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Ms Dianne L. Arnold
Director,
Administration & Finance
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Profile
Ms Dianne L. Arnold is the Director, Administration and
Finance (DAF) for WHO South-East Asia Region. She is responsible for
providing efficient, effective and flexible administrative and financial
services to all regional programmes and activities
and exercising oversight to ensure that the regulations and ethical
principles of the Organization are observed in executing its programmatic
activities. She advises the Regional Director and Deputy Regional Director on
administrative policies, structures, practices and decisions that directly
affect successful programme delivery.
Ms Arnold provides an integrated administrative platform
for the Regional Programme, delivering a
coordinated array of the highest administrative, human resources, finance,
budget, legal, procurement, information and communication technology, staff
security, infrastructure, staff medical services and other related
services.
She is primarily responsible for the preparation of the
Regional Committee and other related constitutional meetings in respect to
their legal and constitutional aspects.
She represents the Regional Director to government counterparts in the
Region and vis-a-vis country host governments, in
particular on complex administrative matters requiring sensitive negotiations
and high level intervention.
Ms Arnold has an MBA degree from Strayer
University, Washington DC, USA. She has extensive knowledge and experience
in the areas of Human Resources, Budget and Finance, and IT. Before joining SEARO, Ms Arnold served 15
years in the WHO Region for the Americas (AMRO-PAHO) in the
following capacities: (i) Manager, Office of Human
Resources Management, (ii) Team Leader, Human Resources Strategy and Acting
Director of Administration, (iii) Manager, Office of Technology Services, and
(iv) Chief, Financial Systems. Prior to WHO, Ms
Arnold served 11 years with U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID).
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