Day 2/Session 6 - The Leadership Equation: Integrity, Innovation, and Impact (UNSSC)

Jun
17
Jun 17, 2025
16:30 - 17:30 CET
English

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Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring diverse, impact-driven leaders who have carved transformative paths across the UN system—across humanitarian response, development policy, and innovation. At a time when many UN personnel are navigating change, uncertainty, and career transitions, this conversation will ground participants in the lived experiences of leaders who have built careers defined by resilience, adaptability, and purpose – and many times in the face of crises. Discover authentic leadership journeys shaped by global challenges and gain practical insights on navigating uncertainty to unlock new opportunities.

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Bhagyashree Sagar

Bhagyashree Sagar is an interdisciplinary professional with over 10 years of experience at the intersection of international communications, public policy analysis, and project management. In her current role as an Associate Fellow for the Senior and Executive Leadership portfolio at UNSSC– she works in curating accessible learning for adults, especially senior women leaders and designing dynamic communication strategies.

She has previously taught master's programmes in Paris as a management and communications trainer, covering subjects like project management frameworks, digital marketing, and analytics. In addition, she has worked in a public affairs and communications role for OECD.

Bhagyashree has also been a political journalist and news editor in India, leading large national news teams in leading print and broadcast media. She holds a Master's in Public Policy from Sciences Po Paris and a Post Graduate diploma from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, and additionally holds facilitator certifications for DiSC workstyle assessment and the Lego Serious Play methodology. She is bilingual, speaking English and Hindi, with advanced proficiency in French.

 

Ruby Sandhu-Rojon

Ruby has had a long and storied career in the UN. She's an expert in the areas of peace and security, strategic program management, International Development and women's political and economic empowerment. She started her career as a program officer with the United Nations Development Fund for Women, that is UNIFEM, which was the predecessor to UN Women. Early in her career, she was posted to Germany as the Chief of the Africa section with UN Volunteers, then as a Deputy Resident Representative for UNDP in Madagascar and then as the Special Assistant to the Administrator of UNDP.

Between 2010-2014, she served as the UN Resident Coordinator in Ghana and was the UNDP Country Director in Burkina Faso. From 2014-2017, she served as the UNDP Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa. Most recently, she served as a Deputy Special representative for the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, and she is also a member of the African Women Leaders Network Initiative.

 

Nigina Muntean

Dr. Nigina Muntean is a Chief of Innovation and Transformation at UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

Dr. Muntean leads the innovation and transformation portfolio, focusing on innovations equalizing opportunities for women and girls and organizational transformaiton. She co-founded the Equalizer, UNFPA Accelerator Fund, an investment facility which bridges technology and expertise to disrupt inequality and ensure rights and choices for all through investing in innovations by women, for women and with women. Dr. Muntean co-founded and spearheads the Equity 2030 Alliance, a partnership platform which aims to close the gender equity gaps in science, technology and financing solutions; as well as WomenX Collective, an innovative program introducing advanced solutions to transform the health of women and girls in developing countries through blended financing.

Dr. Muntean has over 25 years of experience in the areas of sexual and reproductive health and rights. She worked with UNFPA and the World Health Organization, as well as with International Planned Parenthood Federation, Médecins Sans Frontières and other public and private entities in the Pacific, Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia and at the global level as a practitioner and a global public health advocate for women’s empowerment.

Dr. Muntean holds a Medical Diploma with a specialization in Obstetrics and Gynecology, PhD in Medicine, as well as MSPH from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

 

Adam Bouloukos

Adam C. Bouloukos, PhD, is a US national with 30 years of experience in the United Nations, international NGOs, and academia in public policy formulation, research, fundraising, and institutional capacity building at local, national, and global levels. Currently a Professor of Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security, University at Albany.

Dr. Bouloukos held the following positions: Director , UNRWA -West Bank, UNDP Resident Representative in Saudi Arabia, Country Director of the Norwegian Refugee Council in Uganda, Deputy HC in Ethiopia, Director UNISDR during the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, various UNOPS positions including Representative in Switzerland, Director of Outreach and Partnerships in Denmark, Representative in Sudan, Earthquake Response Coordinator in Pakistan, Deputy Rep in Afghanistan, and UNODC in both Vienna and Afghanistan.

PhD in Criminal Justice and a BA in Sociology. Portfolios under his responsibility ranged in size from $10 to $300 million. Substantive expertise in rule of law, counter-narcotics, border control, human trafficking, forced migration, refugee support, management, fund-raising.
 

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