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Staff list of the ILO Regional Office for Arab States

Regional Management 

Ms. Ruba Jaradat  Regional Director
Mr. Peter Johan Rademaker Deputy Regional Director 
& Director Decent Work Technical Support Team for Arab States
Ms. Madonna HayekExecutive Assistant to Regional Director

Regional Administrative Services Unit

Ms. Laura Siegrist Fouche          Chief, Regional Administrative Services                                                   
Mr. Mohamad Karaki Regional Security Officer
Ms. Saydeh Bou SawmaSenior Administrative and Finance Officer
Ms. Mirna ChmounySenior Information Technology Assistant
Mr. Tsolag TorossianSenior Finance Assistant
Ms. Penelope ShawkatlyOperations Assistant
Mr. Jaafar KarakiFinance Assistant
Mr. Kamal ArzouniSenior Driver
Mr. Hadi Hassan KhazemMessenger
Mr. Mohammad Abdul MonnanAdmin Clerk


 

Regional HR Unit

Ms. Rita Khairallah            Regional Coordinator for Human Resources                       
Ms. Tania MassadHuman Resources Officer
Ms. Mayssam Al KharratSenior Human Resources Assistant


 

Regional Programme Service Unit

Mr. Redha Ameur          Chief, Regional Programming Services                     
Ms. Nathalie BavitchUN Coherence and Partnerships Officer
Ms. Joumana KarameSenior Programme Officer
Mr. Vitalii El-DaniProgramme Officer
Mr. Toni Ayrouth Programme Officer
Ms. Hiba Al RifaiMonitoring and Evaluation Officer
Ms. Feryal Jabbour Operations Assistant
Mr. Bachar AbdallahProgramme Assistant

Regional Communication & Public Information Unit

Ms. Salwa Kanaana          Regional Communication & Public Information Officer       
Ms. Layal Abou AntounCommunication and Information Management Assistant

Decent Work Technical Support Team 

Mr. Ryszard Cholewinski                            Senior Specialist, Migration
Mr. Luca PelleranoSenior Specialist, Social Security
Mr. Mustafa SaidSenior Specialist, Workers' Activities
Mr. Jose Manuel Medina ChecaSenior Specialist, Employers' Activities
Ms. Mette Grangaard LundJust Transitions Specialist 
Ms. Aya MatsuuraSenior Specialist on Gender Equality and Non Discrimination
Mr. Amin Al-WreidatSpecialist, Labour Inspection and OSH
Ms. Badra AlawaSpecialist, Enterprise Development
Ms. Aya JaafarLabour Economist
Ms. Grace EidLabour Statistician
Ms. Najiyah MenassaExecutive Assistant to Director
Ms. Dina El HasrouniOperations Assistant
Mr. Moussa Toufaily Operations Assistant



 Field Offices

ILO - Kuwait

Ms. Dina El BeheriAdministrative Assistant

ILO - Jerusalem

Ms. Frida Khan             ILO Representative in Jerusalem                                
Ms. Rasha El ShurafaSenior Programme Officer
Ms. Dalal Abu SalehOperations Assistant
Mr. Zaki AsfourSenior Driver

ILO - Yemen

Mr. Ali Dehaq          Senior Programme Officer                             

ILO - Syria

Mr. Tomoki Watanabe      Syria Country Coordinator                                                    

ILO - Qatar

Mr. Max Tunon   Chief Technical Adviser                         

ILO - Iraq

Ms. Maha Kattaa                                          Senior Resilience/Crisis Response Specialist & ILO Iraq Country Coordinator