United Nations Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres announced on 30 October 2023 the appointment of Marcos Athias Neto of Brazil as Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Policy and Programme Services of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).聽 He succeeds Haoliang Xu of China, who has been recently appointed as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of UNDP.
Mr.聽Neto is the Director of UNDP鈥檚 Sustainable Finance Hub.聽With more than 25聽years of experience in development finance and private-sector development, he leads UNDP鈥檚 work on sustainable finance in more than 140聽countries in collaboration with other United Nations agencies and partners.
As the Head of the Group of 20聽Sustainable Finance Working Group Secretariat, Mr.聽Neto also co-chairs the executive boards of the Business Call to Action and the Connecting Business Initiative.
Prior to joining UNDP, he served at CARE International for 17聽years, in roles including Regional Manager for Asia and Latin America at CARE UK, Executive Director of CARE, Brazil, and Programme Director for Central America.
A lawyer by training, Mr.聽Neto holds a Master of Laws degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.聽 A passionate advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals, he is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
