APSHRMnet-Dr-Najat-Zarrouk

Deputy President

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Dr. Najat Zarrouk

Director, African Local Governments Academy/ United
Cities and Local Governments of Africa 22, nue
Essaadyine,BP 10020, Hassan Rabat,
ROYAUME DU MAROC
212-537 26 00 62/63
212-661 12 05 52
Nzarrouk@uclga.org
Najat_zarrouk@yahoo.fr

Dr. Najat Zarrouk, is President to the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (AISIA),and Director of Development Branch, and of the African Local Government Academy of the United Cities and Local Government of Africa (UCLG-Africa) based in Rabat, where she has been working since 2016.
She has 39 years of experience in the Public Service at national, continental and global levels, in particular as a former Civil servant in the Ministry of the Interior of Morocco where she served from 1983 to 2014, including as Governor, Director of Training.

In 2009, she was appointed member of the Board of the Arab Women's Leadership Institute (AWLI) where she served until 2012, as well as member of Women’s Democracy Network (WDN). They are Networks supported by the Government of the United States to empower women and girls in the Arab Region.
From 2010 to 2017, she served as member of the UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA), including as the Chairperson of this Committee in 2012 and 2013. She served also as a member of the Sub-Committee of CEPA in charge of the Evaluation of the nominees to the United Nations Public Service Award (UNPSA).


In August 2018, she was elected Vice-President of the African Public Service Human Resources Managers Network(APS-HRMNet). In July 2019, she was elected member of the Board of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration(AISIA) for the Term 2019-2022. On 21 February 2020, she was appointed Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the International Commission on Accreditation of Public Administration (ICAPA) education and training programs of AISIA.


She chaired or served in many ministerial or inter-ministerial committees in charge of devolution, simplification of administrative procedures and moralization of the public service, promotion of investments, promotion of childhood conditions, mainstreaming gender approach, and modernization of human resources management at sub-national level.
She has authored a number of essays and articles on issues related to public administration and public service. In 2008, she published a book on trade and
development, from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to the WorldTrade Organization.


She received her Ph.D. in Political Sciences from the University Mohammed V of Rabat (International Relations option) and is also a graduated of the National School for Public Administration of Rabat (Honor Student) and holds a Master degree from the University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) in International, European and comparative studies.


She received many national, regional, and international recognitions and awards for her commitment and outstanding for the Public Service, namely: the UN Public Service Award (UNPSA), First Place in Africa (2013), the National Order of Merit – Exceptional Degree from His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco (2013), the OP DWIVEDI Award from AISIA (2015), and the Gold Medal 2018 from the African Association for Public Administration and Management(AAPAM) (2018).

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Vice President –EAST AFRICAN REGION

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CHRP Florence Wanguku – KAIRA

Vice President, East Africa, APS – HRM
Network

Full Member, Institute of Human
Resource Management, Kenya

CHRP Florence Wanguku – Kaira is currently Manager, Human Resources at the Kenya School of Government, in Kenya. KSG is a premier institution mandated by the Kenyan Government to build skills and competencies of the Public Sector through training, consultancy and research and providing advisory services.

Florence enjoys a vast experience of over 18 years as a Human Resource Practitioner from both Private and Public Sectors. Her key strengths; include establishment and implementation for mentorship programs for employees, development and implementation of  competency frameworks that aim to complement employee performance and productivity,  as a Champion of  Employee Wellness, is keen to innovate programs through employees with the aim of achieving a happy and engaged workforce. Other areas of interest have been to drive the conduct of Job Evaluation, Human Resource Planning, Succession Management, capacity development, Talent and Diversity Management, design and management of employee benefits among others.

Florence holds a Master degree in Business Administration (Human Resource Management) from Kenyatta University in Kenya, a Bachelor degree in Business Administration (Human Resource Management) from Kenya Methodist University (KEMU) in Kenya. She is a Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) – Kenya and also a holder of a Diploma in Human Resource Management.  

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Vice President –WEST AFRICAN REGION

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Mr. Dr, Ansu Tucker
Director General Human Resources Management
Office
Government of Sierra Leone.
SIERRA LEONE

Ansu S. Tucker was appointed Director General of the Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) in April, 2018. He holds a Masters of Art Degree from Fourah Bay College University of Sierra Leone, the very college he acquired his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1991. He also has a Master of Science Degree in Public Administration from the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) and he is Hubert Humphrey/Fulbright Fellow in Governance and Public Sector Management from the Evans School of Public Policy in the University of Washington, USA. Ansu holds many managerial, professional and other educational certificates in and outside of Sierra Leone. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), UK, and a Doctoral Candidate in Business Administration (DBA) in the Poles Paris Alternance (PPA) Business School in Paris. Mr. Tucker is also Commissioner for Oaths in Sierra Leone and the Vice President for West Africa for the African Public Sector Human Resource Managers’ Network.

 

Mr. Ansu S. Tucker has to his credit numerous policy inputs and has written published articles on public sector management and civil service reforms, World Bank and EU program evaluations including designing, organising and managing multi sectoral development programmes. He has over 30 years working experience as a distinguished civil servant in Sierra Leone and is currently the IMPREST Administrator for EU support to the Governance Sector in the area of Public Service Reforms for the Public Service Commission and HRMO.

 

He joined the Sierra Leone Civil Service as an Administrative Officer in the then Establishment Secretary’s Office in May 1993 and rose through the ranks becoming a Senior Assistant Secretary in December 2000, a Deputy Establishment Secretary from July 2005 – November 2008, in charge of discipline, leave, retirement, and pension/gratuity, etc. He briefly worked in the Ministry of Agriculture as Deputy Secretary in charge of Human Resources and was recalled to the Establishment Secretary’s Office where he became the 1st Director of HR Planning and Budgeting following the conversion of the Establishment Secretary’s Office into the Human Resource Management Office in 2008. In March of the same year, he was posted to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development as Principal Deputy Financial Secretary (PDFS), where he served for two excellent years from April, 2016 to April, 2018, when he was appointed as Director-General, Human Resource Management Office.

 

Ansu has keen interest and deep commitment to good governance and civil service reforms. In recognition of his extensive work and passion on issues of civil service and public sector management, he has received several outstanding awards as a consummate civil servant in Sierra Leone.