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Working with Countries: Building a Food-Secure Future Together ICARDA Annual Report 2013 61 Appendix 3: Senior Staff at ICARDA OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL(DG) Dr. Mahmoud Solh, Director General Dr. Elizabeth Bailey, Executive Assistant to the Director General and Board Secretary Mr. Raymond Melbourne Davies, Consultant - Internal Auditor Dr. William Albert Payne, Director - CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems Ms. Houda Nourallah, Administrative Officer - DG Mr. Wael Tabbarah, Consultant – Legal OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL - RESEARCH Dr. Maarten van Ginkel, Deputy Director General - Research Mrs. Ourouba Zein el-Deen, Executive Secretary Dr. Murari Singh, Senior Biometrician Mr. Khaled Al-Sham’aa, Specialist - Experimental Re- search Informatics GOVERNMENT LIAISON Dr. Majd Jamal, Assistant Director General - Govern- ment Liaison Mr. Mohamad Nabil Traboulsi, Assistant National Re- search Coordinator Ms. Zukaa Musattat, Executive Secretary CORPORATE SERVICES Mr. Koen Geerts, Assistant Director General - Corpo- rate Services Ms. Hanaa Sharif Swar, Manager of Damascus Office Mr. Waheed S. Quader, Head - Physical Plant Unit FINANCE Mr. Erwin Navarro Lopez, Director of Finance Mrs. Imelda Silang, Financial and Management Report- ing Manager Mrs. Noujoud Nouheily, Assistant Manager - Treasury and Fixed Assets Mr. Mohamed Samman, Treasury Supervisor Mrs. Nathalie Saouma Issa, Senior Project Accountant Mr. Ghiath Nahas, Senior Accounting Supervisor Miss Nora Boyajian, Senior Project Accountant Miss Ralda Gareg, Budget Officer Mr. Munzer Kastaly, Accounting Supervisor Mrs. Maha Oulad Benchiba, Finance Officer Note: List is as of December 31, 2013 Italic: Staff departed during 2013

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Page 1: Appendix 3: Senior Staff at ICARDA · Appendix 3: Senior Staff at ICARDA OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL ... Ms. Amira Diab, ... Dr. Mohamed Al-Azhari Saleh, Consultant

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ICARDA • Annual Report 2013 61

Appendix 3: Senior Staff at ICARDA

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL(DG)Dr. Mahmoud Solh, Director GeneralDr. Elizabeth Bailey, Executive Assistant to the Director General and Board SecretaryMr. Raymond Melbourne Davies, Consultant - Internal AuditorDr. William Albert Payne, Director - CGIAR Research Program on Dryland SystemsMs. Houda Nourallah, Administrative Officer - DGMr. Wael Tabbarah, Consultant – Legal

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL - RESEARCHDr. Maarten van Ginkel, Deputy Director General - ResearchMrs. Ourouba Zein el-Deen, Executive SecretaryDr. Murari Singh, Senior BiometricianMr. Khaled Al-Sham’aa, Specialist - Experimental Re-search Informatics

GOVERNMENT LIAISONDr. Majd Jamal, Assistant Director General - Govern-ment Liaison

Mr. Mohamad Nabil Traboulsi, Assistant National Re-search CoordinatorMs. Zukaa Musattat, Executive Secretary

CORPORATE SERVICESMr. Koen Geerts, Assistant Director General - Corpo-rate ServicesMs. Hanaa Sharif Swar, Manager of Damascus OfficeMr. Waheed S. Quader, Head - Physical Plant Unit

FINANCEMr. Erwin Navarro Lopez, Director of FinanceMrs. Imelda Silang, Financial and Management Report-ing ManagerMrs. Noujoud Nouheily, Assistant Manager - Treasury and Fixed AssetsMr. Mohamed Samman, Treasury SupervisorMrs. Nathalie Saouma Issa, Senior Project AccountantMr. Ghiath Nahas, Senior Accounting SupervisorMiss Nora Boyajian, Senior Project AccountantMiss Ralda Gareg, Budget OfficerMr. Munzer Kastaly, Accounting SupervisorMrs. Maha Oulad Benchiba, Finance Officer

Note: List is as of December 31, 2013Italic: Staff departed during 2013

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HUMAN RESOURCES (HR)Miss Khar Hoay Tan, Consultant - Acting Director of Human ResourcesMr. S.S. Sharat Kumar, Director of Human ResourcesMs. Lina Yazbek, Administrator - HR ServicesMs. Mary Malki, Specialist - Compensation & BenefitsMs. Mouna Rustom, Administrator - Program Assis-tant/ Outreach

PURCHASING & SUPPLIESMs. Dalida Nalbandian, PSD ManagerMiss Lobna Al-Fahili, Administrator - ProcurementMs. Nahla Assal, Supervisor - Procurement

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ALEPPOMrs Shirley Ann Davis-Phillips, School HeadMiss Raghad Rahwan, Executive Secretary

STATION OPERATIONSMr. Antoine Shomar, Assistant Farm ManagerDr. Hassan Machlab, Lebanon Country Manager

VISITORS SERVICESMs. Hiba Eimesh, Travel Coordinator

RESEARCH PROGRAMSBiodiversity and Integrated Gene Management (BIGM)Dr. Michael Baum, Director, Biodiversity and Integrat-ed Gene Management ProgramDr. Ahmed Amri, Head of GRS/Deputy Director of BIGMDr. Adnan Al-Yassin, Barley BreederDr. Seid-Ahmed Kemal, Pulse PathologistDr. Wuletaw Tadesse Degu, Senior Scientist - Spring Bread Wheat BreedingDr. Mohamed Kharrat, Coordinator for Wheat-Le-gume Systems project in WANADr. Zewdie Bishaw, Head - Seed UnitDr. Masanori Inagaki, JIRCAS Scientific RepresentativeDr. Quahir Sohail, PDF - Spring Wheat BreedingDr. Shiv Kumar Agrawal, Lentil BreederDr. Kumarse Nazari, Cereal PathologistDr. Fouad Maalouf, Faba Bean BreederDr. Sajid Rehman, PDF - Cereal PathologyDr. Safaa Kumari, Plant VirologistDr. Abdoul Aziz Niane, Scientist

Dr. Andrea Visioni, PDF - Barley BreedingDr. Siham Asaad, Head of ICARDA Seed Health Labo-ratoryDr. Mariana Yazbek, PDF - Genetics ResourcesDr. Osman Abdalla El Nour, Consultant - Bread Wheat BreederDr. Aladdin Hamwieh, Associate Scientist - Chickpea BreedingDr. Miguel Sanchez Garcia, PDF - Spring Wheat BreedingDr. Miloudi Nachit, Durum Wheat BreederDr. Mustapha El-Bouhssini, EntomologistDr. Sripada M. Udupa, Senior Scientist, BiotechnologyDr. Filippo Maria Bassi, Associate Scientist - Durum BreederDr. Abdullah Bari, Genetic Resources ScientistDr. Sanjaya Gyawali, Barley BreederDr. Michel Edmond Ghanem, Associate Scientist - Wheat Breeding and BiotechnologyDr. Athanasios Tsivelikas, Associate Scientist - Gene-bank Manager - DesignateDr. Ramesh Pal Singh Verma, Barley Breeder - High Input EnvironmentsDr. Karthika Rajendran, PDF - Lentil BreedingDr. Ayed Al Abdallat, Senior BiotechnologistMr. Mohammed El Hadi Maatougui, Consultant - PPB Eritera-ItalyMr. Mohamed Fawzy Nawar, Documentation SpecialistDr. Ali Shehadeh, Associate Scientist - Curator of Range Forage SpeciesMs. Fida Alo, Research AssociateMiss Joud Hamwieh, Consultant Mr. Samer Murad, Research Associate - Spring Bread Wheat BreedingMr. Tawffiq Istanbuli, Research AssociateMr. Fawzi Sweid, Research AssociateMr. Mohammed Amer Jnedan, Research Associate - Spring Barley BreedingMr. Fouad Jabi El-haramein, Research AssociateMr. Hasan Al-Hasan, Research AssociateMr. Ala’a Yaljarouka, Research AssociateMr. Haitham Kayyali, Research AssociateMrs. Ala’a Odeh, Program AssistantMs. Sawsan Tawkaz, Research Associate - Biotechnol-ogy and Plant Cell CultureMs. Rita Nalbandian, Executive SecretaryMs. Suhaila Arslan, Manager, International NurseriesDr. Flavio Capettini, Barley BreederDr. Fernanda Gamba, Consultant - Barley, Hight Yield

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Potential EnvironmentMr. Bilal Humeid, Research AssociateMr. Fatih Ates, Consultant - Research AssistantMr. Ali Abdullah Ismail, Research AssociateMr. Samer Murad, Research AssociateMr. Samer Lababidi, GeneticistMr. Samir Hajjar, Training CoordinatorMr. Munzer Alnaimi, Research AssociateMr. Adonis Kourieh, Research Associate

Integrated Water and Land Management (IWLM)Dr. Theib Oweis, Director of Integrated Water and Land Management Program (IWLM)Dr. Fawzi Karajeh, Irrigation Management SpecialistDr Akmal Akramkhanov, Project Manager - Knowledge Management in CACILM IIDr Yaser Mhawish, Project Watershed/Water ScientistDr. Mohammed Karrou, Water and Drought Manage-ment SpecialistDr. Debra Turner, Senior Soil Fertility SpecialistDr. Richard Willem Otto Soppe, Senior Water and Sa-linity Management SpecialistDr. Vinay Nangia, Agricultural HydrologistDr. Atef Swelam, Project Coordinator - Nile Delta Proj-ectDr. Feras Ziadat, Soil Conservation/Land Management SpecialistMr Kristofer Dodge, Coordinator - Water and Liveli-hoods InitiativeDr. Mohamed Boufaroua, Water Resources EngineerMiss Rima Dabbagh, Project Financial Coordinator/ Senior Project AdministratorMr. Osama Douba, Research AssociateMr. George Estefan, Research AssociateDr. Caroline King, Manager Middle East Water & Liveli-hood Initiative

Diversification and Sustainable Intensification of Production Systems (DSIPS)Dr. David Earle Feindel, Acting Director DSIPS / Crop-ping Systems AgronomistDr. Aynalem Haile, Small Ruminant Scientist - Breeding & GeneticsDr. Somanagouda Patil, PDF - Agronomist (Food Le-gumes)Dr. Mounir Louhaichi, Range Ecology & Management Research ScientistDr. Joram Mwacharo, Small Ruminant GeneticistDr. Mourad Rekik, Small Ruminant Production Scien-tistDr. Muhammad Islam, Small Ruminant Production

ScientistDr. Muhi El-Dine Hilali, PDF - Dairy TechnologistDr. Jane Nyaranga Ambuku Wamatu, Associate Scientist - Animal NutritionistDr. Serkan Ates, Forage ScientistDr. Stephen Peter Loss, Project Leader - Conservation Agriculture - DesignateDr. Veronique Alary, Agro-Economist - CIRADDr. Barbara Ann Rischkowsky, Senior Livestock Scien-tist (Small Ruminants Management)Mr. Harun Cicek, PDF - AgronomistMr. Atef Haddad, Research Associate - AgronomyMiss Sawsan Hassan, Research Associate - Forage Sys-temsMr. Zardasht Abdulwahhab Taha, Research AssociateMr. Yaseen Khalil, Research AssociateMr. Zakarya Al-Motair, Research Associate

Social, Economic and Policy Research (SEPR)Dr. Aden Aw-Hassan, Director of Social, Economic and Policy Research Program (SEPR)Dr. Malika Martini Abdelali, Socio-economist, Commu-nity & Gender Analysis SpecialistDr. Ahmed Mazid, Agricultural EconomistDr. Yigezu Atnafe Yigezu, Agricultural EconomistDr. Roberto Telleria Juarez, Agricultural Policy Special-istDr. Boubaker Dhehibi, Agricultural Resource Econo-mistMr. Hugo Remaury, Consultant - M&E Project Coordi-natorDr. Stefanie Christmann, Researcher on Environmental GovernanceMr. Tamer El-Shater, Research Associate

SUPPORT SERVICESCapacity DevelopmentDr. Iman El-Kaffass, Head - Capacity Development UnitMr. Charles Kleinermann, Technical Training OfficerMr. Afif Dakermanji, Training OfficerMs. Laurice Abdul Majid, Officer - Administrative Ma-terial & Av. Services

Communication, Documentation and Information Services (CODIS)Mr. Michael Devlin, Head - CODISMr. Jack Durrell, Web and Information ManagerMrs. Rajita Majumdar, Communications SpecialistMs. Mai Touma, Administrator - Program AssistantMr. Richard Sanders, Science Writer/EditorMr Majdi Kebbe, Translator/Translation Coordinator

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Mr Muhammad Manaf Hamam, Electronic Publishing AssociateMrs Siba Darouzi, Head of Library & Resource Center

Geoinformatics Unit (GISU)Dr. Chandrashekhar M. Biradar, Head - Geographic Information Systems Unit (GISU)Dr. Weicheng Wu, Remote Sensing SpecialistMr. Mohamed Fawaz Tulaymat, GIS AnalystMr. Jalal Eddin Omari, Scientific Software DeveloperMs. Layal Atassi, GIS Lab ManagerMr Ahmed Hamoud, Research Associate - Meteorologi-cal

Information Technology (ITU)Mr. Colin Webster, Manager - ITUMr. Hashem Abed, Senior Coordinator - Software De-velopmentDr. Fadil Rida, MIS Applications SpecialistMr. Avadis Toubal Garajian, Network AdministratorMr. Ahmad Al-Mously, Web DeveloperMs. Samira Maksoud, Executive Secretary

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPSDr. Kamel Shideed, Assistant Director General - Inter-national Cooperation and CommunicationMs. Amira Diab, Executive Secretary

Project Development and Grants ManagementMr. Tareq Bremer, Grants Management OfficerDr. Nicolas Gennrich, Proposal Writing Officer

Arabian Peninsula Regional ProgramDr. Faisal Awawdeh, Consultant - Regional Coordinator Dr Azaiez Ouled Belgacem, Consultant - Range Ecology & Management SpecialistDr. Naem Thiyab Mazahrih, Consultant - Water/Irriga-tion Management SpecialistMr. Arash Nejatian, Activities Coordinator OfficerDr. Mohammad Al-Abid, Date Palm Specialist

Central Asia & Caucasus (CAC) Regional ProgramDr. Jozef Turok, Head of the Program Facilitation Unit, CGIAR Program for CAC and the Regional Coordina-torDr. Zakir Khalikulov, Deputy Regional CoordinatorDr. Ram C. Sharma, BreederMr. Rashid Azimov, Scientific Field Coordinator - Bio-versity IntlMr. Mutalib Begmuratov, Communication OfficerDr. Nurali Saidov, Research Fellow

Mr. Murat Aitmatov, Research FellowDr. Aziz Nurbekov, Regional Project CoordinatorMr. Nariman Nishanov, Project Field Research Coordi-natorMr. Muzaffar Aliev, AdministratorMs. Tamara Yugai, Accountant

Nile Valley and Sub-Saharan Africa Regional ProgramDr. Mohamed Habib Halila, Consultant - Manager, Food Security ProjectDr. Maha Abdelhameed Elbana, On Farm Water Man-agement SpecialistDr. Doaa Ezzat Zaki El-Agha, Irrigation System Man-agement SpecialistDr. Hassan Osman Ahmed El-Awad, Consultant - Su-dan Office Country ManagerDr. Adel Hagras, Consultant - Wheat Breeder and Site Manager

North Africa Regional ProgramDr. Mohammed El-Mourid, Regional CoordinatorMr. Ouambi Yameogo, Monitoring and Evaluation SpecialistMr. Hakim Boulal, National Project Coordinator - Mo-roccoDr. Mohamed Al-Azhari Saleh, Consultant - ARC LibyaMr. Khaled Essaidi, Procurement SpecialistMr. Hichem Hammami, SARD-SC/Wheat Project Ac-countant Dr. Assefa Gizaw Solomon, Wheat Commodity Specialist

South Asia and China Regional ProgramDr. Ashutosh Sarker, Coordinator for South Asia Pro-gram and Food Legume Breeder Officer

West Asia Regional ProgramDr. Halim Ben Haj Salah, Regional CoordinatorDr. Nasri Haddad, Consultant - Regional CoordinatorMr. Abdallah Alimari, National Project Coordinator - PalestineMrs. Suha Taha, Finance Officer Ms. Hala Hamati, Executive Secretary

AfghanistanDr. Syed Javed Rizvi, Country ManagerDr. Srinivas Tavva, Project Socio-EconomistMr. Abdul Rahman Manan, Consultant - Senior Agri-culture AdvisorMr. Syed Tehseen Gilani, Administrative and Finance Officer

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EthiopiaDr Geletu Bejiga, Consultant - Country Manager - Ethio-pia OfficeDr. Said Nahdy Silim, Consultant - Country Manager - Ethiopia Office

Harmonized Support for Agriculture Develop-ment Project (HSAD)Dr. Abduljabbar Salman, Chief of PartyProf Dr. Eltighani Mirghani Elamin, Monitoring and Evaluation SpecialistDr. Ali Abdulminam, Consultant - Field Site Coordina-tor in BasrahDr. Saleh Bader, Consultant - Country Manager, Iraq ProjectDr. Paul David Gasparini, Deputy Project Leader/Depu-ty Chief of PartyDr. Azhr Al-Haboby, Consultant - Project ManagerDr. Emad Mahmood Ghalib Al-Maarouf, Consultant - Field Site CoordinatorMr. Enrico Bonaiuti, Consultant - Monitoring and Evaluation SpecialistMr. Antonio Villamor, Consultant - Finance Manager

IranDr. Seyed Ata Rezaei, Consultant - Manager of Iran/ICARDA Program

PakistanDr. Abdul Majid, Senior Professional OfficerDr. Tassawar Malik, Consultant - Cotton Germplasm

TurkeyDr. Mesut Keser, Consultant - Country Manager

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OFFICES

SYRIA – AleppoP.O. Box 5466, AleppoTel: +963-21-5211828Fax: +963-21-2213490E-mail: [email protected] up to July 15, 2012

LEBANON – BeirutDalia Bldg 2nd floor, Bashir El Kassar Str.,Verdun AreaP.O. Box 114/5055, Beirut 1108-2010Tel: +961-1-813303Fax: +961-1-804071E-mail: [email protected]@cgiar.orgTemporary Headquarters from August 2012

AFGHANISTANCentral P.O. Box 1355, KabulTel: +88-216-21528424E-mail: [email protected] EGYPTP.O. Box 2416, CairoTel: +20-2-35724358Fax: +20-2-35728099E-mail: [email protected]

ETHIOPIAP.O. Box 5689, Addis AbabaTel: +251-11-6172280Fax: +251-11-617001E-mail: [email protected]

INDIANew Delhi 110012Tel: +91-11-25847500/25847502Fax: +91-11-25847503E-mail: [email protected]

IRANP.O. Box 19395, Tehran 1113Tel: +98-21-22400094Fax: +98-21-22401855E-mail: [email protected]

JORDANP.O. Box 950764, Amman 11195Tel: +962-6-5525750Fax: +962-6-5525930E-mail: [email protected]

LEBANON – Terbol Research StationBeka’a Valley, TerbolTel: +961-8-955127Fax: +961-8-955128E-mail: [email protected]

MOROCCOB.P. 6299, Rabat-InstitutsTel: +212-537-682909Fax: +212-537-675496E-mail: [email protected]

OMANc/o Directorate General of Agriculture and Livestock ResearchP.O. Box 111, Rumais, Barka 328Tel: +968-26893578Fax: +968-26893572E-mail: [email protected]

PAKISTANc/o National Agriculture Research CenterPark Road, IslamabadTel: +92-51-9255178Fax: +92-51-9255179E-mail: [email protected]

SUDANP.O. Box 30, Khartoum NorthTel: +249-185216178Fax: +249-185213263E-mail: [email protected]

SYRIA – DamascusP.O. Box 5908, DamascusTel: +963-11-3331455Fax: +963-11-3320483E-mail: [email protected]

TUNISIAB.P. 435, Menzeh I, 1004, TunisTel: +216-71-752099Fax: +216-71-753170E-mail: [email protected]

TURKEYP.K. 39 Emek, 06511 AnkaraTel: +90-312-3448777Fax: +90-312-3270798E-mail: [email protected]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATESP.O. Box 13979, DubaiTel: +971-4-2389513Fax: +971-4-2389514E-mail: [email protected]

UZBEKISTANP.O. Box 4564, Tashkent 100 000Tel: +998-71-2372169Fax: +998-71-1207125E-mail: [email protected]

YEMENP.O. Box 87148, DhamarTel & Fax: +967-6-423951E-mail: [email protected]

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PHOTO CREDITS

Cover .......................................... Pooja Sahp. 10............................................ Communications Teamp. 13............................................ Michael Devlinp. 14............................................ Mohamed Kharratp. 15............................................ Aqeel Hasan Rizvip. 16............................................ Javed Rizvi and Naeem Azimi p. 18............................................ Svetlana Balalaeva for ICARDAp. 19............................................ Muhi Hilalip. 20............................................ Communications Teamp. 22............................................ Ethiopia rainfed projectp. 23............................................ David Feindelp. 24............................................ Arash Nejatianp. 25............................................ Theib Oweisp. 26............................................ Communications Teamp. 27............................................ Mounir Louhaichip. 29............................................ Stephen Loss (top), Atef Swelam (bottom)p. 30............................................ Communications Teamp. 31............................................ Stefanie Christmann p. 33............................................ Theib Oweis (top), Shiv Agrawal (bottom)p. 35............................................ Ram Sharma (bottom)p. 36............................................ I. A. Sheikh for ICARDA (top), Rajita Majumdar (bottom)p. 37............................................ Hamidreza Ansari Renani for ICARDA (top), Afghanistan Team (middle), Pakistan Team (bottom)p. 38............................................ Aladdin Hamwiehp. 39............................................ HSAD Teamp. 40............................................ Communications Teamp. 48............................................ Michael Devlin

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About ICARDA Established in 1977, the International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is one of the 15 centers supported by CGIAR. ICARDA’s mission is to improve livelihoods of the resource-poor in dry areas by enhancing food security through research and partnerships, targeting sustainable increases in agricultural productivity and income, while ensuring the efficient and more equitable use and conservation of natural resources.

ICARDA serves the non-tropical dry areas for crop improvement, land and water management, and greater rangeland and small ruminant productivity. It uses socio-economic and policy research to better target gaps and enhance the uptake and impact of research outputs. The center has a global mandate for the improvement of barley, lentil and faba bean, and partners with other CGIAR institutions on the improvement of bread and durum wheat, kabuli chickpea, pasture and forage legumes. ICARDA also focuses on diversification of production systems, and value-added crop and livestock products to raise smallholder incomes.

The center works through partnerships with national agricultural research programs in over 40 countries in Central, South and West Asia, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Capacity development crosscuts all research activities to ensure development of national expertise for continued progress.

www.icarda.org

RESEARCH PROGRAM ON

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

About CGIAR CGIAR is a global research partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for sustainable development. CGIAR research is dedicated to reducing rural poverty, increasing food security, improving human health and nutrition, and ensuring more sustainable management of natural resources. It is carried out by the 15 centers who are members of the CGIAR Consortium in close collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, and the private sector.

www.cgiar.org