Written By Mary Mumbua 📝
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Sanda Ojiambo of Kenya as Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact.
She will be the second woman to be appointed to the position, succeeding Lise Kingo of Denmark, to whom the Secretary-General is deeply grateful for her dedication and strategic leadership in steering the work of the Global Compact and broadening its contribution to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Ms. Ojiambo who assumes the role on 17 June 2020, will bring 20 years of experience to lead the UN Global Compact in its next phase, mobilizing a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders and bringing the full weight of the private sector to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Since 2010, she has been the Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact at Safaricom Plc in Kenya.
From 2008 to 2010, Ms. Ojiambo was also the Senior Manager of Safaricom and MPESA Foundations in Kenya, where she oversaw the implementation of several public-private partnership initiatives between Safaricom and UN organizations.
Lise Kingo, who announced at the end of last year that she would be stepping down as Executive Director after five years in June, welcomed the Secretary-General’s appointment.
“I am happy to hand over the baton to such a strong woman leader from the Global South to take the UN Global Compact into its next chapter. I have immense confidence that Sanda’s global experience, deep integrity, and inspiring vision will advance the impact of the UN Global Compact and accelerate our efforts to mobilize a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders to create the world we want,” she said.
Launched in July 2000, the United Nations Global Compact is the Secretary-General’s strategic policy and advocacy initiative calling for the alignment of business operations and strategies with ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and motivates companies to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their core business strategy and operations.
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