Our team

Our team

 

Resident Representative for UNDP Mongolia

Elaine M. Conkievich

Resident Representative

Ms. Elaine Conkievich joined UNDP as Resident Representative in Mongolia on 9 November 2019.  Previously, she was with UN Women since 2014 as the Representative and Head of the Multi-Country Office Kazakhstan (Central Asia) promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.  Ms. Conkievich has additionally worked with the OSCE, other parts of the UN and international NGOs in several countries of Eastern Europe, Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia.

She is a senior international development professional with 27 years of experience in the fields of governance, human rights, rule of law, gender mainstreaming, democratic institution building, conflict resolution, and preventive diplomacy.

Ms. Conkievich has a Master’s degree, with a Graduate Award for Achievement, in International Studies, with a focus on Soviet Studies and peace and conflict resolution, from The American University, School of International Service, Washington DC.  She graduated Summa Cum Laude with Bachelor degrees in German and International Relations and a Certificate in Russian and Eastern European Affairs from the Robert D. Clark Honors College at University of Oregon, during which she studied two years at Universität Freiburg, Germany.

Ms. Conkievich is fluent in English, German, and Russian.

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Nashida Sattar

Deputy Resident Representative


Nashida Sattar joined UNDP as Deputy Resident Representative in Mongolia in October 2019. Nashida brings over 20 years of experience working with UNDP at the country and regional levels. Prior to joining UNDP Mongolia, Nashida was with UNDPs Global Policy Network placed with the Bangkok Regional Hub, leading the work on peacebuilding, conflict prevention and women peace and security. She has extensive experience working on gender, human rights and governance.

She holds a postgraduate degree in Anthropology of Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London.

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