Staff and Offices
IWPR employs a range of staff to support our activities, with skills in programme, finance, development, journalism and editorial, new media and other functions essential to our success. Small central teams in London and Washington, D.C., support the large majority of our personnel who are national hires based in our countries of programme operation.
Abakhon Sultonnazarov
Central Asia Programme Director
Akbota Sheriyazdan
Go Viral Project Manager, Central Asia
Alan Davis
Asia & Eurasia Director
Alireza Eshraghi
Director of Programmes
Angela Conroy
Global HR Director
Anne Benda
Middle East, North Africa, & South Asia Project Officer
Anthony Borden
IWPR Executive Director
US & NL Governance Committees; Finance Committee; Nominations Committee
Ayan Oryntay
Project Manager
Aziza Mukhametova
Project Manager
Beka Bajelidze
Caucasus Regional Director
Carolina Méndez Valencia
Organisational Development Manager
Caroline Preece
HR Specialist
Carrie Benis
International Compliance Manager
Cecilia Gandarilla
Digital Manager for Social Movements
Cecilia Ruberto
Principal Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Manager
Dahlia Khoury
Syria Country Director
Daniella Peled
Managing Editor
Dhaniella Falk
Latin America & the Caribbean Programme Director
Edmalynne Remillano
Project Assistant
Elvira Durglishvili
Finance Manager
Flavio Santos
Finance Officer
Gabriela Brenes
Training & Media Development Manager
Gehan Fernando
Head of Programme Finance
Handa Chuluunbaatar
HR Systems & Benefits Coordinator
Jefferson Rodríguez Olivares
Certified Public Accountant
José Luis Benítez
CAPIR Project Manager
Len Daniel
Finance & Administration Manager
Lola Kholikjanova-Olimova
Central Asia Editor & Project Manager, Tajikistan
Maftuna Abdugaffrova
GoViral Country Ambassador, Uzbekistan
Manal Moussa
Operations Manager
Merdijana Sadović
Senior Project Manager
Monica Ellena
Eurasia editor
Naidelyn Sibaja
Research and M&E Analyst
Nino Pachuashvili
Country Coordinator, Georgia
Olga Golovina
Editorial Coordinator
Reza H. Akbari
Middle East, North Africa, & South Asia Program Manager
Rorie Fajardo-Jarilla
Asia Programme Coordinator & Philippines Country Director
Sarah Willis
Finance Director
Seth Meixner
Middle East & North Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean Regional Director
Srđan Pajić
Designer & Website Manager
Stephen Ramsey
Chief Operating Officer
Tamar Kapanadze
Project Coordinator
Tanya Hassan
Global Director of Development
Thomas Baker
Associate Regional Director
Vonda Wolcott
Senior Project Manager
Waheed Hanware
Finance Business Partner
Yhiba Carmichael-Ginindza
Recruitment & HR Advisor
