United Nations Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres announced on 30 October 2023 the appointment of Kirsi Madi of Finland as Deputy Executive Director for Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women聽(UN-Women).
The Secretary-General wishes to extend his appreciation to UN-Women Director, Division of Management and Administration, Moez Doraid of Egypt, who will continue to serve as UN-Women Deputy Executive Director ad interim, until Ms.聽Madi assumes her functions.
Currently serving as Director of the Executive Director鈥檚 Office and Chief of Staff in United Nations Children鈥檚 Fund聽(UNICEF), Ms.聽Madi brings over 30 years of experience working in the United Nations system in humanitarian affairs and development cooperation, in inter-agency coordination, intergovernmental relations, governance, partnerships and external relations.
Prior to this role, she held different leadership positions in the UN: 聽Director of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction; UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia; Chief of National Committee Relations in the UNICEF Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division; Secretary of the UNICEF Executive Board; and Chief of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Secretariat in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Ms.聽Madi鈥檚 career in the United Nations started in 1991 when she joined UNICEF鈥檚 Office of Emergency Programmes.聽 Before joining the United Nations common system, she worked in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, in the Department for Development Cooperation as Programme Officer.
Ms.聽Madi holds a Master of Arts degree in political science from the University of Helsinki. 聽She is fluent in English, French and Finnish.
