Our People

International IDEA is a global organization of nearly 200 staff members. Meet the people who are working across our 17 offices to support stronger democratic institutions and processes, and sustainable, effective and legitimate democracy.

 

Secretary-General
Kevin Casas-Zamora
Executive Director
Fiona Rowley
Director for Asia and the Pacific
Leena Rikkilä Tamang
Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Daniel Zovatto
Director for Africa and West Asia
Roba Sharamo
Director of Global Programmes
Massimo Tommasoli
Head of Programme, INTER PARES
Jonathan Murphy
Head of Communications and Knowledge Management
Alistair Scrutton
Director for Europe
Sam van der Staak
Head of Programme
Phanindra Adhikary
Senior Programme Manager
Zaid Al-Ali
Senior Programme Manager
Sead Alihodzic
Senior Programme Manager
Adhy Aman
Head of Chad Programme
Abdoul Wahab Ba
Head of Paraguay Programme
Salvador Ignacio Romero Ballivián
Senior Programme Manager
Elisabeth Baumgartner
Head of Constitution-Building Processes
Sumit Bisarya
Head of Programme, Myanmar
Marcus Brand
Head of Tunisia Programme
Khameyel Fenniche
Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development
Caroline Fox