Private Office of the Secretary General and the Deputy Secretary General

Stefano PIEDIMONTE BODINI

Director

Strategic policy, inter-institutional and transversal issues
Management and co-ordination of Private Office
Committee of Ministers and national governments and delegations
Senior Management co-ordination and recruitment/staff matters
Co-ordination of the Secretary General’s agenda and communication
Chair of the Task Force on Ukraine
Special Representative of the Secretary General on antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and all forms of religious intolerance
Special Representative of the Secretary General to the United Nations
Special Envoy on the situation of the children of Ukraine

Florian CESCON

Deputy Director

Co-ordination of administrative and human resources matters
Directorate General of Administration (DGA)
Directorate of Internal Oversight (DIO) – structural co-ordination
Staff Committee
External Auditor
Oversight Advisory Committee (OAC)
Private Office Budget
Representative of the Secretary General in the Security Management Team (SMT)

Natacha DE ROECK

Deputy Director

Directorate of Political Affairs and External Relations (DPAER) - structural co-ordination
Directorate of Programme Co-ordination (DPC) - structural co-ordination
Protocol and Public Relations Department and Events
New Democratic Pact for Europe
Committee of Ministers' Presidencies
Country and multilateral co-ordination:

Member and observer states:

Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Mexico

Non member states and regions:

Belarus, Kosovo*, Latin America, Central Asia

Multilateral:

United Nations (UN) in New York, European Union (EU), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

* All reference to Kosovo, whether the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Kresimir KAMBER

Adviser

Co-ordination of legal matters
European Court of Human Rights
Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI)
Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)
Directorate of Legal Advice and Public International Law (DLAPIL)
Directorate of Internal Oversight (DIO) – investigations
European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and HealthCare (EDQM)
International/European Courts

Julie MEYLAN

Adviser

Parliamentary Assembly
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights
Country and multilateral co-ordination:

Member and observer states:

Andorra, Austria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Türkiye, Holy See

Non-member states and regions:

Middle-East and North-Africa (MENA)

Multilateral:

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), United Nations (UN) in Geneva, European Political Community (EPC), Regional Organisations (mainly African Union (AU), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), League of Arab States (LAS) and Organization of American States (OAS))

Christophe LAROUER

Adviser

Speechwriting
Media Department
Country and multilateral co-ordination:

Observer states:

United States of America and Canada

Thibault CURMI

Adviser

Directorate of Programme and Budget (DPB)
Directorate of Programme Co-ordination (DPC) (Resource mobilisation and Donor relations)
Relations with the host country (including with the City of Strasbourg and regional/local authorities)
Country and multilateral co-ordination:

Member and observer states:

Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Hungary, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Slovak Republic, Sweden, United Kingdom, Japan

Non-member states and regions:

Africa, Asia-Pacific