Service (Dona Tarpey)
- Communications and Public Information
Service (Melissa Fleming)
- Inter-Agency Coordination Service
(Arafat Jamal)
- Governance and Partnership Service
(Johan Cells)
- Events, Campaigns and Goodwill
Ambassadors Section (Leigh Foster) –
This Section also has positions located in GSC Copenhagen
- Strategic Communication Section
(Jennifer Pagonis) – This Section also has positions
located in GSC Copenhagen
- Records and Archives Section
(Montserrat Canela Garayoa)
In GSC Copenhagen:
- Private Sector Fundraising Service
(Christian Schaake)
- Digital Engagement Section (Mike Walton)
Division of Human Resources Management
(DHRM)
Karen Farkas
- Office of the Director
Director covers:
- HR Policy & Planning Service (Arnab Roy)
- Staff Health and Welfare Service (Ling Kituyi)
- Assigments & Career Management Service
(Julia Schtivelman-Watt)
- Assignment and Promotion Section
(Anita George)
- HQ Compensation Unit (Francesca La Spada)
In GSC Budapest:
- Global Learning Centre
(Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor)
- HR Staff Services (Lorenzo Pasquali)
- Career Management Support Section
(Georgina Berrow)
- Post Classification Unit (Anousheh M. Farid)
- Promotions Unit
Deputy Director (Salvatore Lombardo, a.i) covers:
- Strategic & Transformative HR Service
In GSC Budapest:
- Talent Outreach and Acquisition Section
(John Thomas)
Division of Financial and Administrative
Management (DFAM)
Linda Ryan
- Office of the Controller
- Implementing Partnership Management
Service (Fatima Sherif-Nor) (1)
- MSRP Upgrade Project (Nhan Tran Nguyen)
Vora Paloma (just appointed) Deputy Director
(Budget)/Solange Senaize, acting Head covers:
- Programme Budget Service (1)
Karl-Ludwig Soll, Deputy Director (Finance)
covers:
- Treasury Section (Carmen Hett) (1)
- General Services Section (Rodney Elbro)
In GSC Budapest:
- Accounts and Financial Service (Mija Jeon)
(1) These Service and Section also have positions located in
GSC Budapest
Division of Information Systems and
Telecommunications
(DIST)
Doug Greene
- Office of the CIO and Director
- ICT Business Relationship Management
Service (Katia Saenko)
- ICT Customer Support Service (Ian Bennett)
In GSC Budapest:
- ICT Services Development and Support
Section (Z.Smailagic)
Assistant High Commissioner (Protection)
Volker Türk
Division of International
Protection
(DIP)
Carol Batchelor
- Office of the Director
- Policy and Law Janice Marshall Deputy
Director covers: Protection Policy and Legal
Advice, Protection Information, Resettlement,
RSD, Asylum Migration, Protection and National
Security, Human Rights
- Protection Operational Support Louise Aubin
Deputy Director covers: Global Protection
Cluster, Internally Displaced Persons,
Protection Support, Statelessness
- Comprehensive Solutions Preeta Law acting
Deputy Director covers: Comprehensive
Solutions Support, Community-Based
Protection, Child Protection, Gender Equality,
Education, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence,
Resource Management Unit)
Assistant High Commissioner (Operations)
George Okoth-Obbo
Division of Programme Support and Management
(DPSM)
Steven Corliss
- Office of the Director
Henrik Nordentoft, Deputy Director covers:
- Programme Analysis & Support Section
(Matthew Brook)
- Joint DPSM-DIST Project Team in GSC
Copenhagen (ProGress in Partnership and BIMS)
Paul Spiegel Deputy Director covers:
- Public Health Section (Marian Schilperoord)
- Operational Solutions & Transition Section
(Betsy Lippman)
- Shelter & Settlement Section
(Shaun Scales – acting Chief)
- Cash-Based Interventions Section
(Waheed Lor Mehdiabadi)
in GSC Copenhagen
Deputy Director (vacant) covers:
- Field Information & Coordination Support Section
(Kim Robinson)
- Identity Management & Registration Section
(Andrew Hopkins)
- Office of the Director
- Emergency Services
(Roberto Mignone - Standby Team
Partnership & Deployments
Felipe Camargo – Standby Team
Contingency & Preparedness )
- Field Security Service (Michael Dell’ Amico)
In GSC Budapest:
- Procurement Service (Stephen Ingles)
- Supply Management Logistics Service
(Vicente Escribano)
Regional Bureau for Africa
Director Valentin Tapsoba
Deputy Directors:
Millicent Mutuli (West Africa & Great Lakes)
Noriko Yoshida (Southern Africa)
Ann Encontre (East & Horn of Africa)
Regional Bureau for Europe
Director’s Office in Brussels &
Regional Refugee Coordinator
for the refugee crisis in Europe
Vincent Cochetel
Deputy Director in Geneva and support to RRC for
the refugee crisis in Europe: Diane Goodman
Regional Bureau for the Americas
Director Renata Dubini
In ICT Service Centre Amman:
- ICT Operations Service (Lucio Pascarelli)
Other locations:
- ICT Service Hub Kuala Lumpur
- ICT Service Hub Panama
Division of Emergency, Security and Supply
(DESS)
Terry Morel
Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
Director Daisy Dell
Deputy Directors:
Josefa Ojano (South-East Asia, South Asia.
East Asia, Pacific)
Ayaki Ito (South-West Asia, Central Asia)
Regional Bureau for the Middle East
and North Africa
Director & Regional Refugee Coordinator
for Syria situation
Amin Awad based in Amman, Jordan
Deputy Directors:
Robin Ellis based in Amman covering Syria
situation
Shoko Shimozawa based in Geneva covering
Middle East and North Africa excluding Syria
situation
- Talent Outreach and Acquisition Section
(John Thomas)
Ayaki Ito (South-West Asia, Central Asia)
situation