Who runs IATI?
Meet the teams that make up IATI’s governing board and secretariat. Both are accountable to IATI members.
Governing board
The governing board takes a leadership role in overseeing the implementation of IATI’s work. The board puts recommendations on key budget and strategic issues to the members’ assembly for final approval.
The board is made up of seven members representing providers of development cooperation, partner countries and civil society, non-governmental and private sector organisations. The board also includes the Chair of the technical advisory group (TAG). The representatives appoint IATI’s Chair and Vice Chairs, who chair both the governing board and the members’ assembly.
Kazi Shofiqul Azam
- IATI Vice Chair
- Secretary, Economic Relations Division in the Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh
- IATI constituency: Partner country (developing country government)
Sarah Johns

- IATI Vice Chair
- Transparency Adviser, Bond
- IATI constituency: Civil society organisation and other
Leo Stolk
- Project Manager Open Data, Oxfam Novib
- IATI constituency: Civil society organisation and other
Isaora Zefania Romalahy
- Statistician-Economist and Head of the Aid Coordination Permanent Secretariat within the Office of the Prime Minister of Madagascar
- IATI constituency: Partner country (developing country government)
Timothy Takona
- Senior Adviser, Field Results Group
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- IATI constituency: Providers of development cooperation
Steven Flower
- Chair of IATI Technical Advisory Group
- Open Data Services Co-operative
- IATI constituency: Technical Advisory group
Secretariat
The secretariat includes staff responsible for the day-to-day running of IATI, and implements decisions agreed by the members’ assembly and governing board.
Annelise Parr
- IATI Coordinator
- United Nations Development Programme
Carolyn Culey

- Director of Strategic Partnerships
- Development Initiatives
Bill Anderson

- IATI Technical Lead
- Development Initiatives
Argjira Belegu-Shuku

- Logistics, Administrative and Financial Specialist
- United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Cillian O’Cathail

- Senior Communications and Transparency Officer
- United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Joni Hillman

- IATI Project Lead at Development Initiatives (currently on maternity leave)
- Development Initiatives
Rohini Simbodyal

- IATI Communications Adviser
- Development Initiatives
Lea Zoric
- IATI Outreach and Data Use Specialist
- United Nations Development Programme