Director-General

Director-General is the title used for the executive head of several UN specialized agencies, such as the WHO, ILO, and UNESCO. The IMO does not use it. The IMO’s executive head and chief administrative officer is the Secretary-General, appointed by the Council and approved by the Assembly under Article 22 of the IMO Convention. The Secretary-General directs the Secretariat, the permanent staff based at IMO headquarters in London. The term is included here only to flag the equivalence, since the IMO equivalent of an agency Director-General is the Secretary-General.