Resident Representative

Mr. Armen Grigoryan was appointed as UNDP Resident Representative for the Republic of North Macedonia on October 11, 2021. Prior to this appointment, Armen was Regional Cluster Leader for Climate Change/Disaster Resilience and Global Energy Policy Advisor for Europe and Central Asia in UNDP at Istanbul Regional Hub since January 2015. 

He also served as Risk/Resilience advisor in UNDP New York, Programme officer in UNDP Geneva, Programme Manager for Crisis and Recovery in UNDP Armenia, covering Disaster Risk Reduction and Mine Action, DRR Advisor in UNDP Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Programme Manager for Disaster Management Training Programme in UNDP/UNOCHA Armenia, as a UNV Programme Officer in UNDP Armenia and in UNDPI Armenia. Armen has also worked in the World Bank, the United States Department of Treasury, US Peace Corps, etc.

Armen holds a MA degree in International Relations and European Studies from the Central European University and BA in Pedagogy, History and English Language.

He speaks English, Russian, French, and is native in Armenian.

Deputy Resident Representative

Ms. Sanja Bojanic assumed her position as UNDP Deputy Resident Representative for the Republic of North Macedonia on August 12, 2019. Prior to joining the North Macedonia country office, Sanja was Deputy Resident Representative in UNDP Tajikistan. She joined the UNDP as part of the Montenegro country office in 2003 where she led theexpansion of the energy and environment portfolio.

She also led Democratic Governance, Economy & Environment portfolios, and managed a complex regional environmental programme involving six countries and territories. Sanja has contributed her leadership and technical expertise to the strategic positioning and results of five UNDP Country Offices and to the  Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC).

Sanja holds a MBAi degree from the Graduate School of International Economics and Finance at Brandeis University in Boston, USA, a MA in Entrepreneurial Economics and a BA in Economics from the School of Economics at the University of Montenegro.

She speaks English and Macedonian, and is native in Montenegrin (Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian).