Carol Flore-Smereczniak of Mauritius has assumed her duties as the United Nations Resident Coordinator ad interim in Bangladesh on 23 March 2026.
Ms Flore-Smereczniak brings more than 22 years of experience in development, security, and humanitarian and conflict and post-conflict settings. She worked until recently as the Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations in Burkina Faso. Prior to that, she worked as UNDP Resident Representative in Cote D’Ivoire, as UNDP Resident Representative and UNDP Country Director in Chad, as UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Malawi and Papua New Guinea, as Regional Sustainable Development Specialist at the UNDP Pacific Centre in Fiji, covering 15 island countries.
Ms Flore-Smereczniak holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English and French from the University of Keele in the UK; a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Miami, USA and a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Leeds, UK.