Roy Trivedy has worked in international development for more than three decades and is currently the Head of the United Nations (Resident Coordinator) and the United Nations Development Programme in Papua New Guinea. Previously he worked for the Department for International Development, UK for 13 years in various roles in the UK, African and Asia. He joined the UK Civil Service after 20 years of working for non-governmental organisations including Oxfam and Save The Children in the UK, Mozambique, India and Malawi. He studied at the Institute for Development Studies, Sussex after completing a law degree at the University of Sheffield, UK.