The Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) welcomes Bernardo Mariano Jr., as Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO), Assistant Secretary-General, OICT.
Mr. Mariano’s term began on 1 August. We look forward to continuing to enable the core work of the United Nations under his stewardship.
Mr. Mariano has 28 years of ICT and programmatic experience within the UN system and international organizations.
He most recently served as the Chief Information Officer and Director for Digital Health and Innovation at the World Health Organization (WHO). He led the organization’s digital transformation journey, leveraging digital technology and innovation to accelerate the achievement of WHO strategic goals.
Mariano started his career in 1993 with International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Mozambique and continued with IOM in Haiti, Mali, Angola, Kenya, Kosovo, and South Africa in addition to Geneva, before joining WHO in 2018.
Mariano served as IOM Senior Regional Adviser for Sub-Saharan Africa (2017-2018), Regional Director for Southern Africa (2009-2015), and served as IOM Chief Information Officer (2015-2017, 2002-2011).
During this period, Mariano championed several business transformation initiatives, driving innovation in operation and management systems, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, information technology, project management, and network infrastructure.
He holds a Master of Science in Global Management from Salford University (United Kingdom), and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique.
Mr. Mariano is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, with a very good knowledge of French.
Appointed to the position by Secretary-General António Guterres on 1 June, Mr. Mariano takes over from Patrick Carey, who led OICT as Acting Assistant Secretary-General from early 2020.
We are grateful to Mr. Carey, who helped move forward several important initiatives, and whose leadership and dedication was instrumental in ensuring the Organization was able to transition, almost overnight, to full remote working for most of its personnel due to COVID-19.
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