Nardos Bekele-Thomas has been the Chief Executive Officer for the Africa Union Development Agency-New Partnerships for Africa’s Development (AUDA- NEPAD) since May 2022. She previously served as the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations (UN) and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in South Africa. In 2016 she served as the Senior Director of the Office of the former UN Secretary-General, H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, in charge of the overall management of the Office of the Secretary-General, the Office of the Chef de Cabinet and that of the Deputy Secretary-General.