Ms. Lakshmi Puri
Assistance Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, India
Ms. Puri is Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, where she leads the Bureau for Intergovernmental Support, United Nations Coordination, and Strategic Partnerships. Prior to joining UN Women, Ms. Puri was the Director of the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States in New York and Director of UNCTAD’s Division of International Trade in Goods, Services and Commodities in Geneva. Ms. Puri joined the United Nations after a distinguished career with the Indian Foreign Service.