diff --git a/content/about-us/global-team/img/reiko_okamoto.jpg b/content/about-us/global-team/img/reiko_okamoto.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcd2b1164
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diff --git a/data/chapters/benin-cotonou.json b/data/chapters/benin-cotonou.json
index be69a663a..3e9d06d39 100644
--- a/data/chapters/benin-cotonou.json
+++ b/data/chapters/benin-cotonou.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [
   {
     "urlname": "rladies-cotonou",
-    "status": "active",
+    "status": "retired on 25-11-2024",
     "country": "Benin",
     "city": "Cotonou",
     "social_media": {
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
       "email": "cotonou@rladies.org"
     },
     "organizers": {
-      "current": ["Nadejda Sero", "Benedicta Essuon"],
-      "former": []
+      "current": [],
+      "former": ["Nadejda Sero", "Benedicta Essuon"]
     }
   }
 ]
diff --git a/data/chapters_meetup.json b/data/chapters_meetup.json
index 36ae67733..473a12895 100644
--- a/data/chapters_meetup.json
+++ b/data/chapters_meetup.json
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
   },
   {
     "urlname": "rladies-cotonou",
-    "status": "active",
+    "status": "retired on 25-11-2024",
     "country": "Benin",
     "social_media": {
       "meetup": "rladies-cotonou",
@@ -615,8 +615,8 @@
       "email": "cotonou@rladies.org"
     },
     "organizers": {
-      "current": ["Nadejda Sero", "Benedicta Essuon"],
-      "former": []
+      "current": [],
+      "former": ["Nadejda Sero", "Benedicta Essuon"]
     },
     "name": "R-Ladies Cotonou",
     "id": "27986524",
diff --git a/data/global_team/current/reiko_okamoto.json b/data/global_team/current/reiko_okamoto.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1abe2f666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/global_team/current/reiko_okamoto.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "Reiko Okamoto",
+  "role": ["RoCur Bluesky Account"],
+  "start": "November 2024",
+  "img": {
+    "url": "reiko_okamoto.png"
+  }
+}