FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

Meet the team

CORE RP2 TEAM 
Ahmad Mukhtar

Regional Programme Leader (OiC.)

Senior Economist/Head of Strategy and Policy 

Ahmad.Mukhtar@fao.org

Tamas Vattai

Nutrition and Food Systems Officer

Tamas.Vattai@fao.org

Moustapha Mohamed

Food Safety and Quality Officer

Moustapha.Mohamed@fao.org

Firas Yassin

Statistician

Firas.Yassin@fao.org

 

Faten Adada

Agriculture and Rural Development Expert

Faten.Adada@fao.org

Maria Illan Rives

Programme Specialist

Maria.IllanRives@fao.org

Matthew FisherPost

Policy Economist

Matthew.FisherPost@fao.org

Mark Brown

Innovative Finance Specialist

Mark.Brown@fao.org

Youssef Yousri

Policy Support Specialist 

Youssef.Yousri@fao.org

Nour Abulsmail

Policy Support Specialist

Nour.AbuIsmail@fao.org

Hania Ahmed

Policy Specialist

Nutrition and Food Safety 

Hania.Ahmed@fao.org

Dina Wahba

Programme Support Specialist

Dina.Wahba@fao.org

Jean Ndjana

Rural Development Specialist

Jean.Ndjana@fao.org

Dahlia Radwan

Technical Programme Associate

Dahlia.Radwan@fao.org

Hebatallah Fahmy

Technical Programme Associate

Hebatallah.Fahmy@fao.org

CROSS CUTTING TEAM 
Sophia Ngugi

Gender Officer 

Sophia.Ngugi@fao.org

Maggie Refaat

Gender Specialist

Maggie.Refaat@fao.org

Leslie Amoroso

Programme Officer (Coordination) 

Leslie.amoroso@fao.org

Mona Mohamed

Technical Programme Assistant

Mona.Mohamed@fao.org

Jieun Donna Kim

Young Professional Officer (Communication) 

JieunDonna.Kim@fao.org