This resource provides a full list of members for the Regional Steering Group for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific. The list includes members for the 2020 - 2024 period of the CRVS Decade. The member list is under reconstitution; new members will be announced in April 2026.
| Country/Partner | Name | Title | Institution/Organization | Sector | Subregion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | Ms. Marine Yaylakhanyan | Head of Civil Status Acts Registration Agency | Ministry of Justice | Civil Registration | North & Central Asia |
| Australia | Mr. James Eynstone-Hinkins | Director, Health and Vital Statistics Section | Australian Bureau of Statistics | Statistics | Pacific |
| Bangladesh | Mr. Mohammad Khaled Hasan | Joint Secretary | Cabinet Division | Planning | South & South-West Asia |
| Fiji | Ms. Treta Sharma | Administrator-General | Ministry of Justice | Civil Registration | Pacific |
| Georgia | Mr. Aleksandre Arabuli | Head of Population Census and Demographic Statistics Department | National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) | Statistics | North & Central Asia |
| India | Mr. Sanjeev Kumar | Additional Registrar General | Office of the Registrar General, Ministry of Home Affairs | Civil Registration | South & South-West Asia |
| Indonesia | Mr. Muhammad Cholifihani | Director of Population Planning and Social Protection | Ministry of National Development Planning | Planning | South-East Asia |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Mr. Alireza Sajedi | Director General of Statistics | National Organization for Civil Registration (NOCR) | Civil Registration | South & South-West Asia |
| Kazakhstan | Mr. Nurlan Khanzhigitov | Head of Social and Demographic Statistics Division | Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Statistics | North & Central Asia |
| Kiribati | Mrs. Kaaro Neeti | Secretary | Ministry of Justice | Civil Registration | Pacific |
| Lao PDR | Ms. Thirakha Chanthalanouvong | Director General, Social Statistics Department | Ministry of Home Affairs Lao Statistics Bureau | Civil Registration Statistics | South-East Asia |
| Mr. Vandy Chanthalideth | Deputy Director General, Department of Citizen Management | Ministry of Home Affairs Lao Statistics Bureau | Civil Registration Statistics | South-East Asia | |
| Malaysia | Ms. Nazaria Baharudin | Deputy Chief Statistician | Malaysia Department of Statistics | Statistics | South-East Asia |
| Mongolia | Mr. Ariunbold Shagdar | Director of the Census and Data Analysis Department | National Statistics Office of Mongolia | Statistics | East & North-East Asia |
| New Zealand | Mr. Russell Burnard | Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages & General Manager Operations | Department of Internal Affairs | Civil Registration | Pacific |
| Pakistan | Mr. Awais Manzur Sumra | Secretary | Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives | Planning | South & South-West Asia |
| Philippines | Mr. Claire Dennis Mapa | Undersecretary, National Statistician and Civil Registrar General | Philippine Statistics Authority | Statistics | South-East Asia |
| Republic of Korea | Mr. Youngil Lim | Director, Vital Statistics Division | Statistics Korea | Statistics | East & North-East Asia |
| Russian Federation | Mr. Dmitry Sevryuk | Deputy Head of the Department of Legal Assistance and Cooperation with Judiciary | Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation | Civil Registration | East & North-East Asia |
| Solomon Islands | Mr. Jeffrey Sade Deve | Permanent Secretary | Ministry of Home Affairs | Civil Registration | Pacific |
| Sri Lanka | Mrs. G.W.C.K.K. Sumanasiri | Statistician | Vital Statistics Unit, Department of Register General | Statistics and Civil Registration | South & South-West Asia |
| USA | Dr. Erin Nichols | Lead of the Global CRVS Team, Division of Vital Statistics | National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Health | North America |
| UNICEF | Mr. Vedasto Nsanzugwanko | Regional Adviser, Child Protection | UNICEF ROSA | Development Partner | South & South-West Asia |
| Ms. Rachel Harvey | Regional Adviser, Child Protection | UNICEF EAPRO | East Asia & Pacific | ||
| Mr. Lucio Sarandrea | Social Policy Specialist | UNICEF EAPRO | East Asia & Pacific | ||
| UNHCR | Mr. Igor Vorontsov | Child Protection Officer | UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific | Development Partner | South East Asia |
| Mr. Amit Sen | Senior Statelessness Officer | UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific | |||
| Mr. Sergiu Gaina | Statelessness Officer | UNHCR Central Asia | Central Asia | ||
| WHO | Dr. Park Kidong | Director, Data, Strategy and Innovation | WHO, Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) | Development Partner | Western Pacific |
| Mr. Roland Dilipkumar Hensman | Team Lead, Health Information and Intelligence Unit | WHO, Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) | Development Partner | Western Pacific | |
| Ms. Duan Mengjuan | Technical Officer, Health Information and Intelligence Unit | WHO, Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) | Development Partner | Western Pacific | |
| Mr. David Novillo Ortiz | Head, Data and Digital Health | WHO, Regional Office for Europe (EURO) | Development Partner | Europe | |
| Ms. Stefania Davia | Technical Officer and Data Manager | WHO, Regional Office for Europe (EURO) | Development Partner | Europe | |
| Mr. Amani Siyam | Regional Adviser, Health Information Systems | WHO, Regional Office for South East Asia (SEARO) | Development Partner | South East Asia | |
| Ms. Doris Ma Fat | Statistician, Department of Data and Analytics | WHO, Headquarters | Development Partner | HQ | |
| Dr. Eman Abdelkreem Aly | Technical Officer, Health Information and CRVS | WHO, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) | Development Partner | Eastern Mediteranean | |
| Dr. Henry Doctor | Coordinator, Information Systems for Health | WHO, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) | Development Partner | Eastern Mediteranean | |
| BAG (SPC) | Mr. Peter Ellis | Director | Statistics for Development Division | Development Partner | Pacific |
| Ms. Alison Culpin | Statistics Advisor (Social Statistics) | Statistics for Development Division | Development Partner | Pacific | |
| Mr. Jeff Montgomery | Adviser, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics | Statistics for Development Division | Development Partner | Pacific | |
| Bloomberg Philanthropies (D4H) | Mr. Romain Santon | Regional Deputy Director, CRVS Improvement Programme, Vital Strategies | Public Health Programs | Development Partner | Global |
| Mr. Martin Bratschi | Deputy Director, Technical Implementation CRVS Improvement Programme Vital Strategies | ||||
| Ms. Carla Abouzahr | Senior Technical Adviser, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, Data for Health Initiative | ||||
| Plan International | Ms. Alexandra Pura | Gender Transformative Program and Policy Lead | Plan International Asia Pacific Region | Development Partner | Global |
| World Vision | Ms. Kathrine Rose R. Yee | Regional Advocacy and External Engagement Manager | World Vision | Development Partner | Global |
| Mr. Ariel D. Odtojan | Regional Advocacy and External Engagement ManagerAdvocacy and External Engagement | ||||
| World Bank | Ms. Haishan Fu | Director, Development Data Group | World Bank | Development Partner | Global |
| Dr. Samuel Lantei Mills | Senior Health Specialist, Health Nutrition & Population Global Practice | ||||
| Mr. Jonathan Marskell | Senior Program Officer and Digital Identity Specialist | ||||
| Ms. Vyjayanti Desai | Practice Manager, ID4D and G2Px |