Hany Besada, Deputy Executive Director, DDI & Senior Research Fellow-United Nations University

Hany Besada, Deputy Executive Director, DDI & Senior Research Fellow-United Nations University

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Prof. Hany Besada is the Deputy Executive Director of the Diamond Development Initiative. He is also a Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow with the UN University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, Research Professor at the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University and Senior Fellow with the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa. Until recently he served as Regional Advisor at the African Mineral Development Centre (AMDC) at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Prior to that, he worked as Research Specialist on the United Nations High-Level Panel Secretariat-Post 2015 Development Agenda, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in New York. Previously, Prof. Besada was Program Leader and Senior Researcher at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Canada where he oversaw the Health and Social Governance Program. Prior to moving to Canada, he was the Principal Researcher: Business in Africa at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) in Johannesburg, South Africa.  Prof. Besada has worked as Policy Advisor for the South African Ministry of Local and Provisional Government, Amnesty International, United Nations Associations, the Joan Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice (IPJ) and the Office of US Senator Dianne Feinstein.  He has consulted for the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health, United Nations Office for Sustainable Development, United States International Development Agency, African Capacity Building Foundation, and the Sierra Leone Government. Prof. Besada has published widely in international news media and academic journals.  He is the author of 80 peer-reviewed scholarly and policy papers and over 70 opinion pieces.

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Industry experience

Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 10 to 20 years

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