SDG 9: Unleashing Innovation
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Robert Opp has over 15 years of experience working in the public sector (both government and inter-governmental) and the private sector.
He is currently the Director of Innovation and Change Management at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the largest humanitarian relief agency in the world. In this role, he leads efforts to make the organization more effective by identifying and helping to develop innovative approaches to delivering food assistance, as well as supporting the implementation of key change initiatives and reforms.
Previously, Robert worked as Director of Business Innovation and Support at WFP and as a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) based in Singapore, where he served a wide range of private sector companies throughout Asia and the Middle East. He also worked as WFP’s Chief of Policy and Administration within the Executive Director’s office in Rome, where he oversaw all management information systems and communications. Prior to that he served in WFP’s Angola operation,
managing emergency food aid assistance programmes within a $260 million operation that reached over 1 million internally displaced persons affected by civil war.
Robert began his career at Canada’s International Development Research Centre managing projects focused on peacebuilding in post-conflict countries. He holds an M.A. in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and a B.A. in History from the University of Alberta, as well as a Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance from the Université de Genève.
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY ROB OPP, DIRECTOR OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP). THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES...
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