Leadership
Anacláudia ROSSBACH (USG)
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Executive Director, UN-Habitat
Brazil
Anacláudia Rossbach is the Executive Director of UN-Habitat and an economist with over 20 years of experience in housing, informal settlements, and urban policies. She was appointed Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Under-Secretary-General level by the General Assembly, following nomination by the UN Secretary-General on 7 June 2024. Prior to this role, she was the Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and served as Regional Manager for Cities Alliance, where she founded the Urban Housing Practitioners Hub. Prior to that, with the World Bank, she oversaw the development and implementation of Brazilian housing and slum-upgrading policies. Ms. Rossbach has actively contributed to global urban policy discussions and has a strong academic presence in the field. She took office on 12 August 2024.
Senior leaders
Raf TUTS (D-2) - Belgium
Director, Global Solutions Division
Erfan ALI (D-1) - Syria
Chief of Staff, Office of the Executive Director; Director (a.i.), Regional Programme Division
Ulf Björnholm (D-1) Sweden
Secretary to the Governing Bodies (a.i.)
Edlam ABERA YEMERU (D-1) - Ethiopia
Director (a.i.), External Relations, Strategy, Knowledge and Innovation Division; Chief, Knowledge and Innovation Branch
Shipra Narang SURI (D-1) - India
Senior Policy Advisor to the Executive Director
Elkin Velasquez MONSALVE (D-1) - Colombia
Regional Representative, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Oumar SYLLA (D-1) - Senegal
Regional Representative, Regional Office for Africa
Kazuko ISHIGAKI (D-1) - Japan
Regional Representative, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Rania HEDEYA (D-1) - Egypt
Regional Representative (a.i.), Regional Office for Arab States
André DZIKUS (D-1) - Germany
Director (a.i.), New York Liaison Office