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Secretariat Directors


Simon GimsonMr Simon Gimson
Director and Head, Office of the Secretary-General
+44 (0) 20 7747 6102
s.gimson@commonwealth.int
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Manoah EsipisuMr Manoah Esipisu
Acting Director, Communications and Public Affairs Division
+ (0)20 7747 6379
m.esipisu@commonwealth.int
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Rod MercerMr Rod Mercer
Director, Corporate Services Division
+ (0)20 7747 6140
r.mercer@commonwealth.int
  
Dr Cyrus RustomjeeDr Cyrus Rustomjee
Director, Economic Affairs Division
+44 (0) 20 7747 6250
c.rustomjee@commonwealth.int
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Portrait image of Max Everest-PhillipsMr Max Everest-Phillips
Director, Governance and Institutional Development Division
+ (0)20 7747 6349
m.everest-phillips@commonwealth.int

Mr Akbar Khan
Director, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division
+ (0)20 7747 6410
a.khan@commonwealth.int
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Mr Amitav Banerji
Director, Political Affairs Division
+44 (0) 20 7747 6401
a.banerji@commonwealth.int
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Sylvia AnieDr Sylvia Anie
Director, Social Transformation Programmes Division
+44 (0) 20 7747 6460
s.anie@commonwealth.int
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Mr José Maurel
Director, Special Advisory Services Division
+44 (0) 20 7747 6438
j.maurel@commonwealth.int
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Nabeel GoheerMr Nabeel Goheer
Director, Strategic Planning and Evaluation Division
+44 (0) 20 7747 6236
n.goheer@commonwealth.int 

Henry CharlesMr Henry Charles
Interim Director, Youth Affairs Division
+44 (0) 20 7747 6463

 

Karen McKenzieMs Karen McKenzie
Acting Head of Human Rights
+44 (0) 20 7747 6485
k.mckenzie@commonwealth.int