Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina

David Saunders has served as UN Women Representative since 2013, currently in Bosnia and Herzegovina and previously Albania. His wide breadth of experience in the UN and the private sector includes global roles in information management with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), supporting water and sanitation institutions around the world with the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) in The Hague, rural development in post-conflict Afghanistan and crisis prevention and recovery in South Sudan. Along with a decade of experience with six different UN organisations, David has also worked for the private sector in technology and agricultural development in Brazil, Malaysia and the UK, and supported the Government of Oman in water resources management.