Resident Representative

UNDP Moldova Resident Representative

Ms. Kaarina Immonen is the UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinator in Moldova. She assumed her duties in June 2007. The Resident Representative is the UNDP Administrator's representative at the country level, and is head of the country office. The Resident Representative is ultimately responsible for the quality and sustainability of UNDP interventions, including UNDP policies and procedures.

Before being appointed to Moldova, Kaarina Immonen served as Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP in the Russian Federation.

A national of Finland, Ms. Immonen previously served with UN and UNDP in many countries, including Cambodia, Vietnam, Congo, Kenya, South Africa, and more recently Georgia and Russia.

Kaarina Immonen holds a Masters degree in Political Sciences, major in International Relations from the Graduate Institute for International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.

Ms. Immonen speaks English and French, has a working knowledge of German and Italian, and is conversant in Russian. Her native tongue is Finnish.