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 Structure and Staff

Please note that this represents the newly revised organizational structure of the regional office, which will be reflected in the home page soon.

Office of the Assistant Director-General/Regional Representative (RAPD)
     
Assistant Director-General/Regional Representative: He Changchui
 
Deputy Regional Representative: Hiroyuki Konuma
 
Information Officer: Diderik de Vleeschauwer
 
Meetings and Publications Officer: Tarina Ayazi
 
Knowledge and Information Management Officer: vacant

Office of the Inspector-General (AUD)
     
Internal Auditor: Dennis Richards

Thai Affairs Section (TAS)
     
Focal point: Hiroyuki Konuma

Management Support Unit (RAPX)
     
Senior Administrative Officer: Adnan Quereshi
 
Programming and Planning Officer: Kei Kimpara
 
Budget and Finance Officer: Anton Bontje
 
Information Technology Officer: Kevin McKeen

Shared Services Centre – Asia and the Pacific (RAPC)
     
Human Resources Officer: Tetsuji Nakata

Agriculture Department Group (RAPG)
Livestock
 
Senior Animal Production and Health Officer: Hans Gerhard Wagner
 
Animal Health Officer (Economics): Carolyn C. Benigno
 
Livestock Policy Officer: Vinod Ahuja
Nutrition and Consumer Protection
 
Senior Food and Nutrition Officer: vacant
Plant production and protection
 
Senior Plant Production Officer (Horticultural and Field Food Crops): Subash Dasgupta
 
Senior Plant Protection Officer: Yongfan Piao
     
Agricultural Officer (Bioenergy and Industrial Crops): vacant
Support Systems
 
Senior Agro-industry and Post-harvest Officer: Rosa Rolle
 
Senior Agribusiness and Infrastructure Officer: David Kahan
 
Agro-industry Finance Officer: Ralph Houtman
 
Marketing Officer (Quality Improvement): Jo Cadilhon

Economic and Social Development Department Group (RAPE)
     
Senior Statistician: Jairo Castaño
     
Senior Food Systems Economist: vacant
     
Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Officer: vacant

Fisheries Department Group (RAPI)
     
Senior Fishery Officer: Simon Funge-Smith
 
Aquaculture Officer: Weimin Miao
 
Data and Information Officer: David Lymer
 
Fisheries, Livelihoods Operation and Coordination: Angela Lentisco Martinez

Forestry Department Group (RAPO)
     
Senior Forestry Officer: Patrick Durst
 
Forest Resources Officer: vacant
 
National Forest Programme Advisor (Asia-Pacific): Simmathiri Appanah
 
National Forest Programme Facilitator: Xiaojie Fan
 
Economist: Sverre Tvinnereim

Operations Branch (RAPR)
     
Coordinator: Edward Hotte
 
Field Programme Officer: Bernhard Reufels

Policy Assistance Branch (RAPP)
     
Chief: Purushottam Mudbhary
 
Policy/Programme Officer: Sumiter Broca
 
Policy/Programme Officer: Nanae Yabuki
 
Policy Officer: Francis Mangila
 
Policy/Programme Officer: Young-Gu Lee

Natural Resources Management and Environment Group (RAPS)
Land and Water Management
     
Senior Water Management Officer: Thierry Facon
 
Land Management Officer: Yuji Niino
 
Technical Officer (Water Resources Development and Conservation): Zhijun Chen
Research and Extension
     
Senior Officer (Extension, Education and Communications): Malcolm Hazelman

Off-Shore Systems Development Support Centre (OSDSC)
     
Operations Manager: Patrick Protiva
 
Systems Support Specialist: Chanisorn Bidakaew
 
Systems Support Specialist: Karn Sukwong
 
Systems Support Specialist: Jamras Takrudcheam

FAO project staff stationed in Bangkok :
Tsunami Relief Team
Regional programme for participatory and integrated agriculture, forestry and fisheries development for long-term rehabilitation and development in tsunami-affected areas (GCP/RAS/218/JPN)
     
International expert: Hiroshi Kodama

Regional Emergency Coordination Team
     
Senior Regional Emergency Coordinator: Rajendra Aryal

Sustainable Management of the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) (GCP/RAS/236/GFF)
     
Regional Coordinator: Christopher O'Brien
     
Chief Technical Adviser: Rudolf Hermes

Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Project for Southeast Asia (GCP/RAS/237/SPA)
     
Project Manager: José Ignacio Parajuá Aranda
     
Technical Adviser: Don Griffiths

Emergency Centre for the Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases Unit (ECTAD)
     
Regional Manager: Subhash Morzaria
     
Project Coordinator: Wantanee Kalpravidh

FAO inter-country programme for IPM in vegetables in South and Southeast Asia (GCP/RAS/191/AUL)
     
Team Leader/IPM Expert: Johannes W. Ketelaar
     
Regional Vegetable IPM Programme Development Officer: Alma Linda M. Abubakar

Support to the EC Programme on Linking Information and Decision Making to Improve Food Security for Selected Greater Mekong Subregional Countries (GCP/RAS/247/EC)
     
Chief Technical Adviser: Naoki Minamiguchi

Strengthening monitoring, assessment and reporting on sustainable forest management in Asia (GCP/INT/988/JPN)
     
Forestry Officer: Masahiro Otsuka

Support to the FAO Programme on Capacity Building in Food Safety in Selected ASEAN Countries (GCP/RAS/223/JPN)
     
Project Coordinator/Food Safety and Quality Expert: Mitsuo Nakamura

Cooperation for the Improvement of Phytosanitary Capacity in Asian Countries through Capacity Building (GCP/RAS/226/JPN)
     
Plant Quarantine Expert: Masahiro Sai

Capacity Building and Enhanced Regional Collaboration for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources in Asia (GCP/RAS/240/JPN)
     
Chief Technical Adviser: Duncan Vaughan

Study on Analysis of Sustainable Water Resource Use (GCP/RAS/241/JPN)
     
Chief Technical Adviser: Manabu Masuo

Pro-poor Policy Formulation, Dialogue and Implementation at the Country Level (GCP/RAS/214/IFA)
     
Policy Facilitator: vacant

Enhancing Agricultural Competitiveness of Rural Households in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GCP/RAS/217/IFA)
     
Regional Coordinator: Niran Nirannoot



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