Ms. Maria Nenette A. Motus, M.D.

Ms. Maria Nenette Motus is currently the Regional Director for IOM in Asia and the Pacific since March 2016. Her responsibilities include overseeing the activities of the IOM Regional Office and providing guidance and support to IOM country offices in the Asia-Pacific region. Dr. Motus has worked with IOM for over twenty-five years in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Middle East and Europe. Prior to her transfer to the IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, she served as the Senior Migration Health Policy Adviser and Global Coordinator for Emergency Health Operations based in IOM Geneva Headquarters from 2009 to 2015. She was previously based in the IOM Regional Office in Asia and Pacific as the Regional Migration Health Manager for South East Asia from 2006 to 2009.