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 one technical representative. The members of the Board appoint IATI’s Chair and Vice Chairs, who chair both the governing board and the members’ assembly.
Joseph Barnes
- Chief Programme Monitoring, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- IATI constituency: Providers of development cooperation
Melinda Cuzner
- Technical representative
- IATI Manager, Sida (The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency), Sweden
Dr. Sanjo Faniran
- Deputy Director, United Nations Development System Unit, Nigeria
- IATI constituency: Partner country (developing country government)
Winnie Kamau
- President, Association of Freelance Journalists
- IATI constituency: Civil society organisation and other
Mr. Dilli Raj Lekhak
- IATI constituency: Partner country (developing country government)
Leo Stolk
- PROJECT MANAGER OPEN DATA, OXFAM NOVIB
- IATI constituency: Civil society organisation and other
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
Wendy Thomas

- IATI Technical Lead
- Development Initiatives
Anna Whitson
- Outreach and Partnerships Specialist – Effective Development Cooperation
- United Nations Development Programme
Argjira Belegu-Shuku

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

- Communications Manager
- United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Maria Molsa

- SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPARENCY OFFICER
- United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Rohini Simbodyal

- IATI Communications Adviser
- Development Initiatives
Sander Hees
- Community Facilitator
- United Nations Development Programme