Mr. Peter Van Rooij is appointed as the New Director of the ILO Cairo Office
The ILO Director- General Guy Ryder has appointed Mr. Peter Van Rooij as the New Director of the ILO Cairo Office.
15 January 2015
CAIRO (ILO News) - Guy Ryder, the Director- General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), has appointed Peter Van Rooij as the new Director of ILO Decent Work Team for North Africa and ILO Country Office for Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan with effect from 15 January 2015.
Prior to his current assignment, Peter Van Rooij worked as Country Director of the ILO Jakarta Office responsible for Indonesia and Timor-leste since 2010. Since joining ILO in 1995, Mr. Peter Van Rooij has served in development projects and activities related to employment and microfinance and worked as Advisor to the Bureau for Employers’ Activities in Geneva.
Before joining the ILO, he worked as Field Implementation Officer at the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in Khartoum, Sudan.
Peter Van Rooij holds a Masters’ Degree in Economics from the Wageningen Agriculture University, Netherlands.
Prior to his current assignment, Peter Van Rooij worked as Country Director of the ILO Jakarta Office responsible for Indonesia and Timor-leste since 2010. Since joining ILO in 1995, Mr. Peter Van Rooij has served in development projects and activities related to employment and microfinance and worked as Advisor to the Bureau for Employers’ Activities in Geneva.
Before joining the ILO, he worked as Field Implementation Officer at the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in Khartoum, Sudan.
Peter Van Rooij holds a Masters’ Degree in Economics from the Wageningen Agriculture University, Netherlands.