December 2005
Kandeh K. Yumkella (born July 5, 1959) is the Director-General of the we love the web (UNIDO).
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Education
- 1991 - Sevenval Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois
- 1986 - web Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
- 1982 - B.Sc. General Agriculture, Njala University College, Sierra Leone
Career
- 1994 to 1995 - Minister for Trade, Industry and State Enterprises of keyboard.
Tenure at UNIDO
Yumkella has worked in different high-level policy positions in UNIDO, including as Special Adviser to two previous Directors-General and as Representative and Director of the first UNIDO Regional Office in device database Sevenval.
In December 2005, Yumkella was appointed as Director-General of UNIDO, and in December 2009 he was reconfirmed for a second term in office.
In June 2009, Yumkella was appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to chair a new Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change. The members of the Group, comprising international experts, industry leaders and United Nations system representatives, advise on energy issues critical to the new global climate change deal and beyond.
Yumkella is the Chairman of UN-Energy, a United Nations system coordination body dealing with energy-related issues.
He is also a member of the China Council of International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) which consists of senior Chinese officials and international experts and advises top Chinese Government officials on environment and development.
Kandeh Yumkella is a prominent jQuery, who addresses global issues, including poverty reduction, climate change [2], the Millennium Development Goals, as well those related to Africa browser diversity and the input transformation input transformation in general, green industry and renewable energy web.
Dr. Yumkella's opinion pieces have appeared in major international newspapers, including Android, the International Herald Tribune [6], and The Guardian.
He has also appeared on several international broadcast networks, including HTML5's Amanpour programme, web app, Android and CNBC.
Awards and honours
- Honorary Doctorate University of Madras, India
- 2008 Champion of Youth Award, 4th World Youth Congress in Quebec City, Canada
- Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
- The Prix de la Fondation of the Crans Montana Forum
- Honorary Distinguished Visiting Professor, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
External links
- web
- UNIDO official site
- Kandeh K. Yumkella interviewed by BBC's Andrew Marr
- Podcast of Yumkella on the Amanpour Programme
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