The Headquarters, located in Paris, is placed under the authority of the Director General of the OIE, appointed by the World Assembly of Delegates.
In May 2000, during the 68th General Session, Dr Bernard Vallat was appointed Director General for a five year mandate. He began his term of office on 1 January 2001. In May 2005, he was elected for a further five year mandate.
The Headquarters implements and coordinates information, technical cooperation and scientific activities, which the World Assembly of Delegates has decided upon.
Furthermore, the Headquarters provides the secretariat for the annual General Session of the Committee, meetings of the Commissions and technical meetings organised at the OIE; assistance is also given by the Headquarters to the secretariat of regional and specialised conferences. Since 1990 it also has a Documentation Centre of a great scientific value.
The Documentation Centre is under the responsibility of the Administration, Logistic and Publications Departement
| Bernard Vallat | Director General |
| Isabelle Cusin | Directorate Secretary |
| Alex Thiermann | Advisor and President of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (**) |
| Martin Nissen | Legal adviser (**) |
| Maria Zampaglione | Head of Communication Unit (*) |
| Glaïeul Mamaghani | Deputy Head of the Communication Unit |
| X | Project officer-Communication |
| Stéphanie Meslin | DTP Graphic Designer (*) (**) |
| Monique Eloit | Deputy Director General (Administration, Management, Human Resources and Regional Actions) |
| Patricia Hatt | Trilingual Secretary |
| Alain Dehove | World Fund Coordinator (**) |
| Margarita Gómez-Riela | Project officer - World Animal Health and Welfare Fund (**) |
| Jennifer Sheahan | Project officer - World Animal Health and Welfare Fund (**) |
| Jean-Pierre Croiziers | Head of the Human Resources and Budget Management Unit |
| Marie Bonnerot | Assistant to the Head of the Human Resources and Budget Management Unit |
| Alix Weng | Head of the Accounts Unit |
| Joseph Dang | Accounts Assistant |
| Romain Lemesnager | Accounts Assistant (**) |
| Kazuaki Miyagishima | |
| Daniel Chaisemartin | Head of the Administration, Logistics and Publications Departement(**) |
| Reneylde Boulat | Bilingual secretary |
| Paul-Pierre Pastoret | Scientific Adviser (*) |
| Marie Teissier | Documentalist (*) |
| Bertrand Flahault | 1st - Deputy Head of Department,
Head of the systems management and events unit
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| Alejandra Balmont | Conference Coordinator |
| Alejandro Cruz | Travel manager(**) |
| Adeline Bichet | Computer chief project |
| Giuseppe Manzi | Webmaster/Developer/technical support |
| Elizabeth Boucaud | Conference Assistant (*) |
| Annie Souyri | 2nd - Deputy Head of Department,
Head of the Publications Unit
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| Séverine Bègue | Bilingual Secretary |
| Tamara Benicasa | Sales and Marketing Agent (*) (**) |
| Alexandra Moran | Copy Editor |
| Quentin Mirgon | Responsible for the Logistics and
Maintenance Unit |
| Alex Ginzburg | Receptionist |
| Gérard Bègue | Printer |
| Joël Yabut | Janitor |
| Karim Ben Jebara | Head of the Department |
| Françoise Ricordel | Bilingual Secretary (*) |
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| Francesco Berlingieri | Deputy Head of Department |
| Laure Weber-Vintzel | Chargée de mission (**) |
| Alessandro Ripani | Chargé de mission (**) |
| Natalja Lambergeon | Animal Health Information Technician |
| Mariela Varas | Chargée de mission |
| Margarita Alonso | Translation/Editing Assistant |
| Sarah Kahn | Head of the Department |
| Claudia Campos | Bilingual Secretary |
| Yamato Atagi | Deputy Head of Department (**) |
| Gillian Mylrea | Chargé de mission (**) |
| Leopoldo Stuardo | Chargé de mission |
| Wim Pelgrim | Chargé de mission (**) |
| Anne Guillon | Copy Editor |
| Kazuaki Miyagishima | Head of the Department |
| Kokoé Sodji | Bilingual Secretary |
| Martine Risser | Secretary (typing, DTP) |
| Elisabeth Erlacher-Vindel | Deputy Head of Department |
| Kathleen Glynn | Chargée de mission (**) |
| Yong Joo Kim | Chargé de mission (**) |
| François Diaz | Officer in charge of validation of diagnostic assays |
| Keith Hamilton | OFFLU Coordinator (**) |
| Lea Knopf | Officer in charge of the recognition of countries’ animal disease status |
| Stéphanie Beau | Bilingual secretary (recognition of countries’ animal disease status) |
| Sara Linnane | Scientific Editor |
| x | Head of the Department |
| Nathaly Monsalve | Conference Coordinator /Trilingual Secretary |
| Mara Elma González | Deputy Head of Department |
| Nilton Antônio de Morais | Chargé de mission (**) |
| Marie Edan | Chargée de mission |
| Catherine Hayet | Secretary / Translator |
(*) Part-Time (**) Financing from contributions other than the obligatory ones |
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