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
• Serge Nanourou, Chief of Party, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Uloma Osuala, Chief of Party, Nigeria
• Stephen Snook, Chief of Party, Zimbabwe

Americas

• Luis Fernando Chávez, Senior Electoral Processes Specialist, Guatemala and El Salvador
• Sophie Lagueny, Country Director, Haiti
• Lesley Richards, Deputy Chief of Party, Haiti 
• Alessandra Rossi, Resident Director, Guatemala

Asia-Pacific

• 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
• Pascaline Krone, Deputy Chief of Party, Myanmar
• Radhika Regmi Pokharel, Deputy Country Director, Nepal
• W. Paul Rowland, Chief of Party, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands
• Admira Salim, Country Director, Indonesia
• Ian Smith, Country Director, Nepal

Europe and Eurasia

• 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
• 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