senior management group

Susana  Malcorra, Under-Secretary-General for Department of Field Support

On 14 March 2008, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Susana Malcorra of Argentina as Head of the Department of Field Support at the Under-Secretary-General level. 

Ms. Malcorra, who assumed her position on 4 May 2008, directs all support for United Nations peace missions worldwide. As the Head of the Department of Field Support, she is leading staff at Headquarters in support of 32 field operations currently comprising over 100,000 military, police and civilian personnel.

Ms. Malcorra took over from Jane Holl Lute, who had been leading the Department since its establishment in July 2007. Expressing great appreciation for Ms. Holl Lute’s important contribution through that critical start-up period of the Department, the Secretary-General said he looked forward to her continued service.

Prior to her appointment as the Head of the Department of Field Support, Ms. Malcorra served as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), overseeing daily emergency and humanitarian operations in more than 80 countries, with over 10,000 personnel. During her tenure at WFP she led the initial phase of the operational response to the tsunami emergency in December 2004 and managed human resources, budget, finance, information, technology, telecommunications, administration and security. Before joining WFP in 2004, she had accrued 25 years’ experience in the private sector, including leadership roles at IBM and Telecom Argentina.

Ms. Malcorra was born in 1954 and graduated as Engineer in Electronics from the University of Rosario in Argentina.