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UN WOMEN ANNOUNCES SENIOR MANAGEMENT
APPOINTMENTS
United Nations, New York, 24 June 2011 — UN Women announced today the following appointments of senior managers who will support Executive Director Michelle Bachelet and Deputy Directors Lakshmi Puri and John Hendra in leading the organization.
Kristin Hetle (Norway), Director, Strategic Partnerships,
Advocacy, Civil Society, Communications and Resource Mobilization Division
Ms. Hetle brings an extensive experience, which combines service
for the UN system, the Norwegian government and the private sector. She is
currently serving as the Director of Communications for the Ministry of Labour
in Norway. Until 2008, she held the position of Chief of UNFPA’s Media Services
Branch. Prior to that, Ms. Hetle served as Director of Media Lion Inc., Media
Advisor for the Norwegian Red Cross and Information Officer in Norway’s
Ministry of Environment. She holds an M.A. in Journalism from the Oslo University
College.
Moez Doraid (Egypt), Director, Coordination Division
Mr. Doraid brings an extensive experience in the UN system,
having held several senior positions in UNDP. He is currently serving as
Officer-in-Charge for UN Women’s Division of Management and Administration.
Since 2006 and until the creation of UN Women, he served as Deputy Executive
Director for Organizational and Business Development Services of UNIFEM. Prior
to that, Mr. Doraid served as UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident
Representative in Kuwait, UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Resident Coordinator
a.i. and UNDP Officer-in-Charge in the Maldives, and Senior Programme Advisor
in UNDP’s Regional Bureau for the Arab States. Mr. Doraid holds an M.A. and a
Ph.D. degree in Economics.
Saraswathi Menon (India), Director, Policy Division
Ms. Menon brings an extensive experience as a researcher and
academician as well as in the UN system. She is currently serving as the
Director of UNDP’s Evaluation Office. Ms. Menon’s career includes experience in
both policy and programme areas. She served as UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP
Resident Representative in Mongolia, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in
Nepal and Deputy Chief of the Regional Programme and Policy Division in UNDP’s
Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. Before joining UNDP, she lectured in
sociology at Madras University in India. She holds both an M.A. and M.Phil.
degree in Sociology as well as a Ph.D. degree.
Gülden Türköz-Cosslett (Turkey), Director, Programme Support
Division
Ms. Türköz-Cosslett brings extensive programmatic experience,
having worked for UNDP both at headquarters and in the field. She is currently
serving as Senior Advisor on System-Wide Coherence and Head of the UN Women Transition
Team in UN Women, on special assignment from UNDP. She has worked as UN
Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Albania, as Team
Leader in the Central Asia Cluster of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Europe and as
Programme Specialist in the Office of the UNDP Administrator. Ms.
Türköz-Cosslett has an M.A. degree in International Affairs.
Giovanie Biha (Burundi), Director, Management and Administration
Division
Ms. Biha brings an extensive experience, which combines
programmatic and operations experience in the UN system and the private sector.
She is currently serving as Chief of Strategy and Corporate Performance
Management in UNDP’s Office of Planning and Budgeting. Ms. Biha has worked as
Deputy Resident Representative for both Programme and Operations in
UNDP-Mauritania, as Senior Programme Manager and Deputy Resident Representative
a.i. in UNDP-Ethiopia and as Assistant Resident Representative in
Guinea-Bissau. Prior to these positions in UNDP, Ms. Biha worked for the
Central Bank of Burundi. She holds an M.A. degree in Economics.
Bibiana Aído Almagro (Spain), Special Advisor to the Executive
Director
Ms. Aído brings a distinguished public service career for the Government
of Spain. She is currently serving as Secretary of State of Equality. Ms Aído
created the Ministry of Equality and up to 2010 was Minister of Equality and
worked extensively for gender mainstreaming in the Spanish development policy
as well as on gender equality and gender mainstreaming in various high-level
international fora, such as the European Union for the promotion of the
European strategy and the European observatory against gender violence.
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