Richard Howard

Mr Howard was appointed as Director at the ILO Country Office for Nepal, based in Kathmandu, from August 2016.

He has 20 years of management and research experience in Asia and the Pacific in the private sector, non-government organizations, and the ILO. His expertise includes gender equality and non-discrimination, migration, indigenous peoples, sexual and reproductive health and HIV and AIDS. He has worked in the ILO as Senior Regional Specialist on HIV and Decent Work for Marginalized Groups in Bangkok, Thailand (2010 – 2016); Chief Technical Advisor, Private Sector Partnerships on Health for Internal Migrants in Beijing, China (2006 – 2010); FHI360 as Asia Regional Program Manager, Private Sector Partnerships for Health in Jakarta, Indonesia (2002-2006); and Castle Asia, as Director of Research (Industry Analysis and Market Strategies) in Jakarta, Indonesia (1996 – 2002).

He was a Fulbright scholar in Indonesia with research focusing on gender, ethnicity and national identity (1993-95).

He holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Anthropology from the University Illinois (1996) and a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of South Carolina (1987).

He is a national of the United States of America.