Carole Wainaina
Was the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources from October 2014 till April 2017
About Carole Wainaina
Born 1966. Carole Wainaina is a Kenyan businessperson, official and public administrator.
Carole Wamuyu Wainaina was the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources from October 2014 till April 2017, replacing Catherine Pollard. Prior to this appointment announced on 25 September 2014 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ms. Wainaina was Chief Human Resources Officer and a member of the Executive Committee at Royal Philips in the Netherlands. She is currently working as the chief operating officer for Africa50 Infrastructure Fund.
Biographical Information Ms. Wainaina was born in the year 1966 in Kenya. She also worked at the Kenya Wildlife Service as the Special Assistant to the Director Richard Leakey.
Education Ms. Wainaina holds a Bachelor of Business Degree from the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, where she majored in Human Resources Management and Marketing.
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Was the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources from October 2014 till April 2017
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Carole Wainaina was born in 1966 in Kenya.
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