Ms. Fenella Frost 

UNDP Malawi Resident Representative

Fenella Frost is the Resident Representative for UNDP Malawi. Directly prior to her arrival in Malawi, Fenella served in UNDP HQ as Acting Chief of the Regional Bureau for Africa’s Country Office Oversight Team. 

Fenella served as UNDP Resident Representative to the Union of Comoros between 2019-2022.  She was UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in the Republic of Cameroon from 2016 to 2019. 

Fenella joined UNDP in 2005, leading the disaster risk reduction and resilience team in Haiti (2010-2016) and supporting disaster risk reduction and resilience issues for UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery in Geneva (2005-2010). Prior to joining UNDP, she worked for the UK’s Department for International Development as lead advisor on disaster reduction (2000-2005). 

Fenella started her career working in post-conflict contexts in the Balkans on recovery and governance programming and institutional development with NGOs and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. 

Fenella studied International Relations at the University of St Andrews and the London School of Economics and Political Science.  She is a New Zealand national, born in the United Kingdom.  Fenella is mother to Jamie who has accompanied her to Malawi.