United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of
Tegegnework Gettu of Ethiopia as Under-Secretary-General for General
Assembly and Conference Management, replacing Jean-Jacques Graisse of
Belgium.
With about 1,200 staff at the UN headquarters in New
York and 2,200 world wide,including the conference management staff at
the UN offices at Geneva,Vienna and Nairobi DGACM is the largest department in the secretariat.
Mr. Gettu, who has been the Assistant Secretary-General and Regional
Bureau Director for Africa in the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) since 2009, has more than 30 years of increasingly responsible
management experience in the development field, at both the national and
international levels, having worked in academia, Government and the
private sector. He brings to his new position analytical skills and
proven operational capacity, on the ground and at Headquarters, to
manage complex organizational structures and effectively to lead large
departments in challenging environment.
He notably served as
Chief of Staff and Director of UNDP’s Executive Office in New York, and
was United Nations Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in
Nigeria until 2006. Before 2003, Mr. Gettu was country director for
Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean countries as well as Acting
Resident Representative in Liberia and Sierra Leone. He also served as
Senior Economic and Political Adviser at the UNDP Africa Bureau in New
York.
During his academic career, Mr. Gettu was a Fellow at
Columbia University and Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the
University of Rochester in New York. He also taught at Hunter College
and Addis Ababa University. He also worked as Senior Adviser in
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and in the
private sector.
United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of
Tegegnework Gettu of Ethiopia as Under-Secretary-General for General
Assembly and Conference Management, replacing Jean-Jacques Graisse of
Belgium.
With about 1,200 staff at the UN headquarters in New York and 2,200 world wide,including the conference management staff at the UN offices at Geneva,Vienna and Nairobi DGACM is the largest department in the secretariat.
Mr. Gettu, who has been the Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Bureau Director for Africa in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 2009, has more than 30 years of increasingly responsible management experience in the development field, at both the national and international levels, having worked in academia, Government and the private sector. He brings to his new position analytical skills and proven operational capacity, on the ground and at Headquarters, to manage complex organizational structures and effectively to lead large departments in challenging environment.
He notably served as Chief of Staff and Director of UNDP’s Executive Office in New York, and was United Nations Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Nigeria until 2006. Before 2003, Mr. Gettu was country director for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean countries as well as Acting Resident Representative in Liberia and Sierra Leone. He also served as Senior Economic and Political Adviser at the UNDP Africa Bureau in New York.
During his academic career, Mr. Gettu was a Fellow at Columbia University and Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the University of Rochester in New York. He also taught at Hunter College and Addis Ababa University. He also worked as Senior Adviser in Ethiopia’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and in the private sector.
With about 1,200 staff at the UN headquarters in New York and 2,200 world wide,including the conference management staff at the UN offices at Geneva,Vienna and Nairobi DGACM is the largest department in the secretariat.
Mr. Gettu, who has been the Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Bureau Director for Africa in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 2009, has more than 30 years of increasingly responsible management experience in the development field, at both the national and international levels, having worked in academia, Government and the private sector. He brings to his new position analytical skills and proven operational capacity, on the ground and at Headquarters, to manage complex organizational structures and effectively to lead large departments in challenging environment.
He notably served as Chief of Staff and Director of UNDP’s Executive Office in New York, and was United Nations Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Nigeria until 2006. Before 2003, Mr. Gettu was country director for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean countries as well as Acting Resident Representative in Liberia and Sierra Leone. He also served as Senior Economic and Political Adviser at the UNDP Africa Bureau in New York.
During his academic career, Mr. Gettu was a Fellow at Columbia University and Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the University of Rochester in New York. He also taught at Hunter College and Addis Ababa University. He also worked as Senior Adviser in Ethiopia’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and in the private sector.
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