Secretariat

According to article 19 of the JIU's Statute, the inspectors are assisted by an Executive Secretary and by staff members, as authorized in the Unit’s budget. The JIU Secretariat consists of the Executive Secretary, eight Evaluation and Inspection Officers, one Investigator, one Associate Research Officer, four Research Assistants dedicated to evaluations and inspections and five support staff.

This picture shows the JIU Secretariat in December 2025.

Executive Secretary - Tapio, Mr. Mika

Staff members

Front Office: JIU@un.org;

  • Duquesne, Ms. Annick
  • Vant Sant, Ms. Ellen

Senior Evaluation and Inspection Officers

  • Figus, Ms. Elena
  • Hermie, Mr. Vincent

Evaluation and Inspection Officers 

  • Capello, Ms. Alexandra
  • Chowdhury, Mr. Numayr
  • Ciocirlan, Ms. Irina
  • Helck, Mr. Stefan
  • Ito, Ms. Eriko
  • Jaiyen, Ms. Kamolmas
  • Sallam, Ms. Rana

Investigator

  • Samoulada, Ms. Alexandra

Associate Management and Programme Analyst

  • Soule, Ms. Fernanda

Associate Experts

  • Deeva, Ms. Kseniina (JPO)
  • Min, Ms. Hwa-hyun (JPO)

Research Assistants

  • Baudat, Mr. Hervé
  • Bricks, Ms. Eleyeba
  • Mitchell, Ms. Vicki
  • Nazarova Durindel, Ms. Alina

Senior Research and Quality Control Assistant

  • Otradnova, Ms. Olga

Information Systems/Research Assistant

  • Herrera, Mr. José Andrés

Information Management Assistant

  • Okallo, Ms. Carren