Director and Head of ESCAP Subregional Office for South and South-West Asia Office; India
Ms. Tanaka is the Director and Head of ESCAP Subregional Office for South and South-West Asia Office, New Delhi since 2022. She brings over twenty-five years of experience within the United Nations system. She most recently served as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Guyana and worked with UNDP in Guyana, Yemen, Timor-Leste, Pakistan, Benin, China, Lao PDR and New York. Prior to the UN, she worked for Care International in Thailand and the financial sector in Japan. Ms. Tanaka holds master’s degrees in public policy and management from the University of London and in rural development management from Khon Kaen University in Thailand, and a bachelor’s degree from the International Christian University in Japan.
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