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Director - Private Office of the Secretary General

Stian Jenssen, Director of the Private Office of the NATO Secretary General
Stian Jenssen is Director of the Private Office of the NATO Secretary General.
moreAssistant Secretary General - Political Affairs and Security Policy

Bettina Cadenbach, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy
Bettina Cadenbach is Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy
moreAssistant Secretary General - Emerging Security Challenges

David van Weel, Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges
David van Weel is NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges. He is the Secretary General’s primary advisor on emerging security challenges and their implications for the security of the Alliance and a member of the Secretary General’s senior management team.
moreAssistant Secretary General - Defence Investment

Camille Grand, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment
Camille Grand is Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment since 4 October 2016.
moreAssistant Secretary General - Defence Policy and Planning

Patrick Turner, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning
Patrick Turner became Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning in October 2018.
moreAssistant Secretary General - Executive Management

Giedrimas Jeglinskas, Assistant Secretary General for Executive Management
Giedrimas Jeglinskas is the Assistant Secretary General for Executive Management. He has overall responsibility for management of the NATO headquarters, and is the Secretary General’s primary advisor for NATO-wide management issues.
moreAssistant Secretary General - Public Diplomacy

Baiba Braže, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy
Ambassador Baiba Braže was appointed Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy in May 2020. She advises the Secretary General on issues within her remit, oversees the coordination of all Strategic Communications activities across all NATO civilian and military bodies and commands, and also directs all public diplomacy activities (except press and media, which are directed by the NATO Spokesperson on behalf of the Secretary General). ASG PDD directs the Public Diplomacy Division (PDD), which plays a key role in conveying the Alliance’s strategic and political messages to opinion formers and to the public in general. PDD works to raise the Alliance’s profile with audiences world-wide and to build support for Alliance operations and policies
moreAssistant Secretary General - Operations

John Manza, Assistant Secretary General for Operations
John Manza was appointed as Assistant Secretary General for Operations in October 2018. His responsibilities include: NATO’s operations in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq and at sea, and also Alliance, exercises, plans, and defense capacity building with partner nations.
moreAssistant Secretary General - Intelligence and Security

David Cattler, Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence and Security
David Cattler is NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence and Security. He took up his post on 2 December 2019. He ensures the NATO intelligence organizations operate as an enterprise to meet the challenging demands of the Alliance. He also is the senior advisor to the Secretary General for intelligence and security matters.
moreHead - Office of Internal Audit and Risk Management

François Gautier, Head of the Office of Internal Audit and Risk Management
François Gautier is Head of the Office of Internal Audit and Risk Management. He took up his duties in April 2020.
moreDirector - NATO Office of Security

Paul P. Avallone, Director of NATO Office of Security (NOS)
Paul P. Avallone is Director of NATO Office of Security (NOS) / Deputy Assistant Secretary General of Security (DASG-S) in the Joint Intelligence and Security Division. He took post on 1 February 2021.
moreDirector - NATO Office of Resources
Anne-Marie M. Pick, Director, NATO Office of Resources (NOR)
Anne-Marie M. Pick is the Director, NATO Office of Resources (NOR) in Brussels, Belgium.
moreNATO Spokesperson
Secretary of the Council

Jorgen Christian Jorgensen is the Secretary of the North Atlantic Council, Chief of Protocol of NATO HQ and Director of the NATO IS Ministerial and Summit Task Forces.
moreLegal Adviser

John Swords, Legal Adviser and Director of the Office of Legal Affairs
John Swords was appointed as the Legal Adviser and Director of the Office of Legal Affairs at NATO Headquarters in Brussels in June 2020.
moreFinancial Controller

Miroslawa Boryczka, Financial Controller of the NATO International Staff
Miroslawa Boryczka is the Financial Controller of the NATO International Staff. She is personally responsible for the correct use of international appropriated and non-appropriated funds made available to the Organisation, in particular for the NATO Civil Budget, the Pension systems and a number of Trust Funds. The Inter-national Staff Office of Financial Control is an independent office in charge of ac-counting, budget control, treasury, procurement and internal audit functions for NATO Headquarters.
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