Mr. Carlos Lopes
Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) (since 2012)
Mr. Lopes worked for more than 24 years at the United Nations as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative in Brazil and Zimbabwe. A member of several African academic networks, as well as a strategist and socio-economist, Mr. Lopes has vast experience in capacity-building and technical cooperation on the continent. Mr. Lopes was most recently the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and Director of the United Nations System Staff College.