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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 Secretary General
Umberto de Pretto
Vincent Erard Senior Director - Strategy & Development
Vincent Erard
Tatiana Rey-Bellet Director - TIR & Transit Services
Tatiana Rey-Bellet
Patrick Philipp Director - Certification & Standards
Patrick Philipp
Gilles Nadal Director - Internal Audit
Gilles Nadal
Katie Klein Director - Human Resources
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
Erman Ereke

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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