The Resident Coordinator Office Team

Mr. Tapan Mishra has taken over his assignment as the Resident Coordinator ad interim for the UN Multi-Country Office for Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Kiribati from January 2025.

 

Mr. Mishra served as the United Nations Resident Coordinator (UN RC) for Mongolia from September 2019 to December 2024. As UN RC, the highest-ranking representative of the United Nations Development System in Mongolia, he had been designated by the UN Secretary General to lead the UN Country Team in coordinating operational activities for development in the country. For his distinguished service of over five years in Mongolia, he received the highest state honor for international citizens, the Medal of Friendship, i.e. “Nairamdal”, from the President of Mongolia. He also received several other medals and awards in recognition of his extraordinary contributions in different areas. Before his assignment in Mongolia, Mr. Mishra served as UN RC as well as UNDP Resident Representative in DPR Korea from June 2015 to August 2019.

 

Mr. Mishra first joined the UN system in 2003 as the UNDP Learning Advisor and Deputy Chief of the Learning Resources Centre (LRC) in the Office of Human Resources, Bureau of Management where he moved up to become the Director and Chief of LRC from 2007 to 2013. Thereafter, he served on numerous assignments as Senior Advisor at the Business Solutions Exchange, supporting Country Offices as well as Offices in Headquarters including the Human Development Report Office, and the Bureau of Policy and Programme Support till 2015 when he was appointed as UN RC.

 

Prior to joining the UN, Mr. Mishra worked in India both in private and public sector organizations. He started his career in 1984 as a human resource professional in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (erstwhile Burmah Shell Co.), where he was the Head of Industrial Relations for the Northern Region in India. He then became the All-India Training Manager in Mumbai and finally an Internal Coach for Organizational Learning and Change Management. He also served at Infosys Leadership Institute as a Faculty Member and at Grow Talent Co. Ltd in Gurgaon as Vice President (Consulting).

 

A Management Postgraduate from XLRI, Jamshedpur, a premier Business School in India, Mr. Mishra has also been active in academia through teaching HR Management at leading institutions in India, like NMIMS in Mumbai and at Columbia University, School for International and Public Affairs (SIPA) in the United States.

 

Kay Schwendinger

Kay Schwendinger

RCO
Head of Resident Coordinator’s Office
kay.schwendinger@un.org
Masato Abe

Masato Abe

RCO
Economist
abem@un.org
Ashish Vikram

Ashish Vikram

RCO
Country Coordination Officer, Marshall Islands
ashish.vikram@un.org
Chancy

Chancy Chilimbila

RCO
Country Coordination Officer, Nauru
chancy.chilimbila@un.org

Eretii T Timeon

RCO
Country Coordination Officer, Kiribati
eretii.timeon@un.org
MaryAnn Eperiam

MaryAnn Eperiam

RCO
Partnerships and Development Officer
maryann.eperiam@un.org
Oswald Alleyne

Oswald Alleyne

RCO
Data Management Officer
oswald.alleyne@un.org
Sharon Sakuma

Sharon Sakuma

RCO
Country Coordination Officer, Palau
sharon.sakuma@un.org
Tapan Mishra, Resident Coordinator a.i.

Tapan Mishra

RCO
Resident Coordinator a.i.
Mr. Tapan Mishra has been reassigned as the Resident Coordinator ad interim for the UN Multi-Country Office for Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Kiribati from January 2025.
Mr. Mishra served as the United Nations Resident Coordinator (UN RC) for Mongolia from September 2019 to December 2024. As UN RC, the highest-ranking representative of the United Nations Development System in Mongolia, he had been designated by the UN Secretary General to lead the UN Country Team in coordinating operational activities for development in the country. For his distinguished service of over 5 years in Mongolia, he received the highest state honor for international citizens, the Medal of Friendship, ie: “Nairamdal”, from the President of Mongolia. He also received several other medals and awards in recognition of his extraordinary contributions in different areas.
Before his assignment in Mongolia, Mr. Mishra served as UN RC as well as UNDP Resident Representative in DPR Korea from June 2015 to August 2019.
Mr. Mishra first joined the UN system in 2003 as the UNDP Learning Advisor and Deputy Chief of the Learning Resources Centre (LRC) in the Office of Human Resources, Bureau of Management where he moved up to become the Director and Chief of LRC from 2007 to 2013. Thereafter, he served on numerous assignments as Senior Advisor at the Business Solutions Exchange, supporting Country Offices as well as Offices in Headquarters including the Human Development Report Office, and the Bureau of Policy and Programme Support till 2015 when he was appointed as UN RC.
Prior to joining the UN, Mr. Mishra worked in India both in private and public sector organizations. He started his career in 1984 as a human resource professional in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (erstwhile Burmah Shell Co.), where he was the Head of Industrial Relations for the Northern Region in India. He then became the All-India Training Manager in Mumbai and finally an Internal Coach for Organizational Learning and Change Management. He also served at Infosys Leadership Institute as a Faculty Member and at Grow Talent Co. Ltd in Gurgaon as Vice President (Consulting).
A Management Postgraduate from XLRI, Jamshedpur, a premier Business School in India, Mr. Mishra has also been active in academia through teaching HR Management at leading institutions in India, like NMIMS in Mumbai and at Columbia University, School for International and Public Affairs (SIPA) in the United States.