Annika Savill

Senior Adviser
Secretary to the UNDEF Advisory Board

Annika Savill served in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General from 1997 to 2008, working under Ban Ki-moon and Kofi A. Annan as a senior member of the Secretary-General's communications team and deputy head of speechwriting. Prior to joining the United Nations, she had a 15-year career as a journalist, serving with the Associated Press, Reuters and The Independent, where she was a founder member and Diplomatic Editor. She has written about democratic processes in a number of societies in transition.