Staff list

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 Hayek Executive 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 Sawma Senior Administrative and Finance Officer
Ms. Mirna Chmouny Senior Information Technology Assistant
Mr. Tsolag Torossian Senior Finance Assistant
Ms. Penelope Shawkatly Office Support Assistant
Mr. Jaafar Karaki Finance Assistant
Mr. Kamal Arzouni Senior Driver
Mr. Hadi Hassan Khazem Messenger
Mr. Mohammad Abdul Monnan Admin Clerk

Regional HR Unit

Ms. Rita Khairallah             Regional Coordinator for Human Resources                       
Ms. Tania Massad Senior Human Resources Assistant
Ms. Mayssam Al Kharrat Senior Human Resources Assistant

Regional Programme Service Unit

Mr. Redha Ameur           Chief, Regional Programming Services                     
Ms. Nathalie Bavitch UN Coherence and Partnerships Officer
Ms. Joumana Karame Senior Programme Officer
Mr. Vitalii El-Dani Programme Officer
Mr. Toni Ayrouth  Programme Officer
Ms. Hiba Al Rifai Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Mr. Moussa Toufaily Programme Assistant
Ms. Feryal Jabbour  Operations Assistant
Mr. Bachar Abdallah Programme Assistant

Regional Communication & Public Information Unit

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

Decent Work Technical Support Team 

Mr. Ryszard Cholewinski                             Senior Specialist, Migration
Mr. Luca Pellerano Senior Specialist, Social Security
Mr. Mustafa Said Senior Specialist, Workers' Activities
Mr. Jose Manuel Medina Checa Senior Specialist, Employers' Activities
Mr. Amin Al-Wreidat Specialist, Labour Inspection and OSH
Ms. Badra Alawa Specialist, Enterprise Development
Ms. Najiyah Menassa Executive Assistant to Director
Ms. Dina El Hasrouni Operations Assistant

RESA Unit

 
Mr. Tariq Haq Senior Employment Policy Specialist and Head of Regional Economic and Social Analysis Unit
Ms. Aya Jaafar Labour Economist
Ms. Grace Eid Labour Statistician


Field Offices

ILO - Kuwait

Mr. Jaber Alali          Kuwait Country Coordinator                           
Ms. Dina El Beheri Administrative Assistant

ILO - Jerusalem

Ms. Frida Khan              ILO Representative in Jerusalem                                
Ms. Rasha El Shurafa Senior Programme Officer
Ms. Dalal Abu Saleh Operations Assistant
Mr. Zaki Asfour Senior 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