Ms Susana Malcorra

Susana Malcorra is an electrical engineer and former Foreign Minister of Argentina. Prior to her appointment as Foreign Minister, Ms Malcorra held several positions in the United Nations (UN) including as Chief Operating Officer of the World Food Programme and Under-Secretary General for Field Support, responsible for peacekeeping missions. In 2008 she was appointed as Chef de Cabinet to former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

She currently is a President and Co-Founder of GWL Voices, an advocacy group of global women leaders. In addition, Ms Malcorra serves as a Senior Advisor at IE University in Madrid, where she was previously the Dean of the IE School of Global and Public Affairs. She is also a Co-Chair of the International Crisis Group and sits on the boards of the Kofi Annan Foundation and the Inter-American Dialogue.  She also has extensive experience in the private sector, including previously serving in leadership roles at Telecom and IBM Argentina. Ms Malcorra holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Rosario in Argentina.