Regional offices
Brussels
General Delegate Permanent Delegation to the European Union
Raluca Marian
Istanbul
General Delegate Permanent Delegation to the Middle East and Region
Adrian-Iosif Albu
Moscow
General Delegate Permanent Delegation to Eurasia
Vadim Zakharenko
Beijing
Chief Representative, East and South East Asia
Yan Zhou
Washington
Senior Adviser, the Americas
Martin Rojas
Management
Advancing mobility on a global scale
Secretary General, Umberto de Pretto, is responsible for the day-to-day running of IRU from our headquarters in Geneva. Five regional offices complete our global network, which works together to improve mobility for people and goods around the world.
Geneva headquarters
Umberto de Pretto
Matthias Maedge
Tatiana Rey-Bellet
Patrick Philipp
Vincent Erard
Gilles Nadal
Katie Klein
Regional offices
Brussels
General Delegate Permanent Delegation to the European Union
Raluca Marian
Istanbul
General Delegate Permanent Delegation to the Middle East and Region
Adrian-Iosif Albu
Moscow
General Delegate Permanent Delegation to Eurasia
Vadim Zakharenko
Beijing
Chief Representative, East and South East Asia
Yan Zhou
Washington
Senior Adviser, the Americas
Martin Rojas
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