Field Leadership
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ leadership in the field gathers professionals with firsthand experience administering elections in every region of the world. Our country directors have worked across the public and private sectors; 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
- Rakeb Abate, Country Director, Ethiopia
- Paul Anderson, Country Director, Tanzania
- Theophilus Dowetin, Election Systems Adviser, Niger
- Seray Jah, Deputy Country Director, Nigeria
- C.A. Lamin Lighe, Election Management Adviser, Gambia
- Nicholas Matatu, Country Director, Burkina Faso
- Adele Ravidà, Country Director, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Americas
- Sophie Lagueny, Country Director, Haiti
- Alessandra Rossi, Country Director, Guatemala
Asia-Pacific
- Shabir Ahmed, Country Director, Pakistan
- Oliver Green, Senior Electoral Management Adviser, Papua New Guinea
- Paul Guerin, Senior Country Director, Southeast Asia
- Robert David Irish, Deputy Country Director, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands
- Pascaline Krone, Country Director, Nepal
- Lasanthi Daskon, Deputy Country Director, Sri Lanka
- Silja Paasilinna, Country Director, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
- Radhika Regmi Pokharel, Deputy Country Director, Nepal
- W. Paul Rowland, Country Director, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands
- Admira Salim, Country Director, Indonesia
- Fauzia Tariq, Senior Gender Adviser, Pakistan
Europe and Eurasia
- Meredith Applegate, Program Adviser, Ukraine
- Ioana Cosma, Country Director, North Macedonia
- Peter Erben, Senior Global Electoral Adviser and Senior Country Director, Ukraine
- Harald Hartvig Jepsen, International Senior Adviser, Ukraine
- George (Gio) Kobakhidze, Deputy Country Director, Ukraine
- Denys Kovryzhenko, Senior Legal Adviser, Ukraine
- Renata Levovski, Country Director, Kyrgyzstan
- Jérôme Leyraud, Country Director, Armenia
- Keti Maisuradze, Country Director, Georgia
- Dr. Magnus Ohman, Director, Regional Europe Office and Senior Political Finance Adviser
Middle East and North Africa
- Nicolas Kaczorowski, Country Director, Tunisia
- Vladimir Pran, Senior Technical Adviser, Syria
- Ian Smith, Country Director, Libya
- Anna Wiktorowska, Country Director, Iraq
- Michael Yard, Senior Technical Adviser, Libya