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Monica Hemmerde

Board candidate
Vienna, Austria

Relevant experience and qualifications

I have 27 years of experience in the UN system (UNODC/UNOV, ICAO, IAEA and CTBTO) and 5 in private industry, having worked in Peru, the USA, Canada and Austria. Throughout my career, I have focused on Finance: as a senior manager directing a financial service, navigating internal politics to implement policies for a strong financial operation, while relying on my earlier hands-on operational background (accounting, budget, contributions, supporting systems, treasury, etc). I have strong experience driving policy while understanding the need to keep flexibility and broad thinking, to ensure financial security.

Candidate statement

As a long-standing member of UNFCU (over 20 years), I have a personal perspective of its usefulness to an international staff and how its services support us in managing our finances. I am very satisfied with its services and the way it is managed, and I would now like to give back, contributing to ensure its stability, competitiveness and resiliency, while making sure UNFCU continues to work in the best interest of its members, providing the many services that they find useful and necessary, and ensuring the security that they expect in a financial institution. I believe I represent a wide range of members of UNFCU, having worked in several countries and several UN system organizations.

Employment information

United Nations experience

Current grade level: D1

2021–Present
UNOV/UNODC
Chief, Financial Resources Management Service

2019–2021
ICAO
Chief Finance Branch

2012–2019
IAEA
Section Head of Programme and Budget

2008–2012
UNOV/UNODC
Chief Budget Section

2002–2008
IAEA
Budget and Finance Officer

1997–2002
CTBTO
Finance Officer, Accounts and Payments

1996–1997
UNOV
Budget Assistant

Non-UN experience

1993–1995
Jewish Social Services Agency
Accountant

1987–1990
EIMCO Jarvis Clark
Accountant, Head of Accounting unit


Education

2001
Webster University
Master in Business Administration

1989
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
Bachelor of Administrative Sciences, double major: Accounting and Business Administration

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