Our Team
DAP Leadership
The DAP Director is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic management and development of all activities within DAP as a department at a global, sub-regional, and national level. The DAP Director’s office provides guidance on the efficient and appropriate delivery of programs.
As the highest-ranking post in DAP, the Director forges networks and maintains collaborative relations with the national drug focal points of Colombo Plan member countries, and other key stakeholders, and is the first-in-command to offer strategic direction consistent with DAP’s vision and goals.
DAP TEAM LEADS
Chatura Hewamallika
Deputy Director – Finance, Admin & HR
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
Mariano Montenegro
Director – Chile Field Office
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
Muhammad Ayub
Senior Advisor/Treatment Expert
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
Josephine Choong Lean Keow
Project Manager - Curriculum Development (Prevention)
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
George Murimi
Project Manager for Africa Training Dissemination
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
Gulmira Suleymanova
Project Manager for Afghanistan and Central Asia
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
Rodrigo Portilla Huidobro
Project Manager for Latin America & the Caribbean
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
Camila Patiño
Project Manager for Latin America & the Caribbean
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
Therese C. Castillo
Project Manager for the Philippines
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
Franklin Mwirichia
Project Officer - Special Populations
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
Dichen Choden
Programme Officer
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
Erry Wijeyo
Programme Officer - Indonesia
- Phone:+94 11 2576 322
- Email:info@colombo-plan.org
- Website:https://www.colombo-plan.org/
Past DAP Directors
Name | Country | Tenure |
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Atty Pio A. Abarro
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Philippines
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Aug. 1973 to Apr. 1988
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Hema Weerasinghe
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Sri Lanka
|
Apr. 1988 to Dec. 1991
|
Chung Tsu Tuan
|
Malaysia
|
Jun. 1992 to May 1996
|
Rabi Raj Thapa
|
Nepal
|
Jun.1996 to Jun. 2000
|
Tay Bian How
|
Malaysia
|
Jun. 2000 to Jan. 2006
|
Y. Ratnayake
|
Sri Lanka
|
July 2006 to Dec. 2007
|
Devendra Dutt
|
India
|
Mar. 2008 to May 2008
|
Nguyen Cuu Duc
|
Vietnam
|
Jun. 2009 to Jun. 2011
|
Antonius Riva Setiawan
|
Indonesia
|
Sept. 2011 to Sept. 2015
|
Ma. Veronica Felipe
|
Philippines
|
Sept. 2015 to Nov. 2018
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Ms. Oranooch Sungkhawanna assumed the position of CPDAP Director as of 18 July 2022. She has more than 29 years of professional work experience in the field of Drug Demand Reduction and Supply Reduction.
Ms. Oranooch Sungkhawanna DAP Director