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Fredrick Hans Ampiah
Resident Representative, UNDP Sierra Leone
Mr. Ampiah has over 28 years of development and management experience in varied contexts- fragile states, post-conflict/conflict countries, and on a range of thematic areas including Democratic Governance, Peace, and Security (Elections, Small Arms and Light Weapons -SALW), Sustainable Development (ICTs for development and–Technology/Innovation management, Private sector development).
Prior to this position, he was the UNDP Regional Coordinator (SALW) for the West and Central Africa Sub-Regional Hub, based in Dakar and Regional Project manager of the Organized Crime West Africa Response to Trafficking (OCWART) and the Cross-Border Management of Small Arms projects in the ECOWAS region.
He also served as Acting Chief of the Country Oversight Support Team (COST) with the Regional Bureau for Africa in New York. He was the Regional Coordinator of the EU-funded ECOWAS project across seven ECOWAS States (July 2015 – 2020), and has served in different senior leadership roles in UNDP including Resident Representative in UNDP Nigeria; UNDP Deputy Country Director (Programme) in Nigeria, Assistant Country Director - Partnership Resource Mobilization in UNDP in Somalia, Partnerships Adviser with UNDP Ghana and Ebola Crisis Manager in Liberia (Oct 2013-Feb 2015), in addition to his role as the Partnerships and Compliance Adviser in UNDP Liberia. Fred has other country working experience in India, Honduras, and Panama.
Before joining UNDP, Fred worked in the Private sector notably with J. Ottman Consulting in New York, Select Service Partners in Denmark, and Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) in Ghana.
Mr. Ampiah is a Harvard Kennedy School of Government Executive Education in Emerging Leadership graduate. He holds a Master’s degree (MSc) in International Business Economics and a Postgraduate degree in International Management from Aalborg University, Denmark. He graduated from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and History.
Kevin J. Petrini
Deputy Resident Representative
Kevin J. Petrini is a seasoned development professional with over two decades of experience in complex, multi-country assignments. His career is distinguished by a proven track record in growing and managing large-scale portfolios, with a particular expertise in climate change, resilience, and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
As an expert in his field, he was a key architect behind the world-class Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation project and a central figure in the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific. Throughout his tenure at UNDP, he played a significant role in expanding the Pacific Office's delivery from $30 million to an estimated $70 million between 2016-2024. Most recently, he successfully took on the challenge of establishing UNDP’s newest office globally in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
Kevin's work spans a diverse portfolio that includes climate change, resilience, environment, health, effective governance, and inclusive blue economic growth. He has a proven ability to lead high-performing teams, manage extensive projects, and secure significant donor funding.
Kevin joins UNDP Sierra Leone from the UNDP North Pacific Office, where he was the Country Manager and Deputy Resident Representative. In this role, he provided multi-country office support to five nations: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, Kiribati, and Nauru. He has also previously worked in Fiji, Samoa, and the United States. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Samoa and is married with three children.
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As the head of the country office, the UNDP Resident Representative is the direct representative of the UNDP Administrator. They hold ultimate accountability for all of UNDP’s programmes and operations, ensuring the quality, effectiveness, and sustainability of our interventions at the country level.
Fredrick Hans Ampiah
Resident Representative, UNDP Sierra Leone
Mr. Ampiah has over 28 years of development and management experience in varied contexts- fragile states, post-conflict/conflict countries, and on a range of thematic areas including Democratic Governance, Peace, and Security (Elections, Small Arms and Light Weapons -SALW), Sustainable Development (ICTs for development and–Technology/Innovation management, Private sector development).
Prior to this position, he was the UNDP Regional Coordinator (SALW) for the West and Central Africa Sub-Regional Hub, based in Dakar and Regional Project manager of the Organized Crime West Africa Response to Trafficking (OCWART) and the Cross-Border Management of Small Arms projects in the ECOWAS region.
He also served as Acting Chief of the Country Oversight Support Team (COST) with the Regional Bureau for Africa in New York. He was the Regional Coordinator of the EU-funded ECOWAS project across seven ECOWAS States (July 2015 – 2020), and has served in different senior leadership roles in UNDP including Resident Representative in UNDP Nigeria; UNDP Deputy Country Director (Programme) in Nigeria, Assistant Country Director - Partnership Resource Mobilization in UNDP in Somalia, Partnerships Adviser with UNDP Ghana and Ebola Crisis Manager in Liberia (Oct 2013-Feb 2015), in addition to his role as the Partnerships and Compliance Adviser in UNDP Liberia. Fred has other country working experience in India, Honduras, and Panama.
Before joining UNDP, Fred worked in the Private sector notably with J. Ottman Consulting in New York, Select Service Partners in Denmark, and Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) in Ghana.
Mr. Ampiah is a Harvard Kennedy School of Government Executive Education in Emerging Leadership graduate. He holds a Master’s degree (MSc) in International Business Economics and a Postgraduate degree in International Management from Aalborg University, Denmark. He graduated from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and History.
