Lisa Simrique Singh Email & Phone Number

25 years of experience in a leading strategy setting and programme design in Asia Pacific and Africa including management of high volume integrated crossborder programmes (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Chad, Mali, Mauritius, Nepal, Seychelles, Srilanka, Thailand, Cameroon, Uganda).  Outstanding expertise in results-based management and programme delivery in LDC, MIC, fragile setting (managed USD 130 million annual portfolio in Afghanistan,67million annual country programme in Chad in 2020) Expertise in vertical, trust-funds, project management (GEF, GFATM, GCF) Demonstrated multithematic expertise and leading programme design and programme management (nexus programme, recovery, area-based reconstruction, stabilization and resilience, DDR, elections, , etc. Significant senior policy engagement (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Mauritius and Seychelles) as well as regional integration  9 years Senior management expertise of large/multi-country UN offices  Proven strategy setting, partnership brokering and multilateral engagement with senior government, regional, global counterparts  Strong intergovernmental negotiations, regional capacity building and diplomacy  Outstanding UN and multiagency coordination expertise  Senior level representation, partnership and proven resource mobilisation to include public-private partnership and significant south-south collaboration and joint programming  Excellent change management and transition planning expertise to include redesign of UN agency programmes  Outstanding capacity building and organization of regional training knowledge forums  Strong peoples and supervision skills Strong communicator with outstanding partnership brokering and negotiation skillsPosts Held • UN Resident Coordinator for Mauritius and Seychelles Multi-Country Office • Resident Representative ai UNDP Chad• Deputy Resident Representative UNDP Mali• Senior Economist / Senior International Consultant on Sustainable Development, Resilience and Economic Transformation • Senior Advisor on UN Capacity building for 2030 Agenda for and SDG; UN Staff College • Senior Economist, UNDP Cameroon • UNDP Cameroon Officer in Charge • Team Leader, Crisis Prevention and Sustainable Livelihood integrated Team UNDP Afghanistan• Assistant Resident Representative, UNDP Nepal • Regional Programme Manager, UNDP Cambodia • Regional Policy Specialist, FAO Regional Office for Asia-Pacific, Thailand