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They are responsible for assisting the <a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/dgo/">Director General</a> in the strategic direction of WIPO’s programs, and for managing their respective Sectors to deliver the expected results set out in the <a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/budget/">Program and Budget</a>.</p> </div> <div class="complementary"> <div class="box"> <h3 class="box__header">Structure and activities</h3> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>Organigram of the WIPO secretariat <a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/about-wipo/en/pdf/organigram/_visio-org_en.pdf"><img src="/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, WIPO organigram"/></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/">Activities by unit</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2014/article_0015.html">WIPO Confirms New Senior Management Team</a> (September 2014 press release)</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div><section id="8"> <div class="content line"> <h1>Deputy Director General</h1> <div class="main"> <a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?contact_id=2"><h2 id="2">FORBIN Sylvie - Copyright and Creative Industries Sector</h2></a> <p>Deputy Director General Sylvie Forbin (France) is responsible for the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/">Copyright and Creative Industries</a> Sector. The Sector's work includes:</p> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>supporting the work of member states in the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/policy/en/sccr/">Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)</a>;</li> <li>developing <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=34">copyright infrastructure</a>, including support to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/management/">collective management</a> organizations and national copyright offices; and conducting studies on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/performance/">economic performance of creative industries</a>;</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=32">building capacity in developing countries</a> to use the copyright system to extract greater economic value from their cultural and other creative works; and</li> <li>administering the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://accessiblebooksconsortium.org/" target="_blank">Accessible Books Consortium</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Ms. Forbin joined WIPO as DDG in September 2016 from Vivendi, France. (Full CV: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/govbody/en/wo_cc_72/wo_cc_72_2.pdf#page=5"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Sylvie Forbin CV"/></a>)</p></div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/dappdocs/images/forbin_sylvie.jpg" alt="Photo: FORBIN Sylvie"> <figcaption class="credit">FORBIN Sylvie (Photo: WIPO | Berrod)</figcaption></figure> </div> </div> </section> <section id="9"> <div class="content line"> <h1>Deputy Director General</h1> <div class="main"> <a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?contact_id=3"><h2 id="3">MATUS Mario - Development Sector</h2></a> <p>Deputy Director General Mario Matus (Chile) is responsible for WIPO's development programs, including:</p> <ul class="dot__list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/agenda/">coordination of the Development Agenda</a>;</li> <li>the Regional Bureaus for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=1006">Africa</a>; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=1007">Arab countries</a>; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=1008">Asia and the Pacific</a>; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=1009">Latin America and the Caribbean</a>; and cooperation with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=46">Least Developed Countries</a> (LDCs);</li> <li>the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/academy/en/" target="_self">WIPO Academy</a>; and</li> <li>special projects, such as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/tad/en/" target="_blank">Technical Assistance Database</a> and other Development Agenda database projects.</li> </ul> <p>Mr. Matus joined WIPO as DDG in December 2014 from Chile's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Full CV: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/govbody/en/wo_cc_70/wo_cc_70_2.pdf#page=6"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Mario Matus CV"/></a>)</p></div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/dappdocs/images/matus_mario.jpg" alt="Photo: MATUS Mario"> <figcaption class="credit">MATUS Mario (Photo: WIPO | Berrod)</figcaption></figure> </div> </div> </section> <section id="12"> <div class="content line"> <h1>Deputy Director General</h1> <div class="main"> <a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?contact_id=4"><h2 id="4">SANDAGE John - Patents and Technology Sector</h2></a> <p>Deputy Director General John Sandage (U.S.) oversees the Patents and Technology Sector. This includes managing:</p> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/">PCT</a> International Patent System;</li> <li>the WIPO <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/">Arbitration and Mediation Center</a></li> <li>support for the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/policy/en/scp/">Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)</a>; and;</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/ip-development/en/legislative_assistance/">legislative advice</a> to member states.</li> </ul> <p>Mr. Sandage joined WIPO as DDG in December 2014 from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (Full CV: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/govbody/en/wo_cc_70/wo_cc_70_2.pdf#page=8"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, John Sandage CV"/></a>)</p></div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/dappdocs/images/sandage_john.jpg" alt="Photo: SANDAGE John"> <figcaption class="credit">SANDAGE John (Photo: WIPO | Berrod)</figcaption></figure> </div> </div> </section> <section id="7"> <div class="content line"> <h1>Deputy Director General</h1> <div class="main"> <a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?contact_id=5"><h2 id="5">WANG Binying - Brands and Designs Sector</h2></a> <p>Deputy Director General Binying Wang (China) is responsible for the Brands and Designs Sector. This includes:</p> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>supporting the work of member states in the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/policy/en/sct/">Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT)</a>;</li> <li>managing the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/">Madrid System</a> for International Trademark Registrations; the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/hague/en/">Hague System</a> for International Design Registrations; and the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/lisbon/en/">Lisbon System</a> for International Registrations of Appellations of Origin; and</li> <li>providing <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=74">legislative advice</a> to member states in the area of trademarks, industrial designs and geographical indications</li> </ul> <p>Ms. Wang joined WIPO in 1992 from the China Trademark Service. She was appointed ADG in December 2006, and has held her current DDG positition since December 2008. (Full CV: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/govbody/en/wo_cc_70/wo_cc_70_2.pdf#page=10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Binying Wang CV"/></a>)</p></div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/dappdocs/images/wang_binying.jpg" alt="Photo: WANG Binying"> <figcaption class="credit">WANG Binying (Photo: WIPO | Berrod)</figcaption></figure> </div> </div> </section> <section id="11"> <div class="content line"> <h1>Assistant Director General</h1> <div class="main"> <a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?contact_id=6"><h2 id="6">GETAHUN Minelik Alemu - Global Issues Sector</h2></a> <p>Assistant Director General Minelik Alemu Getahun (Ethiopia) oversees the Sector for Global Issues. The Sector brings together a number of programs that address cross-cutting issues, including:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/">traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions, and genetic resources</a>;</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/enforcement/en/" target="_self">building respect for intellectual property</a> (IP);</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=56">IP and global challenges</a>;</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=52">external relations</a>; and</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/ip-competition/en/" target="_self">IP and competition policy</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Mr. Getahun joined WIPO as ADG in December 2014 from the Permanent Mission of Ethiopia to the United Nations in Geneva. (Full CV: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/govbody/en/wo_cc_70/wo_cc_70_2.pdf#page=12"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Minelik Getahun CV"/></a>)</p></div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/dappdocs/images/getahun_minelik_alemu.jpg" alt="Photo: GETAHUN Minelik Alemu"> <figcaption class="credit">GETAHUN Minelik Alemu (Photo: WIPO | Berrod)</figcaption></figure> </div> </div> </section> <section id="86"> <div class="content line"> <h1>Assistant Director General</h1> <div class="main"> <a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?contact_id=7"><h2 id="7">PRASAD Naresh - Office of the Director General</h2></a> <p>Assistant Director General Naresh Prasad (India) is Chief of Staff in the Office of the Director General. His responsibilities include:</p> <ul> <li>managing the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=86">Office of the Director General</a> to ensure efficient coordination in support of the priorities and goals set out by the Director General;</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=24">assemblies affairs</a>;</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/offices/">WIPO external offices</a></li> </ul> <p>Mr. Prasad joined WIPO as Executive Director of the Office of the Director General in May 2009 from the Indian Administrative Service. He became ADG in December 2014. (Full CV: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/govbody/en/wo_cc_70/wo_cc_70_2.pdf#page=16"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Naresh Prasad CV"/></a>)</p></div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/dappdocs/images/prasad_naresh.jpg" alt="Photo: PRASAD Naresh"> <figcaption class="credit">PRASAD Naresh (Photo: WIPO | Berrod)</figcaption></figure> </div> </div> </section> <section id="6"> <div class="content line"> <h1>Assistant Director General</h1> <div class="main"> <a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?contact_id=8"><h2 id="8">SUNDARAM Ramanathan Ambi - Administration and Management Sector</h2></a> <p>Assistant Director General Ramanthan Ambi Sundaram (Sri Lanka) is responsible for the Administration and Management Sector. This includes:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/cgi-bin/edocs/contacts/"http:/www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=42">program planning and finance</a>, including support for the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/budget/">Program and Budget Committee (PBC)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=112">procurement and travel</a> services;</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=50">information and communication technology</a> (ICT);</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=30">conference</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=72">language services</a>;</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=110">premises and infrastructure management</a>;</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=116">security and information assurance</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Mr. Sundaram joined WIPO from the World Health Organization on appointment to his current ADG position in December 2008. (Full CV: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/govbody/en/wo_cc_70/wo_cc_70_2.pdf#page=15"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Ambi Sundaram CV"/></a>)</p></div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/dappdocs/images/sundaram_ramanathan_ambi.jpg" alt="Photo: SUNDARAM Ramanathan Ambi"> <figcaption class="credit">SUNDARAM Ramanathan Ambi (Photo: WIPO | Berrod)</figcaption></figure> </div> </div> </section> <section id="10"> <div class="content line"> <h1>Assistant Director General</h1> <div class="main"> <a href="/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?contact_id=9"><h2 id="9">TAKAGI Yoshiyuki - Global Infrastructure Sector</h2></a> <p>Assistant Director General Yo Takagi (Japan) leads the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/global_ip/en/" target="_self">Global Infrastructure</a> Sector. The Sector facilitates the sharing of IP knowledge by developing sustainable knowledge infrastructures, free global IP databases, and common platforms to connect IP offices. Its work includes:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/classifications/en/">international classifications</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/standards/en/">WIPO IP standards</a>;</li> <li>access to knowledge and information, including Global IP databases (such as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf" target="_blank">PATENTSCOPE</a> and the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/branddb/en/" target="_blank">Global Brand Database</a>), and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/tisc/en/">Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs)</a>;</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/global_ip/en/activities/technicalassistance/">business solutions for IP offices</a> and the establishment of common platforms such as WIPO CASE.</li> </ul> <p>Mr. Takagi joined WIPO in 1994 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. He has held his current position as Assistant Director General since December 2008. (Full CV: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/govbody/en/wo_cc_70/wo_cc_70_2.pdf#page=13"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Yoshiyuki (Yo) Takagi CV"/></a>)</p></div> <div class="complementary"> <figure><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347im_/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/dappdocs/images/takagi_yoshiyuki.jpg" alt="Photo: TAKAGI Yoshiyuki"> <figcaption class="credit">TAKAGI Yoshiyuki (Photo: WIPO | Berrod)</figcaption></figure> </div> </div> </section> <div class="content line"> <h2>Non-DDG/ADG representatives</h2> <p class="lead">From December 1, 2014, the Senior Management Team also includes:</p> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>Director of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140347/http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/index.jsp?id=60">Human Resources Management</a> Department (<a 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