Staff List

• Office of the Executive Secretary
• Administration, Finance and Conference Services
• Scientific and Policy Support
• Mainstreaming, Cooperation & Outreach Support
• Implementation Support

Office of the Executive Secretary

Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer
Executive Secretary

  ailis.rego@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8710

Ms. Ailis Rego

Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary

  florence.blot@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7020

Ms. Florence Blot

Senior Staff Assistant

  david.cooper@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8709 Mr. David Cooper
Deputy Executive Secretary

  worku.yifru@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7006 Mr. Worku Damena Yifru
Senior Legal Officer

  robert.hoft@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7028 Mr. Robert Höft
Acting Senior Programme Officer, Scientific Assessment

  lijie.cai@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7016 Mr. Lijie Cai
Programme Officer, National Reports

  monique.chiasson@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7019 Ms. Monique Chiasson
Programme Assistant, National Reports

  kieran.mooney@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8721 Mr. Kieran Noonan Mooney
Programme Assistant

  maria.crespo@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7040 Ms. Maria Ofelia Crespo
Programme Assistant

  anastasia.beliaeva@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8713 Ms. Anastasia Beliaeva
Information Assistant

  gudrun.fosse@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7004 Ms. Gudrun Fosse
Head of Division

  ide.ahmed@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7024 Mr. Ide Ahmed
Budget and Finance Officer

  orestes.plasencia@cbd.int
 +1-514-287-7051 Mr. Orestes Plasencia
Editor

  martine.christin@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6687 Ms. Martine Christin
Finance and Budget Officer

  paulo.tagliari@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7046 Mr. Paulo Tagliari Silva
Meeting Services Officer

  jacinta.mukui@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7010 Ms. Jacinta Mukui
Administrative Officer

  veronique.lefebvre@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7044 Ms. Veronique Lefebvre
Editorial Assistant

  ruth.alum@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7005 Ms. Ruth Alum
Finance Assistant

  nader.ibrahim@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8724 Mr. Nader Ibrahim
Meeting Services Assistant

  tatiana.zavarzina@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7023 Ms. Tatiana Zavarzina
Documents Assistant

  nada.alsaheb@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8716 Ms. Nada Al Saheb
Travel Assistant

  lisa.pedicelli@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7058 Ms. Lisa Pedicelli
Meetings Service Assistant

  teresa.mazza@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8719 Ms. Teresa Mazza
Administrative Assistant

  lynda.piscopo@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8723 Ms. Lynda Piscopo
Administrative Assistant

  giovanna.sabatini@cbd.int
 +1 514 764 6360 Ms. Giovanna Sabatini
Travel Assistant

  gloria.alexandre@cbd.int
 +1 514 288 0917 Ms. Gloria Alexandre
Administrative Assistant

  gianina.delcarpio@cbd.int
 +1 514 764 6342 Ms. Gianina Del Carpio
Administrative Assistant

  paula.azevedo@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7053 Ms. Paula Azevedo
Administrative Assistant

  xuehe.yan@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8712 Ms. Angela Xue He Yan
Finance Assistant

  nicolas.diallo@cbd.int
 +1 514 764 6363 Mr. Nicolas Diallo
Finance Assistant

  lahcene.rekik@cbd.int
 +1 514 288 2403 Mr. Lahcene Rekik
Administrative Clerk

  hai.li@cbd.int
 +1 514 288 2220 Mr. Hai, Li
Team Assistant

Scientific and Policy Support

  alexander.shestakov@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7003 Mr. Alexander Shestakov
Head of Division

  valerie.normand@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7033 Ms. Valérie Normand
Senior Programme Officer, Access & Benefit Sharing

  sarat.gidda@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7026 Mr. Sarat Babu Gidda
Senior Programme Management Officer, Conservation and Sustainable Use

  john.scott@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7042 Mr. John Scott
Acting Senior Programme Officer, Traditional Knowledge

  jihyun.lee@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7035 Ms Jihyun Lee
Environment Affairs Officer, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity

  junko.shimura@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8706 Ms. Junko Shimura
Programme Officer, Taxonomy and Invasive Alien Species

  catalina.santamaria@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6673 Ms. Catalina Santamaria
Programme Officer, Forests

  manoela.miranda@cbd.int
 +1-514-287 8703 Ms. Manoela Pessoa de Miranda
Acting Senior Programme Officer, Biosafety and Biosecurity

  kathryn.garforth@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7030 Ms. Kathryn Garforth
Programme Officer

  matthew.dias@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6682 Mr. Matthew Dias
Information Management Officer

  peter.deupmann@cbd.int
 +1 514 764 6365 Mr. Peter Deupmann
Legal Officer

  kristina.taboulchanas@cbd.int
 +1 514 764 6347 Ms. Kristina Taboulchanas
Programme Management Officer

  beatriz.gomez@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6686 Ms. Beatriz Gómez-Castro
Associate Programme Officer

  marianela.araya@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7029 Ms. Marianela Araya
Programme Management Officer

  ulrika.nilsson@cbd.int
 +1-514 287 8720 Ms. Ulrika Nilsson
Associate Public Information Officer

  joseph.appiott@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6683 Mr. Joseph Appiott
Associate Programme Officer

  djessy.monnier@cbd.int
 +1 514 288 4712 Mr. Djessy Monnier
Programme Assistant 8J

  johany.martinez@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7052 Ms. Johany Martinez
Programme Assistant

  jacqueline.grekin@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8705 Ms. Jacqueline Grekin
Programme Assistant

  lisa.janishevski@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7013 Ms. Lisa Janishevski
Acting Programme Management Officer

  annie.cung@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7045 Ms. Annie Cung
Programme Assistant

  paola.scarone@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8702 Ms. Paola Scarone
Programme Assistant

  regina.kipper@cbd.int
 +1 514 764 6357 Ms. Regina Kipper
Programme Assistant

  veronique.allain@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7056 Ms. Véronique Allain
Staff Assistant

  melissa.willey@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6689 Ms. Melissa Willey
Administrative Assistant

Mainstreaming, Cooperation & Outreach Support

  amy.fraenkel@cbd.int
 +1 514 764 6343 Ms. Amy Ann Fraenkel
Head of Division

  markus.lehmann@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8711 Mr. Markus Lehmann
Senior Programme Management Officer

  neil.pratt@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7007 Mr. Neil Pratt
Senior Environmental Affairs Officer

  yibin.xiang@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7017 Mr. Yibin Xiang
Programme Analyst

  nandhini.krishna@cbd.int
 +1 917 367 2806 Ms. Nandhini Krishna
Liaison Officer, United Nations (CBD & UNCCD)

  david.ainsworth@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7025 Mr. David Ainsworth
Information Officer

  oliver.hillel@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7009 Mr. Oliver Hillel
Programme Officer, Sustainable Use, Tourism and Island Biodiversity

  tanya.mcgregor@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6677 Ms. Tanya McGregor
Programme Officer Gender

  johan.hedlund@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6670 Mr. Johan Hedlund
Associate Information Officer

  chantal.robichaud@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7039 Ms. Chantal Robichaud
Associate Programme Management Officer

  gordana.dosen@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7014 Ms. Gordana Dosen
Programme Assistant, Economics

  franca.damico@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7011 Ms. Franca D'Amico
Programme Assistant

  mateusz.banski@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6676 Mr. Mateusz Banski
Programme Assistant

  christine.estrada@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6688 Ms. Christine Estrada
Programme Assistant

  dildora.ibragimova@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7015 Ms. Dildora Ibragimova
Staff Assistant

  frederika.teixeira@cbd.int
 +1 917 367 2806 Ms. Frederika Teixeira
Staff Assistant, United Nations (CBD & UNCCD)

Implementation Support

  jyoti.mathur-filipp@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7018 Ms. Jyoti Mathur-Filipp
Head of Division

  wataru.suzuki@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7054 Mr. Wataru Suzuki
Global Coordinator

  erie.tamale@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7050 Mr. Erie Tamale
Acting Senior Programme Officer, Capacity-building and Outreach

  nadine.saad@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7027 Ms. Nadine Saad
Programme Officer

  nicolaas.vanderwerf@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8718 Mr. Nicolaas Van Der Werf
Programme Officer

  camillo.ponziani@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7041 Mr. Camillo Ponziani
Programme Officer

  quang.nguyen@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7059 Mr. Quang Nguyen
Computer Systems Officer

  frederic.vogel@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7047 Mr Frédéric Vogel
Information Systems Officer

  alexandre.rafalovitch@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7048 Mr. Alexandre Rafalovitch
Website Officer

  kata.koppel@cbd.int
 +1 514 764 6345 Ms. Kata Koppel
Documentation Officer

  stephane.bilodeau@cbd.int
 +1514 287 6678 Mr. Stéphane Bilodeau
Associate Information Systems Officer

  blaise.fonseca@cbd.int
 +1 514 764 6354 Mr. Blaise Fonseca
Associate Information Systems Officer

  randy.houlahan@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6684 Mr. Randy Houlahan
Associate Information Technology Officer

  makiko.yanagiya@cbd.int
 +1 514 288 4352 Ms. Makiko Yanagiya
Junior Programme Officer

  sandra.meehan@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7008 Ms. Sandra Meehan
Programme Assistant, Web Content

  vince.gopez@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7000 Mr. Vincent Gopez
Information System Assistant

  nancy.liang@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7055 Ms. Nancy Liang
Information Technology Assistant

  gisela.talamas@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6690 Ms. Gisela Talamas
Programme Assistant

  maroun.abichahine@cbd.int
 +1 514 288 0142 Mr. Maroun Abi-Chahine
Programme Assistant

  claudia.paguaga@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 6698 Ms. Claudia Paguaga
Programme Assistant

  claire.parois@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 7034 Ms. Claire Parois
Programme Assistant

  lydia.zemke@cbd.int
 +1 514 764 6349 Ms. Lydia Zemke
Staff Assistant

  laura.allain@cbd.int
 +1 514 287 8708 Ms. Laura Allain
Information Clerk