BIOGRAPHY

Since joining the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1973, Francis Amar has experienced a succession of field assignments in Pakistan, Chile, Thailand, Chad, Angola, and Romania (among many others) interspersed with Headquarters positions. He has successively been a Political Advisor to the Director of Operations (1979-1981), Deputy Head of the Central Tracing Agency (1981-1986), has run a department in charge of field personnel (1986-1988), and has held such positions as Deputy Delegate-General for Europe and North America (1988-1992) and Delegate-General for the Americas (1992-1998). After 5 years as the Head of the International Organisation Division, he went back to a challenging field assignment as the Head of a Regional Delegation for South East Asia and Japan, based in Kuala Lumpur. After taking an early retirement at the end of 2005, Francis continued to train himself in several Human Resources related fields and works now as an independant Certified Professional Coach (IDC / ICF) and Human Resources Consultant.

CURRICULUM-VITAE

 Francis AMAR 

1A Avenue Eugène-Pittard, CH-1206 Geneva - Switzerland

Home : +41.22.347.18.68 / Cellular : +41.79.366.40.29  

E-mail : francisamar[at]dhconseil[dot]net

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE                                                        

  International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)                                                                                                                          (1973 -2005)                                                                                                                                                                                 

  Head of Regional Delegation based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.    (Covering Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Japan)                  (2003-2005)

  Head of the International Organisations Division                                                                                                                             (1998-2003)

  Delegate-General for the Americas                                                                                                                                                  (1992-1998)

  Deputy Delegate-General for Europe and North America                                                                                                                (1988-1992)

  Deputy Head of the Operational Personnel Division                                                                                                                         (1986-1988)

  Head of Division, then Deputy-Head, of the Central Tracing Agency (CTA)                                                                                    (1981-1986)

  Political Assistant to the Director of Operations                                                                                                                             (1979-1981)

  Head of Delegation, Thailand                                                                                                                                                            (1977-1989)

  Head of Sector, Latin America Division                                                                                                                                             (1974-1979)

  Delegate (Pakistan, Chile) CTA Specialist                                                                                                                                         (1973-1974)

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  Adult training, Denmark                                                                                                                                                                   (1971-1973)

  In charge of French and English language training in various schools for adults and a college.

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  EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENTS

•       Training in Human Resources Management and as a Certified Professional Coach (IDC / ICF)                                                        (2006-2008)

•       Continuous training in IT technologies (creation of 3 web sites).                                                                                                  (2005-2008)

•       Continuous training in International Relations (Négociation, Mediation).                                                                                        (1973-2005)

•       Diploma in translation (French, English, Spanish). School of Translation and Interpretation, Université de Genève - Switzerland        (1971)

•       Diploma in Spanish Studies (mention: excellent), Universidad de Granada - Spain                                                                         (1969)    

•       Certificate of proficiency in English. University of Cambridge - England.                                                                                        (1968)

•       Bachelor's degree in Philosophy – literature. Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Université de Besançon - France.                 (1968)

   PERSONAL INFORMATION

•       Status : Swiss national; born on November 9th, 1948; married; two (adult) children.

•       Languages : French, English, Spanish fluently. Knowledge of Italian and German. Smattering of Danish.

•       Memberships : American - Swiss Foundation  (1991), Swiss Malaysia Business Association Committee Member (2006).

•       Awards : Japanese Red Cross Society    : Silver Order of Merit - 2005.

References available upon request.