2014
Susana Edjang
Country Representative
CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
Susana Edjang has over 20 years of experience in global development across the Americas, Africa, and Europe. Susana joined CAF in 2022 as country representative in Ecuador before taking on her current role in Argentina.
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She previously held various roles in the United Nations system, including at the World Food Programme, the UN Security Council, the UN Population Fund, and the Executive Office of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, where she managed the Every Woman, Every Child movement and advised on economic, social and development affairs. She also served as a global health and climate change advisor at the British Parliament and as a manager at Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET).
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Susana is a trustee at The Power of Nutrition. She holds a Diploma in Physiotherapy from the Complutense University of Madrid, a BSc and MSc in development economics from SOAS, University of London, and an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School.
The 2014 World Fellows
A robotics engineer, an award-winning actress and director, a Syrian peace activist, a 2012 candidate for President of Iceland and 12 other multitalented, global leaders have been named 2014 Yale World Fellows. This cohort brings the total number of Yale World Fellows since the program’s inception in 2002 to 257 Fellows, representing 83 countries. “Like prior cohorts, this year’s Fellows are dynamic, high impact practitioners committed to effecting positive change,” said Yale World Fellows Director Michael Cappello, professor of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine. “Through the Fellowship, Yale will provide these global leaders the valuable opportunity to take a step back from the intensity of their work and to...Read More
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