5 years after COP24
MORE SPEAKERSOvais Sarmad
Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Mr. Ovais Sarmad joined the United Nations Climate Change secretariat (UNFCCC) on
1 September 2017.
Mr. Sarmad supports the Executive Secretary in managing the UNFCCC secretariat and
its staff, advising on a range of issues relating to the strategic operations planning and
development of the organization.
Previously he served as Chief of Staff to the Director General at the International
Organization for Migration (IOM) in Geneva. Mr. Sarmad worked in several management and
policy capacities in IOM over a period of 27 years. Prior to the IOM, he worked in the private
and public sectors in London, where he qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant
(ACMA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (GCMA).
Mr. Sarmad graduated from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India, as a Bachelor of
Commerce.
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