Headquarters
The Headquarters are located in Paris. The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) is placed under the authority of the Director General of the WOAH, appointed by secret ballot by vote of the World Assembly of Delegates.
Headquarters Agreement between the Government of the Republic of France and the OIE
The Headquarters are located in Paris. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is placed under the authority of the Director General of the OIE, appointed by secret ballot by vote of the World Assembly of Delegates.
Dr. Monique Eloit was elected at the 83rd General Session in May 2015 for a first term of five years. She has assumed the role of Director General since 1 January 2016.
The Headquarters implement and coordinate activities such as disease information, technical cooperation and scientific activities, which the World Assembly of Delegates has decided upon.
Furthermore, the Headquarters provides the secretariat for the annual General Session of the Assembly, meetings of the Council and the Commissions as well as technical meetings organised by the WOAH (founded as OIE); assistance is also given by the Headquarters to the secretariat of regional and specialised conferences. Since 1990 it also has a Documentation Centre of a great scientific value.

Organisation chart
Directorate General | |
Monique Eloit | Director General |
François Caya | Chief of Staff |
Isabelle Cusin | Directorate Secretary |
Romano Marabelli | Advisor to the Director General |
Engagement and Investment Department | |
Emily Tagliaro | Head of the Engagement and Investment Department |
Ingrid Contreras Arias | Project Officer |
Lydia Greve | Project Officer |
Liana Mehring | Resource Mobilisation and Grants Management Officer |
Mwenecho Yohane Soko | Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer |
Alice Pineau | Project Officer |
Digital Transformation & Information Systems Department | |
Audrey Thery | Head of the Digital Transformation & Information Systems Department |
Emmanuel Owusu Appiah | Data Analyst |
Ibrahima Ba | Data Cleansing and Integrity Officer |
Cyrille Boonefaes | Webmaster / Web Integrator |
Marion Daché | Information System Projects Portfolio Manager |
Amna Kooli | IT Project Manager |
Paulina Iliana López Gutiérrez | Low code no code Officer |
Abdoul Aziz Salissou Mayana | Infrastructure and workstation Manager |
Communication Department | |
Gerrit Beger | Head of the Communication Department |
Camilla Caraccio | Communications Officer (emergencies and resilience) |
Lucia Escati | Communications Manager – Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and regional communications |
Yael Farhi | Communications Manager – Editorial and Media |
Olive Nontuthuko Keamogetse Ncube | Trilingual Secretary |
Elise Pierrat | Communications Officer – Animal diseases and Zoonoses |
Gabriel Reyes | Digital Communications Officer |
Sarah Sullivan | Communications Officer |
Antonia Wong | Digital Marketing & Data Officer |
Ana Paula Zaleta Pinet | Communications Manager – Digital and Marketing |
Performance management and internal control Unit | |
Stéphanie Frehel | Head of the Performance management and internal control Unit |
Thomas Hyndrak | Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer |
Directorate of Administration | |
Andréa Rivera Valdez | Procurement Manager (intellectual and technical services) |
Viviane Boussou | Procurement Officer |
Anne Reale-Bailly | Bilingual Secretary |
Human Resources Unit | |
Lionel Sfar | Head of the Human Resources Unit |
Marie Bonnerot | Personnel Administration Manager |
Noémie Buduka | Talent Acquisition Officer Senior |
Sarah Daemi Ebrahim Zadeh | Talent Development Officer |
Mialitiana Rakotobe | Recruitment and Training Manager |
Budget Unit | |
Alix Weng | Head of the Budget Unit |
Reneylde Boulat | Administrative Assistant |
Romain Lemesnager | Budget Officer |
Tharshika Melkius | Budget Assistant |
Accounting Unit | |
Gilles Seigneurin | Head of the Accounting Unit |
Ousmane Barry | Accountant |
Joseph Dang | Accountant and Payroll Officer |
Edwige de Oliveira Marques | Accountant |
Marie Dieni | Accountant and Payroll Officer |
General Services Unit | |
Quentin Mirgon | Head of the General Services Unit |
Sofyane Arnoult | Logistics Officer |
José Avenia Grajales | Logistics Technician |
Alex Ginzburg | Receptionist / Standardist |
Stéphane Schavliège | Logistics Technician |
Zoltán Szabó | Receptionist / Standardist |
Joël Yabut | Janitor |
Julio Yabut | General Services Officer |
Deputy Directorate General “Institutional Affairs and Regional Activities” | |
Jean-Philippe Dop | Deputy Director General “Institutional Affairs and Regional Activities” |
Isabelle Dieuzy-Labaye | Senior Advisor – Partnerships |
Chadia Wannous | Senior Specialist One Health |
Regional Activities Department | |
Neo Joel Mapitse | Head of the Regional Activities Department |
Viola Chemis | Regional Programmes Coordinator |
Alexandre Fediaevsky | Chargé de mission GF-TADs |
Myriam Ispa | Supervision of the “BESST” project and regional projects Manager |
Nathaly Monsalve | Regional Activities Coordination Manager |
Melis Nurkan Jeandesboz | Administrative Assistant |
Capacity-Building Department | |
Barbara Alessandrini | Head of the Capacity-Building Department |
Mario Ignacio Algüerno | PVS Pathway Programme Officer |
Xyomara Chavez Pacheco | Project manager –Workforce development/Community animal health workers (CAHWs) |
Sonia Fèvre | Chargée de mission |
Jennifer Lasley | Senior Programme Manager – PVS Pathway & WHO IHR connections |
Nadège Leboucq | Coordinator of the OIE Collaborating Centers platform for the training of official veterinarians |
Camille Loi | Chargée de mission |
Valentyna Sharandak | Chargée de mission |
David Sherman | Chargé de mission |
Rahul Srivastava | Public Private Paternship Project Manager |
Legal Affairs Unit | |
Rodney de Souza | Head of the Legal Affairs Unit |
Documentation Cell | |
Aline Rousier | Head of the Documentation Cell |
Mara Elma Gonzalez Ortiz | Senior Documentation Project Manager |
Events Coordination Unit | |
Tanatin Khutsishvili Bernard | Events Coordinator |
Christine Petit | Trilingual Assistant Travel Manager |
Margherita Recchia | Events Coordinator Manager |
Yi Yang | Travel Coordinator |
Deputy Directorate General “International Standards and Science” | |
Montserrat Arroyo Kuribreña | Deputy Director General “International Standards and Science” |
Tianna Brand | Advisor – Foresight |
Colin Basler | CDC One Health Liaison to the OIE |
Edna Massay Kallon | OIE Technical Lead – Global Burden of Animal Diseases (GBADs) |
Laure Weber-Vintzel | Programme Manager, Observatory |
Gaspar Avendano-Perez | Technical Coordinator – OIE Observatory |
World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department | |
Peter Melens | Deputy Head of Department |
Elena Arcones Sanjuan | Trilingual Administrative Assistant |
Margarita Alonso | Translation/Editing Assistant |
Lina Awada | Veterinary Epidemiologist |
Gregorie Hermann Bazimo | Animal Health Information Officer |
Itlala Gizo | Scientific Support Officer |
Kevin Isaacs Kawi | Administrative Assistant – Trilingual |
Natalja Lambergeon | Project Manager for Animal Health Information Systems |
Andrea Lavarello Schettini | Animal Health Information Officer |
Christine Leon Rolez | Scientific Support Officer |
Ronald Mora Castillo | Chargé de mission |
Matteo Morini | Chargé de mission |
François Ntsama | Chargé de mission |
Belén Otero Abad | Chargée de mission |
Anastasija Popova | Scientific Support Officer |
Serin Shin | Animal Health Information Officer |
Florent Taconnet | Editing Assistant/Translator |
Paolo Tizzani | Veterinary Epidemiologist |
Jingwen Wang | Animal Health Information Officer |
Madison Wimmers | Scientific Support Officer |
Standards Department | |
Gillian Mylrea | Head of the Standards Department |
Francisco D’Alessio | Deputy Head of Department |
Claudia Campos | Bilingual Secretary |
Bernita Giffin | Scientific coordinator for aquatic animal health |
Anne Guillon | Copy Editor |
Stian Johnsen | Chargé de mission |
Elizabeth Marier | Chargée de mission |
Yukitake Okamura | Scientific Officer for International Standards |
Leopoldo Humberto Stuardo Escobar | Chargé de mission |
Benedetto Zangrilli | Scientific coordinator for aquatic animal health |
Status Department | |
Min-Kyung Park | Head of the Status Department |
Stéphanie Beau | Bilingual Secretary |
Anna-Maria Baka | Chargée de mission |
Aurelio Cabezas Murillo | Disease Status Officer |
Mauro Meske | Chargé de mission |
Natalie Moyen | Disease Status Officer |
Yoenten Phuentshok | Disease Status Officer |
Marija Popovic | Chargé de mission |
Preparedness and Resilience Department | |
Keith Hamilton | Head of the Preparedness and Resilience Department |
Gloria Benneth | Administrative Assistant |
François Diaz | Chargé de mission |
Daniel Donachie | Programme Manager – Emergency Management |
Mariana Marrana | Chargée de mission |
Sophie Muset | Ebola Project Lead Progamme and Technical Coordinator |
Brahmaver Dharmaveer Shetty | Coordinator – Wildlife Networks |
Science Department | |
Gregorio José Torres Penalver | Head of the Science Department |
Jenny Hutchison | Deputy Head of Department |
Kristine Busson | Administrative Assistant |
Charmaine Chng Wenya | Scientific Coordinator – African swine fever and other swine diseases |
Sara Linnane | Scientific Editor |
Valeria Mariano | Research Coordinator – Star IDAZ |
Roberta A. Morales | Scientific Coordinator |
Gounalan Pavade | Scientific Coordinator – Avian influenza, Camel diseases |
Rachel Tidman | Global Rabies Coordinator |
Publications Unit | |
Séverine Bègue | Bilingual Secretary |
Tamara Benicasa | Marketing and Sales Manager |
Kristen Whittier Foote | Editorial Assistant |
Catherine Hayet | Secretary/Translator |
Antimicrobial Resistance and Veterinary Products Department | |
Javier Yugueros-Marcos | Head of the Antimicrobial Resistance and Veterinary Products Department |
Ólafur Valsson | Deputy Head of Department |
Claire Cassar | Chargée de mission |
Ben Davies | Chargé de mission |
Andrés García Campos | Project Manager, with focus on the quality of veterinary products |
Delfy Marianella Góchez Alvarenga | Data Management Officer – AMU |
Morgan Jeannin | Data Information Management Officer |
Mduduzi Welcome Magongo | Business Project Management Support |
Dante Roberto Mateo Carranza | Chargé de mission with focus on aquatic animals |
Ana Luisa Pereira Mateus | Scientific Coordinator |
Idrissa Savadogo | Data Information Management Officer |
Mária Szabó | Chargée de mission for Veterinary Medicinal Products |