Kandeh Yumkella
Member of Parliament, Sierra Leone; Former CEO and SRSG for SE4All and Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Kandeh Yumkella is a Member of Parliament in Sierra Leone representing Constituency 062.
He is the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Chair of UN-Energy (2008-2015) and founding CEO and Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sustainable Energy for All. A distinguished development economist and an expert in agricultural economics with over 25 years of international experience, he brought a renewed and vital focus to global energy issues and led the coordination of the United Nations response to energy issues. Prior to joining the UN, he was Minister for Trade, Industry and State Enterprises for Sierra Leone and an assistant professor at Michigan State University. Previously, he served as Director-General of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for two four-year terms (2005-2013).
