Mr. Edward Vrkic
Resident Representative a.i., UNDP Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei Darussalam
Mr. Vrkic is currently serving as the Strategic Advisor to UNDP's Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. Prior to this, he was UNDP's Deputy Resident Representative to Papaua New Guinea. He has served in various senior diplomatic, advisory, civil service and private sector positions over the last 25 years. These include for the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the previous Australian Agency for International Development, as a Senior policy adviser to two successive Australian Foreign Ministers, and Cheif of Staff to the Pacific Islands Forum.
Mr. Vrkic has a Masters degree in International Relations (with distinction) from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Arts with honours (first class) from the University of Wollongong. He has extensive experience delivering programs, public policy, humanitarian assitance, reform and innovation across a range of countries and socio-economic contexts in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa.
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