Mr. Edward Vrkic
Resident Representative a.i., UNDP Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei Darussalam
Mr. Vrkić is currently serving as UNDP’s Resident Representative to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam ad interim. Prior to this, he was the Strategic Adviser to UNDP’s Bureau for Asia and the Pacific and before this, UNDP’s Deputy Resident Representative to Papua New Guinea. He has served in various senior diplomatic, advisory, civil service and private sector positions over the last 25 years across the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa. These include for the Australian Government, as a Senior policy adviser to two successive Australian Foreign Ministers, and Chief of staff to the Pacific Islands Forum.
Mr. Vrkić has a Masters degree in International Relations (with distinction) from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Arts with honours (first class) from the University of Wollongong. He has extensive experience delivering programs, public policy, reforms and innovation across a range of countries and socio-economic contexts in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa.
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