Pan American Health Organization Selects Ombuds

In January 2024, Fernando Navarro Sánchez was appointed the World Health Organization's Regional Ombudsman for PAHO. He follows Bernardin Ndashimye and will serve an initial, renewable two-year term. As the Ombuds, Sanchez reports to PAHO's Deputy Director in Washington, DC, and provides services to employees in 27 country office following IOA standards.

Sanchez is an international mediator, Ombuds, conflict resolution trainer, and corporate attorney. His career includes stints with JAMS in Mexico, UN Funds & Programmes in Denmark, and 174 Power Global Corp in California. Sanchez earned his law degree at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosi and an LLM in dispute resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University. He is fluent in Spanish, English, and French, and conversational in Portuguese. (LinkedIn.)

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