United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Simon Stiell as executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Stiell, who will succeed Patricia Espinosa of Mexico, and has served as senior minister in the Government of Grenada from 2013 through June 2022, holding the portfolio of Minister for Climate Resilience and the Environment for five years.

Prior to politics, Mr. Stiell’s career spanned some fourteen years within the technology sector, holding senior executive positions in a number of industry leading companies, from Silicon Valley based technology start-ups to major corporations, including Nokia and GEC Plessey Telecommunications.

Mr. Stiell originally trained as an engineer at London Metropolitan University and College of North West London, and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom.

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