2 December 2016 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Cristiana Pasca Palmer, a national of Romania, as Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Assistant Secretary-General level.
Ms Pasca Palmer will succeed Braulio Dias of Brazil, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his continued commitment and contribution to the Convention on biological diversity in his capacity as Executive Secretary.
Mrs Pasca Palmer brings to this position extensive experience in global policy making and in coordinating the implementation of environment and sustainable development policies, programmes and projects at national and international level.
Currently the Minister of Enviornment of Romania, Ms Pasca Palmer is a multidisciplinary practitioner and an academic in international development with a strong focus on green economy and environmental sustainability, in addition to business management, international negotiations, and environmental diplomacy. She brings to the position a sound knowledge of inter - governmental processes and global policy and advocacy work, and a strong science base and hands-on experience in the programmatic and management challenges related to the mandate of the biodiversity convention.
Ms Pasca Palmer holds a Master of Science degree in Systems Ecology and Management of Natural Capital and a PhD in International Relations and development economics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA
