Alexander Jones

Director

A US national from Pennsylvania, he has an MSc in Agricultural Development from Imperial College at Wye, with main focus on conservation agriculture and farming systems. He has worked in relief and development programs throughout the world for the last 20 years, living in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Congo, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Nepal, Indonesia and Sudan. Within FAO he has worked extensively with the Investment Center Division, and was previously the Director of the Climate and Environment Division. 

Valentina Subacchi

Office Assistant

Valentina joined the United Nations in 2004 and has been a Report’s Group member since 2021. Her main responsibilities include liaising with Funding Liaison Officers, Country Offices and Project Teams to coordinate project terminal report review and analysis and to ensure submission procedures and deadlines are met; the official submission of Terminal Reports both to Resource Partners and Participating Countries in various languages, as well as providing training to new human resources when necessary.

Davide Zaccaretti

Knowledge Management and Communication Specialist

As a Knowledge Management and Communication Specialist, Davide work closely with both the Marketing and Business Intelligence Unit and the Action Against Desertification programme at FAO. His role revolves around managing and enhancing FAO’s digital presence across various platforms, including regularly updating project highlights and ensuring web content is migrated to the latest content management system.

Giorgi Kharshiladze

Resource Mobilization Data Analyst

As a consultant in the Business and Market Intelligence team at FAO, Giorgi supports resource mobilization efforts by transforming data into actionable insights that support informed decision-making. His primary responsibilities include managing end-to-end data collection processes, performing in-depth quantitative analysis, and maintaining key reports that track contributions and partnerships. He creates dynamic dashboards and reports that improve stakeholder visibility, and oversees tools and automated reporting workflows, helping to enhance efficiency and transparency across various initiatives.

Lucia Buono

Capacity Development and
Training Consultant

As a Capacity Development and Online Training Specialist for Resource Mobilization at FAO, Lucia plays a crucial role in enhancing the Organization's fundraising capabilities. Her primary focus is on developing and implementing comprehensive training programs that equip FAO staff with the skills and knowledge needed for effective resource mobilization.

Lewis Ingram

Donor Relations and Contract Specialist

Lewis is a Donor Relations and Contract Specialist in the European Partners Unit, where he works primarily on partnerships with the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Austria. His key areas of expertise are in partnership development and grant management for bilateral government donors. He supports FAO country offices and technical units to understand donor priorities, leverage strategic funding opportunities, and comply with donor rules and regulations.

Julian Rose

Project Analyst and Reporting Specialist

Working in English and French, Julian is responsible for drafting, reviewing and translating terminal reports and relevant visibility material related to projects carried out across all divisions of the Organization. His work focuses in particular on donors such as the European Union.

Valentina Di Biase

Funding Liaison Officer

As a Funding Liaison Officer for Australia, Canada, New Zealand and non-state actor resource partners, Valentina is responsible for managing and maintaining donor relations and developing and negotiating funding agreements to receive voluntary contributions. She also provides support to FAO’s technical units and Country/Regional Offices when they are in the process of establishing new projects, and is often involved in reporting and capacity development efforts to enhance donor intelligence.

Yoselin Alvarez

Funding Liaison Officer

As a Funding Liaison Officer for the Green Climate Fund, Yoselin is responsible for negotiating relevant funding agreements to ensure the timely operationalization of funding proposals. She also supports the coordination of corporate initiatives and streamlining policies related to the receipt of voluntary contributions.

Festus Akinnifesi

Head of Unit, Multi-partner Initiatives and Flexible Funding

Festus provides strategic and technical leadership for flexible funding instruments at FAO, aiming to strengthen the Organization's Strategic Framework and support countries in delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals. His role involves mobilizing flexible funds, engaging with donors, facilitating resource allocation, monitoring delivery, and producing reports.

Gabriela Gallo Torres

Office Assistant

As a Resource Mobilization Division Assistant at FAO, Gabriela oversees essential project documentation and strategic communications, ensuring compliance with FAO and donor standards. She manages the preparation and dispatch of Delegations of Authority, Budget Holder Designations, budget revisions, and drafts high-level correspondence. Her role includes meticulous proofreading in English and Spanish, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to FAO’s editorial guidelines across all documents.

Elizabeth Glanville

Project Analyst and Reporting Specialist

Working as a senior English project analyst and reporting specialist, Liz produces, reviews and ensures quality control and compliance of final project reports for the accurate, effective and timely dissemination of results, data and information about project-level activities of FAO and its partners. Her work focuses in particular on donors such as the European Union. She also develops support materials on reporting, including guidelines and manuals, as well as co-writing and co-presenting online training courses and webinars on reporting.

Raffaele Zaengel

Project Analyst and Reporting Specialist

As a Project Analyst and Reporting Specialist, I ensure TCP Terminal Reports, Trust Fund project Highlight Sheets and other project-related publications are in conformity with corporate publishing policies and all logos, images, maps and territorial information are in line with UN standards and policies. I provide support, guidance and training to junior Reporting Specialists in English and French and review content, accuracy and formatting reports written, translated and edited by them. Finally, I continuously build and manage project team photo library and digital archive for PSRR marketing, outreach and reporting activities

Sophie Lem

Project Analyst and Reporting Specialist

Sophie ensures the quality of project terminal reporting, in order to illustrate the results and impact of FAO’s interventions to donors, governments and stakeholders. She supports country offices and technical units to strengthen reporting processes across the Organization, with a focus on providing tailored guidance, sharing best practices and fostering knowledge exchange.

Carola Saini

Operations Clerk

Monitors the processing of project terminal reports and highlights sheets from their preparation to their submission to Resource Partners and beneficiary governments. Receives terminal reports and statements and checks them to verify conformity with established guidelines, requesting necessary information to project teams. Transfers reporting costs after obtaining the budget holder’s approval. Reviews terminal reports and project highlights finalized by project analysts and reporting specialists, to ensure compliance with formatting and standard requisites, before sending them for clearance to project teams; and monitors the workload of staff, reassigning the work in case of difficulties connected with the workflow.