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
Xenia Scheil-Adlung
Senior Health Policy Coordinator
Senior Health Policy Coordinator
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
Ursula Kulke
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Arab States
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Arab States
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
Aidi Hu
Senior Social Protection Specialist, East Asia
Senior Social Protection Specialist, East Asia
Pablo Casalí
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Santiago
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Santiago
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, Lusaka
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Lusaka
Dramane Batchabi
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Yaoundé
Senior Social Protection Specialist, Yaoundé
Veronika Wodsak
Social Security Expert
Social Security Expert
Andrés Acuña-Ulate
Social Security Actuary
Social Security Actuary
Kagisanyo Kelobang
Social Protection Analyst
Social Protection Analyst
Clara van Panhuys
Social Protection Officer
Social Protection Officer
Victoria Giroud-Castiella
Social Protection Officer
Social Protection Officer
Alexandre Landry
Actuary
Actuary
Stefan Urban
Social Security Actuary Officer
Social Security Actuary Officer
James Canonge
Social Protection Officer
Social Protection Officer
Maya Stern-Plaza
Legal Officer
Legal Officer
Ippei Tsuruga
Social Protection Officer
Social Protection Officer
Victorie Umuhire
Social Protection Policy Officer
Social Protection Policy Officer
Ekaterina Demushkina
Partnerships
Partnerships
Valeria Nesterenko
Social Protection Officer (Statisticial)
Social Protection Officer (Statisticial)
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
Nuno Tavares Martins
Social Protection Officer
Social Protection Officer
Joana Borges, Social Protection Officer, Cabo Verde
Rubén Vicente
Project Officer, Maputo
Project Officer, Maputo
Ratnawati Muyanto
National Project Coordinator, Indonesia
National Project Coordinator, Indonesia
Ranjit Prakash
Project Officer, Pakistan
Project Officer, Pakistan
Artiom Sici
Social Protection Officer, Moscow
Social Protection Officer, Moscow
José F. Ortiz Vindas
Social Protection Officer, San José
Social Protection Officer, San José
Alejandra Beccaria
Social Protection Officer, Buenos Aires
Social Protection Officer, Buenos Aires
Xavier Estupiñan
Social Protection Officer, Ecuador
Social Protection Officer, Ecuador
Kapasa, Mwenya
Lusaka
Lusaka
Shebbah Hamusimbi
Lusaka
Lusaka
Nuno Castro
Senior Programme Officer, Turin
Senior Programme Officer, Turin
Essodina Abalo
National Project Coordinator, Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)
National Project Coordinator, Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)
Rosa Benyounes
National Programme Officer, Cairo (Egypt)
National Programme Officer, Cairo (Egypt)
Sobir Aminov
National Coordinator, Dushanbe (Tajikistan)
National Coordinator, Dushanbe (Tajikistan)
Andre Felipe Bongestabs
National Project Officer, Dili (Timor Leste)
National Project Officer, Dili (Timor Leste)
Aly Cisse
CTA (ECOWAS), Abuja (Nigeria)
CTA (ECOWAS), Abuja (Nigeria)
Saad Gilani
Social Protection Specialist, Islamabad (Pakistan)
Social Protection Specialist, Islamabad (Pakistan)
Grace Monica Halim
Project Officer, Jakarta (Indonesia)
Project Officer, Jakarta (Indonesia)
Zhulieta Harasani
National Coordinator, Tirania (Albania)
National Coordinator, Tirania (Albania)
Florian Juergens
Social Protection Officer, Lilongwe (Malawi)
Social Protection Officer, Lilongwe (Malawi)
Ala Lipciu
National Coordinator, Chisinau (Moldova)
National Coordinator, Chisinau (Moldova)
Emil Krstanovsk
National Coordinator, Skopje (Macedonia)
National Coordinator, Skopje (Macedonia)
Hellen Magutu
National Programme Coordinator, Nairobi (Kenya)
National Programme Coordinator, Nairobi (Kenya)
Patience Matandiko
National Project Officer, Lusaka (Zambia)
National Project Officer, Lusaka (Zambia)
Denise Monteiro
UNSP National Project Coordinator, Maputo (Mozambique)
UNSP National Project Coordinator, Maputo (Mozambique)
Ratnawati Muyanto
Social Protection Officer, Surabaya (Indonesia)
Social Protection Officer, Surabaya (Indonesia)
Dampu N. Ndenzako
National Project Officer, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
National Project Officer, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Dat Nguyen Hai
Programme Officer, Hanoi (VietNam)
Programme Officer, Hanoi (VietNam)
Qingyi Li
National Programme Officer, Beijing (China)
National Programme Officer, Beijing (China)
Laura Norato Prieto
National Programme Officer, Bogotá (Colombia)
National Programme Officer, Bogotá (Colombia)
Seil Oh
Social Protection Officer, Bangkok (Thailand)
Social Protection Officer, Bangkok (Thailand)
Bolotbek Orokov
National Coordinator, Bishkek (Kyrgizstan)
National Coordinator, Bishkek (Kyrgizstan)
Khemphone Phaokhamkeo
Programme Officer, Bangkok (Thailand)
Programme Officer, Bangkok (Thailand)
Jovan Protic
National Coordinator, Belgrade (Servia)
National Coordinator, Belgrade (Servia)
Betina Ramirez Lopez
Social Protection Officer, Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
Social Protection Officer, Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
Sergiy Savchuk
National Coordinator, Kiev (Ukrainia)
National Coordinator, Kiev (Ukrainia)
Kazim Shuaib
Technical Officer, Islamabad (Pakistan)
Technical Officer, Islamabad (Pakistan)
Jittima Srisuknam
Programme Officer, Bangkok (Thailand)
Programme Officer, Bangkok (Thailand)
Lejla Tanovic
National Coordinator, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
National Coordinator, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Chet Thaochoo
Administrative and Programme Assistant, Bangkok (Thailand)
Administrative and Programme Assistant, Bangkok (Thailand)