Irina Sahakyan Vetter
Country Director, UNOPS Ukraine, UNOPS Representative to Belarus and Moldova
Ms. Sahakyan-Vetter assumed her duties as the Country Director for UNOPS Ukraine and Representative of UNOPS Belarus and Moldova in August 2019. Previously, Ms Sahakyan Vetter was with the Council of Europe, overseeing and implementing Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law programmes in Belgrade, Serbia and Chisinau, Moldova. Ms. Sahakyan-Vetter has extensive experience in partnership building and international policy development and management through various positions with international organisations such as WHO, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, UNHCR, and OCHA, with portfolio work in Eastern Europe, South, West, and Central Asia, and Africa, as well as working in the Canadian public service. Ms Sahakyan-Vetter is certified in Advanced Project Management from Stanford University and holds Master’s degrees in Business Administration from University of Ottawa and Educational Policy, Research and Administration from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Ms Sahakyan-Vetter speaks English, French, Armenian, Russian and is married with 2 children.