NEW YORK, 22 December 2017 –
UNICEF welcomed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ announcement
today that Henrietta H. Fore will succeed Anthony Lake as UNICEF
Executive Director when his term ends on 31 December 2017.
Ms. Fore has nearly four
decades of public sector service culminating as the first woman to serve
as Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) and the Director of United States Foreign Assistance
in the U.S. Department of State (2007 to ...
2009). Earlier in her career,
at USAID, she was appointed as Assistant Administrator for Asia and
Assistant Administrator for Private Enterprise (1989 to 1993).
In addition, she served as
Under Secretary of State for Management, the Chief Operating Officer for
the U.S. Department of State and as the 37th Director of the United
States Mint in the U.S. Department of Treasury.
Ms. Fore is currently Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Holsman International, a
manufacturing and investment company. She has also served as Chair and
Board Member of many non-profit and for-profit entities, focusing on
development and working with children of the world.
Henrietta Fore will bring a
wealth of experience to UNICEF’s work for children,” said Mr. Lake. “I
know the organization will support her as it has worked with me. Her
success will be UNICEF’s success — and thus a success for children.”
Ms. Fore will become the seventh Executive Director on 1 January 2018.
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world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged
children. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child,
everywhere, to build a better world for everyone. For more information
about UNICEF and its work for children visit www.unicef.org.
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