Speakers

Prior to join the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as Director, Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) in June 2021, Mr Paulsen served as Director ad interim of the Coordination Division at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva. He oversaw various branches responsible for response services, assessment planning, monitoring, and inter-agency services. From 2018 to 2020, he led OCHA's Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Panama City. His career in the humanitarian sector began in the mid-1990s, working with NGOs in Haiti and Central America. He gained extensive operational and leadership experience in crisis response, including serving with the UN in Rwanda, and leading a Southern Africa Food Security Emergency Response program for a major international NGO in the early 2000s. Before joining OCHA, he held roles such as Director of Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs in Washington DC and Senior Director of Humanitarian Quality, Strategy, and Policy in Geneva for NGOs. Mr. Paulsen holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.

Rein Andre Paulsen is moderating the session(s) mentioned below.