Kenyan gets top job at UN
What you need to know:
- Ms Wainaina, who was born in 1966, has worked for more than two decades at multinational corporations in Turkey, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Kenya.
- Prior to that, Ms Wainaina worked for Coca-Cola as group human resources director as well as in other posts, including chief of staff to the company's CEO and president of the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation.
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Thursday the appointment of a Kenyan as assistant secretary-general for human resources management.
Carole Wainaina brings to her new post “a wealth of global experience at various senior leadership levels, including human resources strategy, leadership development, change management and driving organizational transformation,” Mr Ban's spokesman said in a prepared statement.
Ms Wainaina, who was born in 1966, has worked for more than two decades at multinational corporations in Turkey, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Kenya.
She served as chief human resources officer at Royal Phillips in the Netherlands from September 2011 to June this year.
Prior to that, Ms Wainaina worked for Coca-Cola as group human resources director as well as in other posts, including chief of staff to the company's CEO and president of the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation.
A graduate of the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, Ms Wainaina started her career as a management consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Kenya. She also served as special assistant to the director of the Kenya Wildlife Service.
