UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Eugene Owusu from Ghana as his Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.

He will also serve as UN’s Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program.

He will succeed Toby Lanzer, who will be taking up the post of Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel region.

Eugene Owusu is currently the UN’s Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of UNDP in Ethiopia.

Dr. Owusu, currently the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of UNDP in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

A former Senior Advisor in the UNDP Brussels Office, he brings to the position extensive experience in international development and humanitarian affairs.

Dr. Owusu joined UNDP in 1996 and has worked in several capacities in the Africa region, including as Economic Advisor in UNDP Uganda (1996-1999), as Economic Advisor in UNDP Sierra Leone (1999-2002), and as Deputy Resident Representative (Programme) in UNDP Tanzania (2002-2007).

Before joining the United Nations, Mr. Owusu who holds a doctorate degree in Agricultural Economics from Pennsylvania State University, United States of America worked for the private sector in the United Kingdom.