Dennis Curry
Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP India
Mr. Dennis Curry, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP India brings a wealth of experience from his career in international development. After working for three years in the finance sector in Ireland, he moved into humanitarian work where he held a number of leadership positions with international NGOs in conflict and post-conflict settings, in Sudan, Chad and Sierra Leone from 2005 to 2009.
He joined UNDP in 2009 under the Leadership Development Programme (“LEAD”) and held various roles until 2019. He started at HQ working between the then Bureaus of Management and Crisis Prevention and Recovery coordinating the Fast Track crisis response policy framework. This was followed by two postings as Assistant Country Director, firstly in Nepal leading Peacebuilding and Recovery and in Vietnam overseeing Governance and Participation. He also served in shorter technical, managerial and SURGE response assignments in the Philippines, Nepal, Myanmar, Yemen and, in March-May 2018, India.
Before joining UNDP India, he spent almost 3 years in the UK Department for International Development / Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, where he was a Senior Governance Advisor and Deputy Head of Department leading on Democratic Governance policy.
Dennis holds a degree and masters in Mathematics from Trinity College Dublin and a masters in Development Studies from University College Dublin.
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