Catherine Pollard is the UN’s next Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance.

NEW YORK, United States – Guyanese national Catherine Pollard has been appointed as the next United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance.

She was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to succeed Jan Beagle of New Zealand.

A statement from the UN said that Pollard brings to the position over three decades of experience in human, financial, information communications technology and support operations and services and has a proven record of transformational leadership in the United Nations system. 

She is currently Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Affairs, a position she assumed in 2015.  Her previous leadership roles include Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management and Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management.

Pollard joined the United Nations in 1989 as Chief of National Executive Projects at the United Nations Development Programme. She then served the United Nations in various capacities, including as Chief Budget Officer for the United Nations Operations in Yugoslavia and Central Headquarters, Chief of the Budget and Finance Section of the United Nations Volunteers, Director of the Peacekeeping Finance Division in the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts and Chief of Staff in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

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