{"id":138,"date":"2024-04-16T12:18:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T13:16:15","slug":"dir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/dir\/","title":{"rendered":"Director&#8217;s Office (DIR)"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"br-contact-group mode-business br-contact-columns-3\" data-sort-by=\"priority1\" data-hide-role=\"0\"><div class=\"br-contact-card\" data-jobtitle=\"Director\" data-title2=\"BR\" data-company=\"ITU\" data-country=\"\" data-logo=\"\" data-priority1=\"10\" data-priority2=\"0\"><div class=\"photo-bio-wrapper\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/07\/Maniewicz-Mario.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Maniewicz\" class=\"br-contact-photo\"><div class=\"see-bio-icon\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"see-bio\" title=\"See Mario Maniewicz&#039;s biography\"><span class=\"dashicons dashicons-welcome-write-blog\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"text-content\"><h3>Mario Maniewicz<\/h3><p>Director<\/p><p class=\"contact-title2\">BR<\/p><p>ITU<\/p><p><span class=\"dashicons dashicons-phone\" style=\"color:#01a0dd; vertical-align:middle; margin-right:4px;\"><\/span>+41 22 730 58 00<\/p><p><span class=\"dashicons dashicons-media-document\" style=\"color:#01a0dd; vertical-align:middle; margin-right:4px;\"><\/span>+41 22 730 57 85<\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:mario.maniewicz@itu.int\" class=\"contact-email-link\"><span class=\"dashicons dashicons-email-alt\" style=\"color:#01a0dd; vertical-align:middle; margin-right:4px;\"><\/span>mario.maniewicz@itu.int<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"br-contact-bio\" style=\"display:none;\">Mr. Mario Maniewicz was elected Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau at the\u00a0&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.itu.int\/web\/pp-18\/en&quot;&gt;ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018&lt;\/a&gt; in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He took office on 1 January 2019.\r\n\r\nMario Maniewicz is an electronic engineer specialized in telecommunications. He has been with the ITU for over 30 years, where he has served in high-level management positions in the Radiocommunication and Development Sectors as well as in ITU Regional Offices.\r\n\r\nAs Director, Mr. Maniewicz is responsible for the management of the Radiocommunication Bureau, which organizes and co-ordinates the work of the Radiocommunication Sector whose aim is to ensure the rational, equitable, efficient and economical use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits.\u200b<\/div><\/div><div class=\"br-contact-card\" data-jobtitle=\"Deputy Dir, Chief of Department\" data-title2=\"BR \/ IAP\" data-company=\"ITU\" data-country=\"\" data-logo=\"\" data-priority1=\"9\" data-priority2=\"0\"><div class=\"photo-bio-wrapper\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/07\/Tomimura-Diana.jpg\" alt=\"Diana Tomimura\" class=\"br-contact-photo\"><div class=\"see-bio-icon\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"see-bio\" title=\"See Diana Tomimura&#039;s biography\"><span class=\"dashicons dashicons-welcome-write-blog\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"text-content\"><h3>Diana Tomimura<\/h3><p>Deputy Dir, Chief of Department<\/p><p class=\"contact-title2\">BR \/ IAP<\/p><p>ITU<\/p><p><span class=\"dashicons dashicons-phone\" style=\"color:#01a0dd; vertical-align:middle; margin-right:4px;\"><\/span>+4122 730 59 40<\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:diana.tomimura@itu.int\" class=\"contact-email-link\"><span class=\"dashicons dashicons-email-alt\" style=\"color:#01a0dd; vertical-align:middle; margin-right:4px;\"><\/span>diana.tomimura@itu.int<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"br-contact-bio\" style=\"display:none;\">Diana Tomimura is the Deputy Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).\r\n\r\nPrior to her current role, she served as the Head of Business Operations and Planning, and as Spectrum Regulation and Policy Advisor within the same Bureau contributing to key initiatives in global spectrum management and regulatory policy.\r\n\r\nBefore joining the ITU, Ms. Tomimura held the position of Deputy Director of the Telecommunications Services and Universalization Department in the Ministry of Communications in Brazil. She also served as a Regulatory Specialist at the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL), Brazil\u2019s telecommunications regulator.\r\n\r\nEarlier in her career, Diana worked as an engineer at Nokia Networks and in Intelig Telecom.\r\n\r\nMs. Tomimura holds an Executive MBA from IMD, a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Fluminense Federal University.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"br-contact-card\" data-jobtitle=\"Executive Assistant\" data-title2=\"BR\" data-company=\"ITU\" data-country=\"\" data-logo=\"\" data-priority1=\"8\" data-priority2=\"0\"><div class=\"photo-bio-wrapper\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/07\/Panoussopoulos-Sonia.jpg\" alt=\"Sonia Panoussopoulos\" class=\"br-contact-photo\"><\/div><div class=\"text-content\"><h3>Sonia Panoussopoulos<\/h3><p>Executive Assistant<\/p><p class=\"contact-title2\">BR<\/p><p>ITU<\/p><p><span class=\"dashicons dashicons-media-document\" style=\"color:#01a0dd; vertical-align:middle; margin-right:4px;\"><\/span>+4122 730 50 30<\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:sonia.panoussopoulos@itu.int\" class=\"contact-email-link\"><span class=\"dashicons dashicons-email-alt\" style=\"color:#01a0dd; vertical-align:middle; margin-right:4px;\"><\/span>sonia.panoussopoulos@itu.int<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Union internationale des t\u00e9l\u00e9communications (UIT)<br>Bureau des radiocommunications (BR)<br>Place des Nations<br>CH-1211 Gen\u00e8ve 20<br>Suisse<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union internationale des t\u00e9l\u00e9communications (UIT)Bureau des radiocommunications (BR)Place des NationsCH-1211 Gen\u00e8ve 20Suisse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-138","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"gs-tiny":false,"xl":false,"xxl":false,"xxxl":false,"xxxxl":false,"xxxxxl":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"mgaillard","author_link":"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/author\/mgaillard\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Union internationale des t\u00e9l\u00e9communications (UIT)Bureau des radiocommunications (BR)Place des NationsCH-1211 Gen\u00e8ve 20Suisse","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itu-app42363.pagelyhosting.com\/radiocommunication-contacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}