FAO Organizational chart
GOVERNING BODIES
Conference
Council

Khalid Mehboob
Independent Chairperson of the Council
- Council Committees:
- Programme Committee
Hans HoogeveenChairperson - Finance Committee
Imelda SmolčićChairperson - Committe on Constitutional and Legal Matters
Daniela RotondaroChairperson
- Regional Conferences
- Africa
- Asia and the Pacific
- Europe
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Near East
- Technical Committees
- Committee on Agriculture
- Committee on Commodity Problems
- Committee on Fisheries
- Committee on Forestry

QU Dongyu
Director-General

Masahiro Igarashi
Director
CORE LEADERSHIP

Laurent Thomas
Deputy Director-General

Maria Helena M.Q. Semedo
Deputy Director-General

Beth Bechdol
Deputy Director-General

Maximo Torero Cullen
Chief Economist
Ismahane Elouafi
Chief Scientist

Godfrey Magwenzi
Director of Cabinet
Cabinet Units
Administration
Coordination
Governing Bodies & Protocol
Secretariat
Registry
Speech, Communication, Brief Writing & Emergency Response

Donata Mary Rugarabamu
Legal Counsel

Mika Tapio
Inspector-General
Ombudsman Office (OMB)

Katya Zoe Laeeq Melluish
Ombudsman

Monde Magolo
Ethics Officer

Beth Crawford
Director
Office of SDGs (OSG)

Vacant
Director
REGIONAL, LIAISON AND COUNTRY OFFICES

Assistant Director General/Regional Representative
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas Reporting Line B: DDG Semedo
Subregional and Country Offices

Assistant Director-General/Regional Representative
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Subregional and Country Offices

Assistant Director-General/Regional Representative
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Subregional and Country Offices

Assistant Director-General/Regional Representative
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas Reporting Line B: Chief Economist
Subregional and Country Offices

Assistant Director General/Regional Representative
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Subregional and Country Offices
LIAISON OFFICES

Subregional Office for Central Africa, Gabon, Libreville

Hélder Muteia
Subregional Office for Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

Chimimba David Phiri
Subregional Office for West Africa, Senegal, Dakar

Gouantoueu Robert Guei
Subregional Office for Southern Africa, Zimbabwe, Harare

Talla Takoukam Patrice




Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands, Samoa, Apia

Xiangjun Yao




Subregional Office for Central Asia, Turkey, Ankara

Viorel Gutu




Subregional Office for the Caribbean, Barbados, Bridgetown

Renata Clarke
Subregional Office for Mesoamerica, Panama, Panama City

Adoniram Sanches Peraci




Subregional Office for North Africa, Tunisia, Tunis

Philippe Ankers
Subregional Office for the Gulf Cooperation Council States and Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi

Dino Francescutti



Liaison Offices

Guangzhou QU
Director
Reporting Line A: Directeur De Cabinet
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas

Vimlendra Sharan
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol

Dominique Burgeon
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: Chief Economist
Reporting Line B: Chief Economist

Rodrigo de Lapuerta
Officer-in-Charge
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B: DDG Semedo

Oleg Kobiakov
Director
Reporting Line A: ADG/Representative, REU
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas

Eriko Hibi
Director
Reporting Line A: ADG/Representative, RAP
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas

Partnership and Liaison Office in the Republic of Korea
Shengyao Tang
Director
Reporting Line A: ADG/Representative, RAP
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS-GENERAL

Mario Lubetkin
Assistant Director-General
Reporting Line: DDG Thomas

René Castro Salazar
Assistant Director-General
Reporting Line: DDG Semedo / DDG Bechdol
Office of innovation (OIN)

Vacant
Director
Reporting Line A:
Chief Scientist
Reporting Line B:
DDG Bechdol
Chief Scientist
Reporting Line B:
DDG Bechdol
Office of SIDS, LDCs and LLDCs (OSL)

Angélica María Jácome Daza
Director
Reporting Line A:
Chief Economist
Reporting Line B:
DDG Bechdol
Chief Economist
Reporting Line B:
DDG Bechdol
Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER)

Dominique Burgeon
Officer-in-Charge
Reporting Line A:
DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B:
DDG Semedo
DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B:
DDG Semedo

Eduardo Mansur
Director
Reporting Line A:
DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B:
DDG Bechdol
DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B:
DDG Bechdol

Pietro Gennari
Director
Reporting Line A:
Chief Economist
Reporting Line B:
Chief Scientist
Chief Economist
Reporting Line B:
Chief Scientist

Hak-Fan Lau
Director
Reporting Line A:
DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B:
Chief Scientist
DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B:
Chief Scientist

Mohamed Manssouri
Director
Reporting line A: Chief Economist
Reporting line B: DDG Thomas
Reporting line B: DDG Thomas
Joint FAO/WHO Centre (CODEX Food Standards and Zoonotic Diseases) (CJW)

Tom Heilandt
Secretary, CODEX Alimentarius Commission
Reporting Line A: DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist

Keith Sumption
Chief, Zoonoses Centre
Reporting Line A: DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist

Liang Qu
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Partnerships and Outreach stream
Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division (PSU)

Marcela Villarreal
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas
Resource Mobilization and Private Sector Partnerships Division (PSR)

Alexander Livingston Jones
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: Chief Economist
Reporting Line B: Chief Economist
South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division (PST)

Anping Ye
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: Chief Economist
Reporting Line B: Chief Economist
Project Support Division (PSS)

Minà Dowlatchahi
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: DDG Thomas
Natural Resources and Sustainable Production stream

Manuel Barange
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol
Forestry Division (NFO)

Mette Wilkie
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol

Vacant
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol
Land and Water Division (NSL)

Maria Helena M.Q. Semedo
Officer-in-Charge
Reporting Line A: DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol

Jingyuan Xia
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B: DDG Semedo
Economic and Social Development stream
Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP)

Benjamin Davis
Director
Reporting Line A: Chief Economist
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol

Maximo Torero Cullen
Officer-in-Charge
Reporting Line A: Chief Economist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF)

Jamie Morrison
Director
Reporting Line A: Chief Economist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist

José Rosero Moncayo
Director
Reporting Line A: Chief Economist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist

Maximo Torero Cullen
Officer-in-Charge
Reporting Line A: Chief Economist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Markets and Trade Division (EST)

Boubaker Ben Belhassen
Director
Reporting Line A: Chief Economist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Reporting Line B: Chief Scientist
Corporate Logistics and Operational Support stream
Human Resources Division (CSH)

Greet de Leeuw
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: DDG Semedo
Reporting Line B: DDG Semedo
Logistics Services Division (CSL)

Rodrigo de Lapuerta Montoya
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol

Rakesh Muthoo
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: Director of Cabinet
Reporting Line B: Director of Cabinet
Finance Division (CSF)

Aiman Ibrahim Hija
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol
Reporting Line B: DDG Bechdol
Information Technology Services Division (CSI)

Dejan Jakovljevic
Director
Reporting Line A: DDG Thomas
Reporting Line B: Chief Economist
Reporting Line B: Chief Economist