<P><FONT color=#33711E><STRONG>Surendra Shrestha</STRONG></FONT></P>
Director,
UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
Bangkok, Thailand
Surendra Shrestha is the Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia and Pacific in Bangkok. Surendra joined the Regional UNEP office in 1993 and has been in his current position since February 2003. In his current role he has been instrumental in formulating, developing and implementing UNEP’s strategy for the Asia-Pacific region. In recent years Surendra has led multi-disciplinary teams in the areas of assessment, policy development and multilateral agreements.
Prior to his appointment as Regional Director, Surendra served as Regional Coordinator of UNEP’s Environment Assessment Programme for Asia and the Pacific (EAP.AP). He played a key role in expanding EAP.AP, including establishing national and regional training centres and a network for environmental information. Before joining UNEP, Surendra held senior positions at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, and at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu. Surendra continues to give lectures and serve on Graduate Student Dissertation Committees at AIT. He has significant experience in the corporate sector, having completed internships with companies such as IBM and Honeywell (in the United States); Siemens (in Germany) and ICL (in the UK).
Surendra graduated from Keele University, United Kingdom, with a degree in Economics and Computer Science and completed his postgraduate studies at AIT.