Ms. Claire Messina

Claire Messina served as UNSSC Deputy Director for Programme Management & Business Development from November 2015 to May 2018.

Prior to her appointment she worked for 13 years at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in various capacities. She was responsible in particular for UN humanitarian leadership in the field. Prior to that, Claire worked on migration and refugee issues in the CIS and Baltic states with IOM and UNHCR. 

She holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a PhD from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.