Ms. Alessandra Roccasalvo assumed her duties as UNDP Resident Representative a.i. in Azerbaijan in October 2023 and has been appointed as Resident Representative in August 2024. 

Prior to this, Ms. Roccasalvo was Head of Management of the Spotlight Initiative Fund, on behalf of the Executive Office of the UN Secretary General. 

From 2014-2019 she managed the UNDP Office in Kosovo. Previously, she was part of UNDP’s internal management consulting team, facilitating change processes globally. Ms. Roccasalvo joined UNDP in 2005 as a Programme Officer at UNDP Indonesia, focusing on the post-tsunami recovery portfolio. In addition, she served several times as Surge Adviser in Afghanistan and Sudan. Ms. Roccasalvo started her career at McKinsey &Company in Germany and India. 

She holds an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics, as well as an MA in Economics and History from the University of Tübingen and the University of St. Andrews.