|
Gilles Michaud of Canada took up the role of Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security with the United Nations Department of Safety and Security on 1 July 2019.
Mr. Michaud, who since 2016 served as Deputy Commissioner for Federal Policing with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), brings to the position a wealth of experience in counter-terrorism, national security and management of substantial human, physical and financial resources. Mr. Michaud has an extensive background in multilateral organizations as the lead on peacekeeping, international capacity-building and liaison activities for the RCMP and he has served on the Executive Committee of INTERPOL.
During his three decades as a police officer, Mr. Michaud oversaw the RCMP’s national security criminal investigations program and led the Federal Policing Program, with responsibility for investigating sophisticated criminal activity, national security threats, transnational organized crime, protective policing, witness protection and border security.
Mr. Michaud is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Program in National and International Security and McGill University’s Executive Development Program. He is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Executive Institute’s 39th Session, the FBI National Academy’s 213th Session and the Leadership in Counter-Terrorism Program administered by the FBI National Academy.
Mr. Michaud has received numerous awards, including the Governor General’s medal for academic achievements, the Queen’s Jubilee and RCMP Long Service medals. In January 2014, he was appointed to Canada’s Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces. |
Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa of Fiji took up the role of Assistant Secretary?General for Safety and Security with the United Nations Department of Safety and Security on 12 November 2021. Ms. Vuniwaqa succeeds Nóirín O’Sullivan of Ireland, to whom the Secretary?General is grateful for her contribution and dedication.
As deputy to the Under?Secretary?General for Safety and Security, the Assistant Secretary?General will be responsible for day-to-day management, supporting the overall leadership and management of the Department.
Ms. Vuniwaqa has over 35 years of experience in law enforcement at the national and international level, and most recently held the position of Police Commissioner and Head of the United Nations Police component with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), where she was instrumental in promoting Gender Responsive Policing initiatives, resulting in the early achievement of uniformed gender parity targets set for 2028. She was previously the Assistant Commissioner of Police Administration in the Fiji Police Force, having started her policing career in 1986 and progressed through the ranks. She has held various operational and managerial positions since then, including in strategic planning, training, human resources and community policing.
Ms. Vuniwaqa holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. |
Senior Management
|
|
|
William "Bill" Blanchard
|
|
|
Executive Team
|
|
Deputy Director of the Division of Regional Operations, New York |
 |
|
||
 |
|
 |
 |
