The FICSA Council elects Members of the Executive Committee and Regional Representatives, and FICSA maintains a permanent Secretariat. The Executive Committee are responsible for implementing the Federation's policies and representing the Federation, and draws up the annual programme of work, based on the decisions and recommendations adopted by Council.

FICSA Council also elects Chairs and Vice-Chairs for Standing Committees that specialize in General Service Questions, Professional Salaries and Allowances, Conditions of Service in the Field, Social Security/Occupational Health and Safety, Staff-Management Relations, Human Resources Management and Legal Questions.

Executive committee

  • Yvonne Bieri

    Yvonne Bieri - FICSA Accountant - FICSA Secretariat

    Yvonne Bieri - FICSA Accountant - FICSA Secretariat

  • Gilda Isernia

    FICSA Intern / Consultant - FICSA Secretariat

    FICSA Intern / Consultant - FICSA Secretariat

  • Marie-Paule Masson

    Marie-Paule Masson

    Team Assistant - FICSA Secretariat

  • Tanya Quinn-Maguire

    Tanya Quinn-Maguire

    President - Executive committee
    President - FICSA Secretariat

    President - FICSA Secretariat

    Tanya Quinn-Maguire

    President - Executive committee

    President - FICSA Secretariat

    President - FICSA Secretariat

    Tanya Quinn-Maguire was elected FICSA President in January 2020. A UNAIDS staff member, she has been part of the FICSA family for over 12 years, actively participating in Standing Committees at FICSA Council including HRM, GS, SMR and SOCSEC/OHS. Most recently, she served as the co-Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Security and Occupational Health and Safety (SOCSEC / OHS) for five years. Through that role Tanya was the FICSA focal-point on the UN Working Group on After-Service Health Insurance (ASHI) and has actively championed issues related to staff mental health and wellbeing in particular. She was nominated as the FICSA focal point for the UN System Strategy on Mental Health and Wellbeing and continues in this role as the FICSA representative on the MHS Implementation Board. As a staff member with UNAIDS, Tanya worked as the secretariat for the UNAIDS Secretariat Staff Association for 12 years. She is a passionate supporter of staff rights and is proud to be an international civil servant for the United Nations. She has almost twenty-five years’ experience in the UN system and is a mother to two daughters. 

  • Cosimo Melpignano

    Cosimo Melpignano

    General Secretary - Executive committee
    General Secretary - FICSA Secretariat

    UNGSC

    Cosimo Melpignano

    General Secretary - Executive committee

    General Secretary - FICSA Secretariat

    UNGSC

    Cosimo, or Mino as he is known by the staff of the UN Common System, has a strong background in international logistics and the startup and winding down of Peacekeeping Missions. 

    He is a HR Professional with specialization in international recruitment and in vetting international recruitment processes. He has extensive experience in organizational review and restructuring processes.

    He had over twenty years of staff representation experience, in various function as the President of the UNGSS Brindisi Staff Union, as well as having served as the European Representative for the Federation of International Civil Servants Associations and Coordinator for the Federation of National Staff Association.

    Prior to being elected as the General Secretary of FICSA, Mino was the Chair of the Field Standing Committee in FICSA.

  • Irwan Shahrezza Mohd Razali

    Irwan Shahrezza Mohd Razali

    Information Officer - FICSA Secretariat

    FICSA Information Officer / Kuala Lumpur

    Irwan Shahrezza Mohd Razali

    Information Officer - FICSA Secretariat

    FICSA Information Officer / Kuala Lumpur

    Irwan Shahrezza is an information management specialist and holds a master’s and bachelor's degree in business administration from AAGBS UiTM and UUM. Before championing the cause of international civil servants worldwide as the Information Officer in FICSA, Irwan was the Manager of World Health Organization(WHO)'s Global Service Desk based in Malaysia, providing client services to over 150 WHO offices. He held the positions of Treasurer and Compensation Officer in FICSA between 2015 to 2018. Irwan has over 20 years of experience in the field of IT, including 12 years in WHO and past experience working in diverse teams in Microsoft Asia Pacific and Telekom Malaysia. He is professionally certified in project management, IT service management, service desk management as well as Windows enterprise support. He became a staff representative since 2011 and wrote a thesis on factors influencing trade union membership that you can read at http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26157

  • Jérôme Zanga Foe

    Jérôme Zanga Foe

    Treasurer - Executive committee

    WHO/HQ

    Jérôme Zanga Foe

    Treasurer - Executive committee

    WHO/HQ

    Jérôme was elected Treasurer during the 75th FICSA Council in 2022.

    Joined WHO/HQ in 2015 and was elected staff representative in 2019. Currently treasurer of the WHO/HQ Staff Association.

    Member of the Geneva Local Salary Survey Committee and serves as WHO/HQ staff representative for General Services and Professional categories salary surveys.

  • Véronique Allain

    Véronique Allain

    First of two Members for Compensation Issues - Executive committee

    SCBD

    Véronique Allain

    First of two Members for Compensation Issues - Executive committee

    SCBD

    Mrs Véronique ALLAIN is Senior Team Assistant within the UN ENVIRONMENT out-posted office, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), in Montréal, Canada.  She has been working at the SCBD since 1999, with previous experience in other international organizations, i.e. the World Bank in Washington D.C., UNIDO and the French Delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE, now the OSCE) in Vienna, Austria.  Véronique has been a member of the Executive Committee of the SCBD Staff Association since 2000, in various capacities (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Information Officer). She has been designated as the FICSA Focal Point within the SCBD SA since joining FICSA in 2002.

    Véronique has been closely involved with the Federation since 2007 in various roles, such as Regional Representative for the Americas, Member without Portfolio and Member for Field and Regional Issues.  Véronique holds a Bachelor’s degree in English literature, with a certificate in translation (from English or German or Spanish into French) from the Université Catholique de l’Ouest, in France.  Being a passionate linguist, Véronique is fluent in four languages and has developed a great interest for field-related matters at the FICSA level, in particular advocating for staff members working for the UN, but away from the Headquarters, the so-called H duty stations.

    Her versatile personality and experience help her blend very well in an international work-setting where she enjoys the company of colleagues coming from all parts of the World.

  • Line Kaspersen

    Line Kaspersen

    Second of two Members for Compensation Issues - Executive committee

    AP-in-FAO

    Line Kaspersen

    Second of two Members for Compensation Issues - Executive committee

    AP-in-FAO

    Line Kaspersen was elected as one of two members on Compensation Issues during the virtual FICSA Council of February 2021. She has been an active member of the Association of Professionals in FAO, the organization which she represents, for about three years, and been active in the Standing Committee on Field Issues for one year, after she was elected a vice chair for the committee during the first FICSA council she participated in, in London, February 2020. In particular, she has championed issues related to field duty stations as well as those of the conditions of service for all categories of UN staff, including professional, general service, national and consultants. She is an economist by training and specialized in the agricultural field and in areas of public sector strengthening. She is honored to have been part of the UN civil servants corps for 10 years, first in IFAD and then in FAO; and looks forward to taking on this important task of service to the FICSA member associations. She is currently based in Kampala, Uganda; is married and has two young children.

  • Oleksandr Martynenko

    Oleksandr Martynenko

    Member for Regional and Field Issues - Executive committee

    WHO/EURO

    Oleksandr Martynenko

    Member for Regional and Field Issues - Executive committee

    WHO/EURO

    Oleksandr Martynenko has been with WHO since 2015, working at country and headquarters levels. In 2017-2019, Oleksandr served as a member of EURSA Staff Committee advocating for interests and career opportunities for locally recruited staff members. During 2019-2021 Oleksandr worked in Geneva where he participated in the work of HQ staff association. Since January 2022, Oleksandr leads WHO office in Pristina.

    Oleksandr’s motivation to join the FICSA Executive Committee team is driven by the commitment to continue advocating for the improvement and safeguarding of staff working conditions, whereby all staff – regardless of their grade, position or duty station – enjoy respectful and safe working environment.  Oleksandr is a firm believer that changes occur not from wanting them but from making them happen – and he is determined to work with fellow colleagues to make UN Common System a better place to be.

  • Steven-Geoffrey Eales

    Steven-Geoffrey Eales

    Member without portfolio - Executive committee

    UNIDO

    Steven-Geoffrey Eales

    Member without portfolio - Executive committee

    UNIDO

  • Harris Benito Koubemba Mona

    Harris Benito Koubemba Mona

    Regional Representative for Africa - Regional Reps

    WHO/AFRO

    Harris Benito Koubemba Mona

    Regional Representative for Africa - Regional Reps

    WHO/AFRO

    Benito Koubemba is the General Secretary of the World Health Organization Regional office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) Staff Association (ASA) in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

    Benito is a statistician.

    He joined WHO in 2010.

    He works as a data management officer within the Universal Health Coverage/ Life Course (ULC) cluster and under the Health Information Systems (HIS) unit.

    As member of HIS, Benito oversees technical support to the AFRO member states for the implementation of health facilities assessments such as the Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA), the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA), the Data Quality review (DQR), the Quality Of Care (QoC) and the Frontline Readiness Assessment (FRA) surveys. He is particularly in charge of the adaptation of the standards paper and electronic data collection tools to country context, training of trainers, supervisors, team leaders, data collectors, data managers, data analysts and report writers.

  • Ritesh Kumar Singh

    Ritesh Kumar Singh

    Regional Representative for Asia - Regional Reps

    WHO / SEARO

    Ritesh Kumar Singh

    Regional Representative for Asia - Regional Reps

    WHO / SEARO

  • Susan Murray

    Susan Murray

    Regional Representative for Europe - Regional Reps

    FAO/WFP-UGSS

    Susan Murray

    Regional Representative for Europe - Regional Reps

    FAO/WFP-UGSS

  • Andrea Palazzi

    Andrea Palazzi

    Standing Committee Chair - Professional Salaries and Allowances

    UNAIDS

    Andrea Palazzi

    Standing Committee Chair - Professional Salaries and Allowances

    UNAIDS

  • Andres Orias-Bleichner

    Andres Orias-Bleichner

    Standing Committee Chair - Legal Questions

    WMO

    Andres Orias-Bleichner

    Standing Committee Chair - Legal Questions

    WMO

  • Charles Forrest

    Charles Forrest

    Standing Committee Chair - Legal Questions

    IFAD

    Charles Forrest

    Standing Committee Chair - Legal Questions

    IFAD

  • Daniella Salmon

    Daniella Salmon

    Standing Committee Chair - Human Resources Management

    WHO/HQ

    Daniella Salmon

    Standing Committee Chair - Human Resources Management

    WHO/HQ

  • Marc Brown

    Standing Committee Chair - Field Issues

    FAO/WFP-UGSS

    Standing Committee Chair - Field Issues

    FAO/WFP-UGSS

  • Silvia Mariangeloni

    Silvia Mariangeloni

    Standing Committee Chair - General Service Questions

    FAO / WFP - UGSS

    Silvia Mariangeloni

    Standing Committee Chair - General Service Questions

    FAO / WFP - UGSS

  • Tonia Rifaey

    Tonia Rifaey

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Professional Salaries and Allowances
    Standing Committee Chair - Field Issues

    WHO/EMRO

    Tonia Rifaey

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Professional Salaries and Allowances

    Standing Committee Chair - Field Issues

    WHO/EMRO

  • Tracy Tollmann

    Tracy Tollmann

    Standing Committee Chair - Human Resources Management

    UNFCCC

    Tracy Tollmann

    Standing Committee Chair - Human Resources Management

    UNFCCC

  • Viera Seben

    Viera Seben

    Standing Committee Chair - Staff-Management Relations

    ICAO 

    Viera Seben

    Standing Committee Chair - Staff-Management Relations

    ICAO 

  • Wadzanai Garwe

    Standing Committee Chair - Social Security/OHS

    AP-in-FAO

    Standing Committee Chair - Social Security/OHS

    AP-in-FAO

  • Alessandra Marcorio

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Human Resources Management

    UNGSC

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Human Resources Management

    UNGSC

  • Andrew Brown

    Andrew Brown

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Social Security/OHS

    ICAO

    Andrew Brown

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Social Security/OHS

    ICAO

  • Anita Stefin

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Staff-Management Relations

    WHO/EURO

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Staff-Management Relations

    WHO/EURO

  • Annarita Palumbo

    Annarita Palumbo

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - General Service Questions

    UNGSC

    Annarita Palumbo

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - General Service Questions

    UNGSC

  • Erik Glass

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - General Service Questions

    IAEA

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - General Service Questions

    IAEA

  • Glenda Moreira Lopez

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - General Service Questions

    PAHO

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - General Service Questions

    PAHO

  • Houcine Mhadhbi

    Houcine Mhadhbi

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Professional Salaries and Allowances

    IAEA

    Houcine Mhadhbi

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Professional Salaries and Allowances

    IAEA

  • Innocent Mugabe

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Human Resources Management

    WHO/HQ

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Human Resources Management

    WHO/HQ

  • Kay Miller

    Kay Miller

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - General Service Questions

    WHO/EURO

  • Leolinda Dieme

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Professional Salaries and Allowances

    UPU

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Professional Salaries and Allowances

    UPU

  • Maria Del Rocio Martin Vargas

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Legal Questions

    UNICTF

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Legal Questions

    UNICTF

  • Michelle Delinde

    Michelle Delinde

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Social Security/OHS

    CTBTO

    Michelle Delinde

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Social Security/OHS

    CTBTO

  • Mina Nagy

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - General Service Questions

    WHO/EMRO

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - General Service Questions

    WHO/EMRO

  • Salvatore Brunori

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Legal Questions

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Legal Questions

  • Shereen Barry

    Shereen Barry

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Staff-Management Relations

    IMO

    Shereen Barry

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Staff-Management Relations

    IMO

  • Sonia El Sakka

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Field Issues

    ICAO

    Standing Committee Vice-Chair - Field Issues

    ICAO

  • Isabelle Mardissian

    Core-Group - Legal Questions

    CERN

    Core-Group - Legal Questions

    CERN

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