Foreword
Executive Summary
Building a culture of democracy
Promoting the rule of law and human rights
Economic opportunities
Supporting social development
The Secretariat and its partners
Appendices
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3

Appendix 2 Secretariat structure and senior staff*

Office of the Secretary-General

Rt Hon Donald C McKinnon
Commonwealth Secretary-General
New Zealand
Mr Winston Cox
Deputy Secretary-General
Barbados
Mrs Florence Mugasha
Deputy Secretary-General
Uganda
Mr Amitav Banerji
Director and Head, Office of the Secretary-General
India
Mr Simon Gimson
Deputy Head, Office of the Secretary-General
New Zealand
Mr Roy Rodriguez
Head, Office of DSG (Winston Cox)
St Lucia
Mr Ayodele Oke
Head, Office of DSG (Florence Mugasha)
Nigeria

Communications and Public Affairs Division

Mr Joel Kibazo
Director
Uganda
Mr James Robertson
Deputy Director
Australia

Corporate Services Division

Ms Marion Cowden
Director
New Zealand
Ms Lorna McLaren
Head of Conference Section
Jamaica
Mr Christopher Luswata
Head of Finance Section
Uganda
Ms Virginia Goodings
Head of Human Resources Section
Canada
Mr Henry Nyambu
Head of Information Technology
Kenya
Mr Alan McLeod
Head of Printing
United Kingdom
Mr John Saddington
Head of Property Services
United Kingdom

Economic Affairs Division

Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy
Director
Sri Lanka
Professor Andreas Antoniou
Adviser and Head of International Finance and Capital Markets Section
Cyprus
Dr Roman Grynberg
Adviser and Head of International Trade and Regional Co-operation Section
Canada
Dr Eliawony J Kisanga
Adviser and Head of Small States, Environment and Economic Management Section
United Republic of Tanzania

 

 

Governance and Institutional Development Division

Professor Victor Ayeni
Director
Nigeria
Ms Taboka Nkhwa
Adviser (Human Resource Management) and Head of Africa Section
Botswana
Dr Srinivas Sampath
Adviser (Public Private Partnership) and Head of Asia and Pacific Section (1)
India
Dr Deryck Brown
Adviser (Governance and Development) and Head of Caribbean and Mediterranean Section (2)
Trinidad and Tobago
Mr John Wilkins
Adviser (Public Sector Management) and Head of Special Programmes Section (3)
Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division

Ms Betty Mould-Iddrisu
Director
Ghana
Ms Arvinder Sambei
Adviser and Head of Criminal Law Section (4)
United Kingdom
Ms Katalaina Sapolu
Adviser and Head of Justice Section
Samoa
Ms Cheryl Thompson-Barrow
Adviser and Head of Law Development Section
Jamaica

Political Affairs Division

Mr Matthew Neuhaus
Director
Australia
Professor A I (Ade) Adefuye
Special Adviser and Head of Africa Section
Nigeria
Mr Syed Sharfuddin
Special Adviser and Head of Asia/Europe Section
Pakistan
Ms Juliet Solomon
Special Adviser and Head of Caribbean/Pacific Section
Trinidad and Tobago
Mr Christopher Child
Head of Democracy Section
United Kingdom
Dr Victor Pungong
Head of Good Offices Section
Cameroon

Social Transformation Programmes Division

Ms Ann Keeling
Director
United Kingdom
Dr Henry Kaluba
Adviser and Head of Education
Zambia
Dr Rawwida Baksh
Adviser and Head of Gender
Trinidad and Tobago
Dr Dula de Silva
Adviser and Head of Health
Sri Lanka

Special Advisory Services Division

Mr George Saibel
Director
Canada
Mr José Maurel
Adviser and Head of Debt Management Section
Mauritius
Mr Kosi Latu
Adviser and Head of Economic and Legal Section
Samoa
Dr Timothy O Williams
Adviser and Head of Enterprise and Agriculture Section
Nigeria
Mr Nikhil Treebhoohun
Adviser and Head of Trade Section
Mauritius

Strategic Planning and Evaluation Division

Ms Alexandra Jones
Director
United Kingdom
Dr Elizabeth Brouwer
Adviser and Head of Evaluation Section
Australia
Ms Marianna Ellingson
Adviser and Head of Planning Section
Papua New Guinea

Youth Affairs Division

Mr Ignatius Takawira
Director
Zimbabwe
Ms Valencia Mogegeh
Regional Director, Africa Centre
Zambia
Ms Raka Rashid
Regional Director, Asia Centre
Bangladesh
Mr Henry Charles
Regional Director, Caribbean Centre (5)
St Lucia
Mr Tony Coghlan
Regional Director, South Pacific Centre (6)
Australia

Human Rights Unit

Mr Jarvis Matiya
Adviser and Head of Human Rights Unit (Acting)
Malawi

Senior Secretariat staff as at 30 June 2005 (except where indicated)

1 From 9 August 2005.
2 From 1 August 2005.
3 From 1 October 2005.
4 From 1 September 2005.
5 From 5 September 2005. Mr Armstrong Alexis (St Lucia), until 2 September 2005.
6 From 11 July 2005.

 

*Correct as of September 2005

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