IFES’ leadership in the field gathers professionals with firsthand experience administering elections in every region of the world. Our chiefs of party and country directors have worked across the public and private sector; they have authored texts on political finance, election technology and election management; and have been a part of such historic moments as South Sudan’s independence and the Arab Spring.

Africa

• Paul Anderson, Chief of Party, Tanzania
• John Issahaku, Election Management Specialist, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Serge Nanourou, Chief of Party, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Uloma Osuala, Deputy Chief of Party, Nigeria
• Stephen Snook, Chief of Party, Zimbabwe

The Americas

• Luis Fernando Chávez, Senior Electoral Processes Specialist, Guatemala
• Ana Cecilia Díaz, Acting Chief of Party, Guatemala
• Sophie Lagueny, Country Director, Haiti
• Lesley Richards, Deputy Chief of Party, Haiti 

Asia

• Shabir Ahmed, Senior Elections Advisor, Pakistan
• Oliver Green, Senior Electoral Management Advisor, Papua New Guinea
• Paul Guerin, Chief of Party, Myanmar
• Beverly G. Hagerdon, Chief of Party, Sri Lanka
• Robert David Irish, Deputy Chief of Party, Papua New Guinea
• Pascaline Krone, Deputy Chief of Party, Myanmar
• W. Paul Rowland, Chief of Party, Papua New Guinea
• Admira Salim, Country Director, Indonesia
• Ian Smith, Country Director, Nepal

Europe

• Yll Buleshkaj, Deputy Country Director, Kosovo
• Ioana Cosma, Chief of Party, Macedonia
• Peter Erben, Senior Global Electoral Adviser and Chief of Party, Ukraine
• George (Gio) Kobakhidze, Deputy Country Director, Ukraine
• Denys Kovryzhenko, Senior Legal Adviser, Ukraine
• Renata Levovski, Chief of Party, Kyrgyzstan
• Jérôme Leyraud, Chief of Party, Armenia
• Keti Maisuradze, Chief of Party, Georgia
• Nermin Nisic, Country Director, Kosovo
• Yuliya Shypilova, Senior Electoral Advisor, Ukraine

Middle East and North Africa

• Omar Fouad Abdalla, Deputy Country Director, Egypt
• Ahmad Jawed Habibi, Electoral Operations Manager, Iraq
• Niklas Kabel, Chief of Party, Libya
• Nicolas Kaczorowski, Country Director, Tunisia
• Vladimir Pran, Senior Technical Advisor, Syria
• Hermann Thiel, Country Director, Egypt
• Anna Wiktorowska, Chief of Party, Iraq
• Michael Yard, Senior Technical Advisor, Libya