Ms. Irina Bokova

DG

Director-General

Mr. Getachew Engida  

DDG

Deputy Director-General

Mr. Firmin Matoko

ADG/AFR

Assistant Director-General for Africa

Mr. Qian Tang

ADG/ED

Assistant Director-General for Education

Mr. Frank LaRue

ADG/CI

Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information

Ms. Flavia Schlegel

ADG/SC

Assistant Director-General for the Natural Sciences

Mr. Vladimir Ryabinin

ADG/IOC

Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

Ms. Nada Al-Nashif

ADG/SHS

Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences

Mr. Francesco Bandarin

ADG/CLT a.i.

Assistant Director-General for Culture a.i.

Mr. Eric Falt

ADG/ERI

Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Public Information

Ms. Sanye Gülser Corat

DIR/ODG/GE

Director of the Division for Gender Equality in the Office of the Director-General

Ms. Nutan Wozencroft

DIR/BFM

Chief Financial Officer in the Bureau of Financial Management

Mr Jean-Yves Le Saux

DIR/BSP

Director of the Bureau of Strategic Planning

Mr. Hong Kwon  

DIR/HRM

Director of the Bureau of Human Resources Management

Ms. Susanne Frueh 

DIR/IOS

Director of the Internal Oversight Service

Ms. Anna Segall 

DIR/LA

Legal Adviser and Director of the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs

Ms Karima Bekri-Lisner

DIR/GBS

Director of the Governing Bodies Secretariat and Secretary of the Executive Board and of the General Conference

Ms. Paola Leoncini Bartoli

DIR/ODG

Director of the Office of the Director-General

Mr. Vincent Defourny

DIR/ERI/DPI

Director of the Division of Public Information, Sector for External Relations and Public Information

Ms. Khadija Zammouri Ribes

DIR/MSS

Director of the Bureau for Management of Support Services

Ms. Ingrid Regien

CIO

Chief Information Officer

Mr. Axel Plathe

DIR/ODG/FSC

Director of the Division of Field Support and Coordination (FSC) in the Office of the Director-General