The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data is excited to welcome Diene Keita, United Nations Under Secretary-General and UNFPA Executive Director as our newest board member.
Ms. Keita has more than three decades of distinguished service in the international civil service, diplomacy, and government.
Appointed to the position of Under Secretary-General by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in August 2025, she provides overall leadership and strategic direction to the organization in its mission to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
Throughout her career, Ms. Keita has been a strong advocate for women and youth. She has championed efforts to advance gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and expand opportunities for young people to contribute to sustainable peace and human development. Her leadership has consistently underscored the importance of rights-based approaches, evidence-driven policy, and partnerships that place people at the centre of development.
We warmly welcome Diene Keita to the Global Partnership’s Board of Directors.
Global Partnership for Development Data Board of Directors
- Amina J. Mohammed (Co-Convener), Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
- Axel van Trotsenburg (Co-Convener), Senior Managing Director, World Bank
- Ola Awad, President of the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics
- Amer Baig, Sustainable Development Impact Investor
- Elizabeth Cousens, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation
- Aidan Eyakuze, Executive Director, Twaweza
- Mike Flannagan, Vice President, Microsoft
- Yana Gevorgyan, Secretariat Director, Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
- Natalia Kanem, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
- Astha Kapoor, Co-Founder, Aapti Institute
- Diene Keita, United Nations Under Secretary-General and UNFPA Executive Director
- Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, President and CEO, ONE Campaign
- H.E Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana
- Sanjay Pradhan, CEO, Open Government Partnership
- Dr. A. Korir SingOei, Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Kenya
- Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Principal of Jesus College and Professor of Computing Science, University of Oxford. Executive Chair and Co-Founder of the Open Data Institute.
