
Staff list
Isabel Ortiz
Director
Director
The ILO Global Social Protection Team is based in multiple countries all over the world, with its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The team works with governments and workers' and employers' organizations in the extension of national social security systems and the design/implementation of social protection floors. The team provides technical, financial and legal advice, encourages social dialogue, collaborates through UN country teams and inter-agency initiatives, and shares and creates policy knowledge to make social protection a reality for all. Contact us: socpro@ilo.org
Valérie Schmitt
Deputy Director
Deputy Director
Christina Behrendt
Social Policy Unit
Social Policy Unit
Fabio Durán Valverde
Public Finance, Actuarial and Statistics Unit
Public Finance, Actuarial and Statistics Unit
Karuna Pal
Programming, Partnerships and Knowledge-sharing Unit
Programming, Partnerships and Knowledge-sharing Unit
André Picard
Actuarial Services Unit
Actuarial Services Unit
Markus Ruck
Senior Social Protection Specialist, South Asia
Senior Social Protection Specialist, South Asia
Sergio Velasco
Senior Social Protection Specialist
Senior Social Protection Specialist
Nuno Cunha
Senior Social Protection Specialist, East Asia & Pacific
Senior Social Protection Specialist, East Asia & Pacific
Kenichi Hirose
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Central and Eastern Europe
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Central and Eastern Europe
Helmut Schwarzer
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Mexico
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Mexico
Markov Kroum
Social Protection Policy Specialist
Social Protection Policy Specialist
Pablo Casalí
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Lima
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Lima
Guillermo Montt Armanet
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Santiago
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Santiago
Jasmina Papa Stubbs
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Moscow
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Moscow
Charles Crévier
Senior Social Security Specialist, ILO ITC, Turin
Senior Social Security Specialist, ILO ITC, Turin
Pascal Annycke
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Cairo
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Cairo
Luis Frota
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Pretoria
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Pretoria
Céline Peyron Bista
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Dakar
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Dakar
Ariel Pino
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Port of Spain
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Port of Spain
Luca Pellerano
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Beirut
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Beirut
Dramane Batchabi
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Yaoundé
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Yaoundé
Veronika Wodsak
Social Security Policy Expert
Social Security Policy Expert
Andrés Acuña-Ulate
Social Security Actuary
Social Security Actuary
Lou Tessier
Health Protection Specialist
Health Protection Specialist
Taneem Muzaffar
Public Finance Economist
Public Finance Economist
Kagisanyo Kelobang
Social Protection Analyst
Social Protection Analyst
Victoria Giroud-Castiella
Social Protection Officer
Social Protection Officer
Alexandre Landry
Actuary
Actuary
Stefan Urban
Social Security Actuary Officer
Social Security Actuary Officer
Maya Stern-Plaza
Legal Officer
Legal Officer
Ippei Tsuruga
Technical Officer, Bangkok
Technical Officer, Bangkok
Valeria Nesterenko
Social Protection Data Officer
Social Protection Data Officer
Zhiming Yu
Social Protection Data Officer
Social Protection Data Officer
Mira Bierbaum
JPO Technical Officer
JPO Technical Officer
Luis Cotinguiba
Social Protection Officer
Social Protection Officer
Margaret Antosik
Assistant
Assistant
José Tossa
Administrative and Finance Assistant
Administrative and Finance Assistant
María José Escriche-Herbert
Assistant
Assistant
Sandrine Baronetti
Assistant
Assistant
Bénédicte Desvignes
Assistant
Assistant
Malika Ok
Project Officer, Cambodia
Project Officer, Cambodia
Joana Borges, Social Protection Officer, Cabo Verde
Rubén Vicente
Project Officer, Maputo
Project Officer, Maputo
James Canonge
Technical Officer, Lusaka
Technical Officer, Lusaka
Victorie Umuhire
Technical Officer, Dar es Salaam
Technical Officer, Dar es Salaam
Ranjit Prakash
Project Officer, New Delhi
Project Officer, New Delhi
José F. Ortiz Vindas
Social Protection Officer, San José
Social Protection Officer, San José
Kapasa, Mwenya
Lusaka
Lusaka
Shebbah Hamusimbi
Lusaka
Lusaka
Nuno Castro
Senior Programme Officer, Lisbon
Senior Programme Officer, Lisbon
Essodina Abalo
National Expert, Abidjan
National Expert, Abidjan
Rosa Benyounes
National Programme Officer, Cairo
National Programme Officer, Cairo
Sobir Aminov
National Coordinator, Dushanbe
National Coordinator, Dushanbe
Andre Felipe Bongestabs
Technical Officer, Lilongwe
Technical Officer, Lilongwe
Saad Gilani
Project Manager, Mogadiscio
Project Manager, Mogadiscio
Zhulieta Harasani
National Coordinator, Tirania
National Coordinator, Tirania
Ala Lipciu
National Coordinator, Chisinau
National Coordinator, Chisinau
Emil Krstanovsk
National Coordinator, Skopje
National Coordinator, Skopje
Patience Matandiko
National Project Officer, Lusaka
National Project Officer, Lusaka
Denise Monteiro
UNSP National Project Coordinator, Maputo
UNSP National Project Coordinator, Maputo
Dampu N. Ndenzako
National Project Officer, Dar es Salaam
National Project Officer, Dar es Salaam
Dat Nguyen Hai
Programme Officer, Hanoi
Programme Officer, Hanoi
Qingyi Li
National Programme Officer, Beijing
National Programme Officer, Beijing
Bolotbek Orokov
National Coordinator, Bishkek
National Coordinator, Bishkek
Khemphone Phaokhamkeo
Programme Officer, Vientiane
Programme Officer, Vientiane
Jovan Protic
National Coordinator, Belgrade (Servia)
National Coordinator, Belgrade (Servia)
Betina Ramirez Lopez
Social Protection Officer, Hanoi
Social Protection Officer, Hanoi
Sergiy Savchuk
National Coordinator, Kiev
National Coordinator, Kiev
Kazim Shuaib
Technical Officer, Peshawar
Technical Officer, Peshawar
Jittima Srisuknam
Programme Officer, Bangkok
Programme Officer, Bangkok
Lejla Tanovic
National Coordinator, Sarajevo
National Coordinator, Sarajevo
Chet Thaochoo
Administrative and Programme Assistant, Bangkok
Administrative and Programme Assistant, Bangkok