Ingrid Macdonald appointed new UN Resident Coordinator for BiH

(Patria) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Ingrid Macdonald of Australia as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the approval of the authorities in our country.

Macdonald most recently served in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) as Deputy Director for Operations and Advocacy, overseeing the Asia-Pacific region. She also served as Head of the Ukraine Office and Director of the "Peer-2-Peer Support Project".

Before joining the United Nations, she held leadership positions for 19 years with international non-profit organizations, the private sector, and the government. She worked for the Norwegian Refugee Council as its representative in Geneva and held positions in Afghanistan, Norway, and Pakistan.