UNDP India
Our Team
Caitlin Wiesen
Resident Representative a.i.
Ms. Caitlin Wiesen is UNDP Resident Representative a.i. in India since 25 February 2024 leading country office strategic policy and programs for accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals, just green transitions, digital health governance, and inclusive growth.
She brings to this position over 30 years of development experience working at global, regional and national levels to generate effective policies and innovative partnerships that advance inclusive, just and sustainable development. Ms. Wiesen served in the Asia Pacific region as UNDP Resident Representative Viet Nam (2018-2022) and as Country Director Viet Nam (2017-2018). Prior to this, Ms. Wiesen served as UNDP Chief Regional Policy and Programme for Asia and the Pacific (2014-2017) and as Regional Manager of the UNDP Asia Pacific Center (2013-2014) in Thailand. Ms. Wiesen was UNDP Country Director in India (2010-2013). She served as Team Leader for Asia Pacific on health and human development in Sri Lanka (2006–2010), Deputy Director HIV and Development in the Bureau for Policy Development (2003-2006), Director Civil Society Division in the Bureau for Strategic Partnership (1999-2002). In the Africa region Ms. Wiesen served as Senior Advisor on Poverty and Sustainable Human Development (1993-1998), Regional Policy Advisor (1992-1994), Country Desk Officer for Kenya and Tanzania (1990 – 1992) and Assistant Resident Representative Malawi.
Ms. Wiesen holds a Master's Degree in International Affairs, Finance and Energy Policy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, USA and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Duke University, USA.
Isabelle Tschan Harada
Deputy Resident Representative
Isabelle Tschan Harada (Switzerland) has worked for 20 years in international development at the country, regional and headquarters levels in different regions in conflict, post-conflict, low and middle-income country contexts. Prior to taking up her assignment in India, she served as Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP Burkina Faso and as Governance and Peacebuilding Team Leader at UNDP Regional Hub for Europe and Central Asia in Istanbul (Turkey).
Isabelle also worked as Policy and Programme specialist with UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery in New York and at the Regional Center for West and Central Africa in Dakar (Senegal). She has programmatic and policy experience in a number of thematic areas, including gender equality, socio-economic development, resilience and livelihoods, energy and environment, governance, peacebuilding and rule of law. Before joining UNDP in 2009, Isabelle served as Assistant to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, as Human Rights Officer for the UN Peacekeeping Operation in Burundi (ONUB), and as Regional Coordinator for Sub-Saharan Africa with the Swiss Federal Office for Migration.
Isabelle Tschan holds Master's degrees in Human Rights and Democratization (E.MA, Venice, Italy and Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden) and in International Relations (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland) and speaks German, English, French and Spanish. She likes arts, travelling, discovering and learning about various cultures, swimming and hiking.