Christopher Hernández-Roy, a Canadian and Spanish citizen, is the Director
of the Department of Public Security and is responsible for the
Organization’s programs to combat transnational organized crime and gangs,
fight the trafficking of human beings, prevent the proliferation and
trafficking in arms and explosives, and for humanitarian de-mining in the
hemisphere. Mr. Hernández-Roy has worked at the OAS since 1995 and has
served in various capacities including six years as a policy advisor to the
Secretary General and to the Assistant Secretary General.
Mr. Hernández-Roy was formerly the Coordinator of the OAS’ Fund for Peace
and was intimately involved in the OAS’s efforts at peacefully resolving
border disputes between Honduras and Nicaragua; Belize and Guatemala; and
Honduras and El Salvador.
He has served as a Principal Specialist in the Summit of the Americas
Secretariat, as an Electoral Observation Officer, and as the head of a
number of civilian verification missions in Central America. Mr. Hernández-Roy
also worked for a short time with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
He holds a BA Honours degree from Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) and
an M. Phil. degree in international relations from the University of
Cambridge, England. Mr. Hernandez-Roy is married to Alysia Wilson and has
two children, Lucas and Isabel.
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