Organizational structure of the International Labour Office

The International Labour Office is the permanent secretariat of the International Labour Organization. It is the focal point for International Labour Organization's overall activities, which it prepares under the scrutiny of the Governing Body and under the leadership of the Director-General.

Under the leadership of the Director-General, the ILO has approximately 3,500 officials who work on its agreed programmes and activities as set out in the Programme and Budget, across 107 countries in five regions: Africa, the Americas, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia each with a Regional Director.

ILO’s work is organized around four clusters, each overseen by an Assistant Director-General:

  • Governance, Rights and Dialogue
  • Jobs and Social protection
  • External and Corporate Relations
  • Corporate Services

Research, statistics, publication, and training activities, as well as four Priority Action Programmes are led by the Deputy Director-General:

  • Transition from the informal to the formal economy
  • Just transitions towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies
  • Decent work outcomes in supply chains
  • Decent work in crisis and post-crisis situations

ILO Global Management Team

  • Photo of Gilbert F. Houngbo
    Gilbert F. Houngbo
    Director-General
  • Photo of Celeste Drake
    Celeste Drake
    Deputy Director-General
  • Photo of André Bogui
    André Bogui
    Assistant Director-General - Director of the Director-General's Office (CABINET)
  • Photo of Manuela Tomei
    Manuela Tomei
    Assistant Director-General - Governance, Rights and Dialogue (GRD)
  • Photo of Hao Bin
    Hao Bin
    Assistant Director-General - Corporate Services (CS)
  • Photo of Maria Susanna Seppo
    Maria Susanna Seppo
    Assistant Director-General - Jobs and Social Protection (JSP)
  • Photo of Laura Thompson
    Laura Thompson
    Assistant Director-General - External and Corporate Relations (ECR)
  • Photo of Adnan Chughtai
    Adnan Chughtai
    Assistant Director-General - Treasurer and Financial Comptroller (TR/CF)
  • Photo of Ruba Jaradat
    Ruba Jaradat
    Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Arab States
  • Photo of Kaori Nakamura Osaka
    Kaori Nakamura Osaka
    Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
  • Photo of Beate Andrees
    Beate Andrees
    Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia
  • Photo of Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa
    Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa
    Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa
  • Photo of Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes
    Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes
    Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Latin Amarica and the Caribbean
  • Photo of Christophe Perrin
    Christophe Perrin
    Director of the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC–ILO)
ILO organizational chart (January 2025)