History of the establishment of IPBES Members and observers National Focal Points Organization Focal Points Observer organizations Collaboration and partnerships Stakeholders Bureau Multidisciplinary Expert Panel Conflict of interest committee Secretariat Vacancies Experts Conceptual framework Contact information Secretariat Secretariat headquarters in Bonn, Germany Dr. Anne Larigauderie Executive secretary Mr. Robert Spaull Head of communications Dr. Simone Schiele Head of work programme Mr. Dominik Brinkmann Head of operations, administration Mr. Benedict Omare Information systems officer Ms. Sonia Gueorguiev Head of development Ms. Satomi Yoshino Programme management officer Dr. Tiff van Huysen Programme management officer Mr. Masakatsu Ohyama Administrative officer Carla Brown Associate public information officer Mr. Mateusz Banski Associate public information officer Ms. Ghada Mueller Administrative assistant Ms. Esther Marsha Administrative assistant Mr. Mayar Manssour Finance and budget assistant Ms. Wairimu Mwaura Information systems assistant Ms. Olga Rasmus Programme management assistant Ms. Irene Jeutner Travel assistant Ms. Charlotte Mousnier Consultant Tania Sanchis Gimenez Consultant Ms. Amarys Preuss Stakeholder engagement officer Technical support unit for the assessment of business and biodiversity (Cambridge, United Kingdom and Bogotá, Colombia) Mr. Orlando Vargas Technical support unit (head) Mrs. Olena Tarasova-Krasiieva Technical support unit Ms. Alina Vera Paz Technical support unit Mrs. Erika Peñuela Vega Technical support unit Technical support unit for the assessment of transformative change (Montpellier, France) Mrs. Laurence Perianin Technical support unit (head) Ms. Camille Guibal Technical support unit Ms. Anouk Renaud Technical support unit Technical support unit for the assessment of invasive alien species (Tokyo, Japan) Ms. Noriko Moriwake Technical support unit (head) Ms. Ryoko Kawakami Technical support unit Ms. Tanara Renard Truong Van Nga Technical support unit Technical support unit on policy support tools (Cambridge, United Kingdom) Dr. Claire Brown Technical support unit Ms. Daniela Guarás Technical support unit Ms. Esther Chinweuba Technical support unit Technical support unit on capacity-building (Trondheim, Norway) Ms. Ingunn Storrø Technical support unit (head) Ms. Mie Kleven Technical support unit Mr. Eirik Skjevik Technical support unit Ms. Diem Hong Tran Technical support unit Technical support unit on scenarios and models (Tokyo, Japan) Dr. Pankaj Kumar Technical support unit (head) Ms. Noriko Moriwake Technical support unit Ms. Naoko Suzuki Technical support unit Dr. Mesfin Achemo Technical support unit Technical support unit on Indigenous and local knowledge (Paris, France) Dr. Peter Bates Technical support unit (head) Mariana Cantu Fernandez Technical support unit Technical support unit on data management (Frankfurt, Germany) Dr. Aidin Niamir Technical support unit (head) Dr. Yanina Sica Technical support unit Dr. Renske Gudde Technical support unit