UNAIDS Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations
Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director

Winnie Byanyima

UNAIDS Executive Director

Filippo Grandi

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Catherine M. Russell

Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund
Ms. Cindy McCain, Executive Director United Nations World Food Programme

Cindy McCain

Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP)

Achim Steiner

Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme

Natalia Kanem

Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund

Ghada Fathi Waly

Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous

Sima Sami Bahous

Executive Director of UN Women
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the specialized United Nations agency responsible for the world of work. Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialog

Gilbert F. Houngbo

Director-General of the International Labour Organization

Audrey Azoulay

Director-General of UNESCO

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director-General of the World Health Organization
The Executive Directors of the World Bank today selected Ajay Banga as President of the World Bank for a five-year term beginning June 2, 2023.

Ajay Banga

President of the World Bank Group
Cabinet
Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director

Winnie Byanyima

Executive Director of UNAIDS
Angeli Achrekar, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of the Programme Branch of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

Angeli Achrekar

Deputy Executive Director for the Programme Branch of UNAIDS
Christine Stegling is the Deputy Executive Director of the Policy, Advocacy and Knowledge Branch at the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and an Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Christine Stegling

Deputy Executive Director for the Policy, Advocacy and Knowledge Branch of UNAIDS

Mahesh Mahalingam

Chief of Staff of UNAIDS

Tim Martineau

Director for Management at UNAIDS
Karusa Kiragu is the Director of Change Management, UNAIDS

Karusa Kiragu

Director of Change Management
Efraim Gomez, UNAIDS Chief of staff

Efraim Gómez

Director, External Relations
Directors, Regional Support Teams

Luisa Cabal

Director, Regional Support Team for Latin America and the Caribbean
Berthilde Gahongayire, Director, Regional Support Team for West and Central Africa

Berthilde Gahongayire

Director, Regional Support Team for West and Central Africa
Anne Githuku-Shongwe, Director, UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa

Anne Githuku-Shongwe

Director, Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa

Eamonn Murphy

Director, Regional Support Teams for Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Practice Directors
Jaime Atienza Azcona (Madrid, 1972)joined UNAIDS in 2021, and is the Director of the Equitable financing Practice department at UNAIDS since February 2022. He is a PhD candidate with Madrid Complutense University, specialized on debt, development financin

Jaime Atienza Azcona

Director, Equitable Financing
Suki Beavers, Director, Gender Equality, Human Rights and Community Engagement

Suki Beavers

Director, Equality and Rights for All
Dr. Mary Mahy has over 22 years of experience using data to transform the HIV response. Mary brings her technical expertise and passion to use evidence to close the inequalities that allow the HIV pandemic to persist. As the current UNAIDS Director, ad in

Mary Mahy

Director, Data for Impact
Fodé Simaga, Director of Science, Services and Systems for All, UNAIDS

Fodé Simaga

Director of Science, Services and Systems for All
Directors/leads of business operations and strategic functional groups
Marie-Odile Emond, Senior Advisor for Programme Planning and Field Support

Marie-Odile Emond

Senior Advisor for Programme Planning and Field Support
Kim Henderson, Global Knowledge Management Lead, UNAIDS Kim Henderson is UNAIDS Global Knowledge Management Lead.

Kim Henderson

Chief, Knowledge Management

Sam Kambarami

Director, Planning, Finance and Accountability
Nkhensani Mathabate (a.i.) Senior Advisor, Culture Transformation

Nkhensani Mathabate

Senior Advisor, Culture Transformation, a.i.

Rosemary Museminali

Director, Multilateral Systems Office
Muleya Mwananyanda is the Director, Influence and Partnerships, within the Policy, Advocacy and Knowledge Branch of UNAIDS.

Muleya Mwananyanda

Director, Influence and Partnerships
Benedict (Ben) Phillips is the Director of Communications at UNAIDS since 2022.

Ben Phillips

Director, Communications
Ingrid Regien, Director, Information Communication Technology (ICT) within the Department of Management, joined UNAIDS on 1 February 2023 and is based in the new global hub in Bonn. Ingrid had held a number of senior ICT management roles, most recently as

Ingrid Regien

Director, Information Communication Technology
Tamara Thomas, Director of Resource Mobilization

Tamara Thomas

Director of Resource Mobilization

Morten Ussing

Director, Governance and Multilateral Affairs
Directors of Liaison Offices
Erasmus U. Morah has served the United Nations system across ten countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe for over three decades.

Erasmus Morah

Director of UNAIDS China Office
César Antonio Núñez, Director of UNAIDS New York Office

César Antonio Núñez

Director of UNAIDS New York Office
Vinay Saldanha, U.S. Liaison Office in Washington DC

Vinay Saldanha

U.S. Liaison Office in Washington DC
Sihaka Tsemo is the Director of the UNAIDS Liaison Office to the African Union

Sihaka Tsemo

Director, UNAIDS Liaison Office to the African Union
Former UNAIDS Executive Directors
Peter Piot was UNAIDS Executive Director from 1995 to 2008

Peter Piot

1995-2008

Michel Sidibé

2009-2019