Universal Education Foundation

Education by All for the Well-Being of Children

About UEF

The Board

Amir A. Dossal

Amir A. Dossal

Member of the Board

Mr. Dossal currently serves as Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP). His current responsibilities involve managing partnerships between the United Nations and the UN Foundation including, inter alia, identifying innovative, high impact projects which could serve as models for co-operation with the private sector. He is also responsible for developing closer links between the UN and the business community. Mr. Dossal is an ex-officio member of the UNFIP Advisory Board and reports to the Deputy Secretary-General.

Prior to his UNFIP position, Mr. Dossal was Director of the Management Policy Office in the Department for Management where, among other things, he was in charge of implementing management reform within the United Nations. From 1993 to 1997, he was Chief of Finance in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations with responsibility for resource planning and financial management of peacekeeping, peace-making and preventive diplomacy operations in the field, comprising 24 missions with a total annual budget of $3 billion.

Before joining the United Nations Secretariat, Mr. Dossal served with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 1985 to 1993. During 1986 to 1989, he also served as Secretary of the Budgetary and Finance Committee of the UNDP Governing Council. Prior to joining the UN, he held several positions in the private sector including with the London-based consulting engineering firm, the Freeman Fox Group; Burma Industrial Products Ltd.; and the US engineering corporation - Morrison-Knudsen International.

His thirty years experience in the public and private sector includes strategic planning, financial management, corporate restructuring, peacekeeping operations, development assistance, information technology, mergers and acquisitions, and project management.