Inger Andersen | |
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Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme | |
Assumed office 19 July 2019 | |
Secretary-General | António Guterres |
Preceded by | Joyce Msuya |
Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature | |
In office 12 January 2015 – 19 July 2019 | |
President | Zhang Xinsheng |
Preceded by | Julia Marton-Lefèvre |
Succeeded by | Grethel Aguilar |
Vice President of the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa | |
In office 2011–2015 | |
President | Jim Yong Kim Robert Zoellick |
Preceded by | Shamshad Akhtar |
Succeeded by | Hafez Ghanem |
Vice President of the World Bank for Sustainable Development | |
In office 2010–2011 | |
President | Robert Zoellick |
Succeeded by | Rachel Kyte |
Personal details | |
Born | Inger la Cour Andersen 23 May 1958 Jerup, Denmark |
Nationality | Danish |
Alma mater | London Metropolitan University and School of Oriental and African Studies |
Website | Official biography |
Inger Andersen (born 23 May 1958) is a Danish economist and environmentalist. In February 2019, she was appointed as the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme.[1]
Prior to her appointment, at UNEP, Andersen was Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),[2] Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank and Head of the CGIAR Fund Council and then World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa.[3]