The Board
- Neeti Banerjee
- While every international organization is sui generis, there is a convergence among their human resource challenges; thus, Neeti believes that these challenges require a common forum in which HR professionals can leverage their collective and diverse thinking in tackling some of the key issues we face. As a human resources professional for 23 years and a manager at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), she believes that AHRMIO provides such a forum, and in the six years since its inception, it has developed an impressive array of services for its members.
Neeti is currently Chief of the IMF’s Staff Development Division in Washington, D.C. As a member of the senior management team supporting the Director of Human Resources of IMF, she provides strategic and operational support on career, learning and development, as well as organizational effectiveness.
Neeti has more than 20 years of experience as a human resources professional in international organizations at both the IMF and the World Bank as well as the petroleum industry in India in a wide range of HR functions—assessment, development, organizational development, workforce planning, and recruitment. She has also worked in the field of knowledge management consulting and research for IBM.
- Jan Beagle, Advisory Organizational Member of the Board, Vice Chair
- A founding member of AHRMIO, Jan has long been an advocate for the intrinsic role the Association can play in knowledge sharing across the world of international not-for-profit organizations and in networking with civil society, especially global for-profit organizations and leading academic institutions. Jan joined UNAIDS as Deputy Executive Director, Management and External Relations, in September 2009. She brings to this position over 30 years of experience in the political, development, management and interagency areas of the United Nations work, as well as extensive experience in change management. Before joining UNAIDS, she served as Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, where she introduced improvements in systems and practices to strengthen management and promote system-wide coherence. Previously, as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management in the United Nations, she had responsibility for the development and implementation of organizational human resources policies and programmes covering over 30,000 staff globally. In this capacity, she led the development of the comprehensive human resources management reform strategy in “Investing in People”.
Jan has also served in senior positions in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, the Office of the Administrator of UNDP, the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Management, and the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs. In all these positions, she has been involved in numerous change management initiatives at the level of the United Nations Secretariat and the United Nations system.
Prior to joining the United Nations, Jan served in her country’s diplomatic service, including five years as a delegate to the United Nations.
- Anke Borngraeber-Berthelsen
In today’s world the role of HR is undergoing a real change. More than ever before, HR is seen as a Strategic Partner, although there still is a long way to go before it obtains a seat at the strategic table. We cannot overstress how important it is for organizations to realize the value that HR brings in supporting the achievement of the organization’s mission through its activities and initiatives. Also, HR must understand that it has a significant role as a ‘Center of Excellence’/ a Service Center for all staff, which requires a high level of expertise, knowledge and service understanding is vital. It is here where AHRMIO can act as an Ambassador, catalyst and resource center that enables HR Professionals to exchange, learn and receive professional support, thereby actively contributing to changes in their organizations. AHRMIO serves as a ‘Think Tank’, as a platform for the exchange of experience and sharing of knowledge.
Ann has a diverse educational background and vast experience in the areas of Management and Leadership, Business development, institution- and capacity building, organizational development, HR/IHC. She has worked in various senior capacities in the private sector (IBM, TUI), international organizations (UNDP-GEF, EC/EU, OSCE) and NGOs, both at HQs and the Field, over the past +17 years. She is currently Director HR at the Black SeaTrade and Development Bank (BSTDB), concentrating on the development of HR, particularly the development and implementation of organizational human resources policies and programs, in this young International Financial Institution (IFI.)
Thomas Neufing- Thomas believes that AHRMIO provides a unique platform where best - or at least good – practice can be promoted. He believes that AHRMIO has been very proactive in providing a much needed forum for stimulating discussions and interactions.
Thomas is a human resources specialist with extensive international experience in different international organizations both at the field level and at headquarters. He has moved across fields of expertise by occupying different line management positions before committing himself to the field of managing human resources. He has served in a number of humanitarian positions such as Human Rights Officer for the UN Human Rights Mission in Haiti,Deputy Programme Director of a country-wide rehabilitation programme with the United Nations Development Programme in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Head of Field Office and Co-ordinator for Civil Administration Support with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo.
Since 2000, Thomas has focussed on training and development of staff: first as Head of Training of the OSCE Secretariat, then as Head of UN System Learning and Training Services at the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) and since 2008 as Chief, Staff Development and Learning Section at the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG).
- Michèle Pagé, Chair
- Michèle Pagé is the Head of Human Resource Management at the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Paris, where she has been since the Autumn of 2007. One of her first priorities is an HR Reform Package for the Organisation based on improved Recruitment, Employment Policy, Motivation and Performance and Development and Careers.
A Canadian national, Michèle has wide experience in human resources management. She has held several senior positions in the United Nations System and before this occupied HR management functions in large private sector corporations, including Air Canada and General Electric.
Michèle holds a Master of Science degree in Organisational Development and is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Ethics and Leadership.
- Negar Rafikian
- Negar moved from Europe in the late 1970s, to begin her professional journey in the United States working in Wall Street, the United Nations Systems, and The World Bank focusing on the effectiveness of leadership and success/failure of organizations.
With over 20 years of organizational development and transformation experience, she joined the World Bank's Human Resources Family in June of 1998, and worked in Regional, Network, Center of Excellence, Corporate Teams, and served as the Acting Manager for Global Staff Mobility and in a unique position, as the Lead Human Resources Specialist and Organizational Development Advisor, and coordinated HR Engagement in support of WB staff working in and on Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, and engaged in Corporate HR programs and initiatives ensuring the proper implementation of change strategies. Today she serves the World Bank in her capacity as the Manager of Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness leading Advisory, Leadership and Knowledge practices.
Negar also contributes to the community she lives in and volunteered/s her time to work with the United Way as a Chairperson and New York Blood drive as the Manager of the program, WB Community Outreach and United States Naval Sea Cadets. She holds a Post Master in Organizational Development and a Master degree in HR/Organizational Development.
- Mary Jane Peters, Executive Director & ex officio Board Member
- A Founding Board Member of AHRMIO, Mary Jane recognized that a vehicle for cooperation among a broad array of international not-for-profit organizations in the field of human resources was very much needed. At the time, no professional HR associations transcended national boundaries or focussed on the unique demands of international not-for-profit organizations. The success of AHRMIO has led to greater fraternity among HR professionals in this sector and has helped to foster lasting and enriching contacts.
Mary Jane has had a long career in the United Nations System serving in various roles. From 2004 to 2006 she served as Secretary of the High Level Committee on Management and Director of the Chief Executives Board Secretariat in Geneva.
Before taking on the whole management area for the UN’s Chief Executives Board (CEB), Mary Jane was the CEB’s Inter-Agency Advisor on Human Resources Management (1992 to 2003). Prior to that (since 1973), she served with the International Labour Organization (ILO), both in HR and in the area of entrepreneurship and management development.
Mary Jane is a member of the Advisory Board of the Bath University School of Management and Bocconi University’s Executive Master on Strategic Human Resources Management.
- Roger Eggleston, President Emeritus and ex officio Board Member
- At the initiative of Roger, AHRMIO was conceived at a retreat of HR specialists – mainly though not entirely drawn from the UN family – in Baden bei Wien (Austria) in 1996. Four years later AHRMIO was born. Roger was its key Founding Board Member. AHRMIO was envisaged as a partnership between international not-for-profit organizations – a commonwealth of shared experience and skills that would challenge conventional wisdom and build on the best policies and practices available in the private and public sectors. Roger has had a long career in the United Nations System serving in a variety of roles for over 30 years. Until 2003, he held the position of Director of the Chief Executives Board Secretariat in Geneva. The Chief Executives Board is the forum which brings together the Executive Heads of all UN organizations to further coordination and cooperation on a range of substantive and management issues facing the United Nations System. Fifteen years of his UN system tenure were spent at the World Health Organization (WHO), where he served as assistant Director of personnel in WHO’s headquarters in Geneva as well as chief of personnel at the WHO European and South East Asian Regional Offices. Prior to that, he founded a family planning NGO and from 1965-1973 worked at another NGO - World University Service - in Geneva.
- Chris Brewster, Academic Advisor
- Chris is also one of the Founding Board Members of AHRMIO and since its inception has acted as its academic advisor.
Formerly of Cranfield University School of Management and South Bank University, Chris is now Professor of International HRM at Henley Management College and the University of Reading in the UK. He is a world-renowned expert on international HRM issues and has carried out a number of significant studies on European and International HRM practices. In 2002, he was awarded the Georges Petipas Memorial Award by the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations (WFPMA) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to international human resources management. He regularly consults for UK and international organizations, mainly in the areas of personnel policies and management training.
He is the author of several books and numerous articles in the field of European and international human resources management, employee relations, expatriation and cross-cultural management.
- The Board
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